The Maine Coastline

For our final New England adventure, we decided to do something a little more low key and headed for a waterfront cabin on Sebascodegan Island, ME. The girls decided they liked that little cabin a lot better than the house we're currently living in!

(Left) Posed at the edge of Land's End!
(Right) We read a Magic School Bus geology book before our
trip, and the girls were excited to admire all the layers of
metamorphic rock.

On Saturday morning we drove out
to Land's End first to do a little rock scrambling and had the opportunity to watch a small group of beginner scuba divers heading out.

From there we went to the Giant's Stairs Trail. The lady at the inn mentioned it as a hiking spot, then eyeballed our trio of little girls and noted that it was very steep and right on the water, so maybe not a very kid-friendly outing. With that "recommendation" we decided it was just our speed! Sure enough, our experienced boulderers had a blast conquering the rock formations along the coast.

After lunch and quiet time at the cabin, the girls did some more exploring of the rocky shoreline outside our cabin. The tide had gone out by now, and they found all kinds of cool things!

(Left) This is what happened at low tide right outside the cabin.
(Right) "Moon jellies! I see moon jellies down there!"

(Left) They gleefully discovered that if you squeeze the seaweed, it squirts!
(Right) A crab carapace with the eyeballs still attached! So exciting!

(Left) Somebody left old lobster traps around for us to poke at.
(Right) This beach had snails too!

We eventually headed out for another short hike--this one a woodland trail through a coastal research area maintained by a local college. Lovely.

moss and a twisty vine from the hike

On Sunday we headed back to urban areas to go shopping at the L.L. Bean flagship store, eat lobster rolls and seaburgers on the wharf at the Portland Lobster Co. overlooking Portland Harbor, and pop in and out of shops in the Old Port district. Our final stop before heading home: Portland Head Light.