Southwest Harbor Weekend, Part 1

I'm helping out at the gallery again this summer so as an extra thank you K&C booked us a weekend stay at the Claremont, a fancy, old-time hotel in Southwest Harbor, for the weekend. We arrived late in the evening on Friday night, just in time to take in the sunset across the bay. Beautiful.

Fancy pants :-)

Beautiful sunset

On the dock

Taking in the view

Being goofy out on the dock

Family portrait at sunset

Ryan would say the two problems with the hotel were lack of air conditioning and the funny shower/tub. 

WTF? How are you supposed to take a shower with this? No curtain, plus the shower head was only about 4 feet off the ground...

But otherwise, it was a beautiful spot, and we had  "suite" with a small alcove room for Sam. She was happy to have her own space, and wanted us to stay there for "infinity" :-)

Saturday morning dawned, and another beautiful day. Ryan headed out for a run in the morning and then joined us for breakfast. After fueling up, we headed over to Flying Point Mountain for a hike. This little mountain affords a good view for little effort, but the effort is still a lot for a 4-year old :-) The1.5 mile loop took us 2 hours total, including many snack stops and stops to pick up nature treasures. We also took a stop at the beach at the bottom of the mountain before returning on the flat dirt road to the parking lot.

Sam, headed up Flying Point Mountain

On the stairs

Up

Rocks and roots

Up toward the summit

Flying Point Mountain

At the summit

Down at the beach

Flat wide dirt road on the way back

Sam, psyched to be done ;)

Then we drove out to Seawall and walked on the rocks and looked in the tide pools, before heading over to Bass Head Light, where we took a short walk in the woods and out onto the red cliffs.

On the rocks at Seawall

Edge of the ocean

Sam and Mommy

Out at Bass Harbor Light

Quintessential Acadia shoreline

Climbing down to the cliffs

For dinner, we walked down the street to Beal's Lobster Pound, where Ryan and Sam split a pound of steamers and a lobster. Sam also ate an ear of corn. I got fried scallops. Yum. Perfect summer evening for an outside dinner.

Happy girl