Family Hiking

One of our favorite Sunday activities has always been going for walks. Now that we live in a place with great family hiking, we often do that instead. The first weekend in October is the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and we stay home to watch it online. There are two sessions on Saturday and two on Sunday, and in between is a two hour break, during which we used to take our Sunday walks. Here on the East Coast, it doesn't start until 12 pm, so we spent the morning hiking. It was a gorgeous fall day.

We hiked Parkman Mountain. Madie is usually the front-runner, but I jogged up ahead to snap this shot.

Madie wouldn't join in the picture, but this was the first time she had hiked it too.

Madie wanted to take a picture of me. I think she did a decent job.

As always happens in Acadia, the view from the top of this mountain was beautiful.

This summer, the kids got in more mountains than ever. These are mountains they hiked at least the way up on their own. Some of these they hiked multiple times.

Madie:                                                                                                    Finn:

Flying Mountain (2.5 miles)                                                                  Flying Mountain (2.5 miles)

Bubble Rock (1 mile)                                                                            Bubble Rock (1 mile)

Penobscot Mountain (3.7 miles)                                                            Penobscot Mountain (3.7 miles)

Great Head (2 miles)                                                                             Great Head (2 miles)

Compass Harbor (1 mile)                                                                      Compass Harbor (1 mile)

Parkman Mountain (2.4 miles)                                                              Parkman Mountain (2.4 miles)

Caribou Trail (3 miles)                                                                          Caribou Trail (3 miles)

Beehive Mountain (2 miles--straight up! With Dad.)                            Jesup/Hemlock Trails (1.5 mi.)

Ship Harbor (1.5 miles, this was with her class)                                   Thuya Garden Trail (.25 miles)

It was a great summer for hiking. And the weather has been so nice for so long, we have been able to extend our outdoor adventuring long into the fall.