August 10, 2013

We tried to get up at 4:30 to go to the top of Cadillac Mountain to watch the sun rise but when the alarm went off we couldn't make ourselves get up. 

I woke up at 7:15 and the kids weren't far behind. We drove over to Hull's Cove visitor center ate some breakfast and got our bikes ready. We went into the visitor center to turn in our junior ranger books for patches. Afterwards, we started off on a bicycle ride around Witch's Hole. We hit the water and their were tons of lily pads with big and small frogs. Luke said that's probably why they named it Witch's Hole. It was a nice but hilly ride. We got to see lots of sights along the way and 5.2 miles later we were happy to sit down to lunch in the camper.

Afterwards we drove south to the Jordan Pond House parking lot and hiked along the shore and then up a steep cliff to Bubble Rock and back. About a 3 mile hike all together. 

Next we went for a swim at the YMCA and the drove the park road to Sand Beach and Thunder Hole and then headed back to the campground to cook hamburgers and enjoy a campfire and s'mores while singing songs. Everyone was tired and we needed to get up early so we were in bed by 9 pm.