In Search of Majesty

We set off on our "Bucket List Vacation" with a cooler of snacks, cameras and a general sense of our route.  We had reservations in Maine, but our stops along the way were left to the spur of the moment.  And what moments we had!

 The Mister had been to Niagra Falls as a child, but neither Flash nor I had ever been, so we turned left and spent a little time soaking up the view.

 We drove across upstate NY, up through the adirondacks.
  It made us all miss Pennsylvania with all the hills and trees.  

We took a ferry across Lake Champlain. 

The view of New York behind us...
 

and the White Mountains of Vermont in front of us was stunning!

The Mister loved the view.

 There was beauty everywhere we looked.

 A beautiful New England town.

 

We stumbled upon one of the tallest observatories in the world. 
So, we had to go up, of course. 

And when we stopped again when we crossed over this waterfall. 

 When we arrived in Maine, The Mister tried out his moose call.
(It didn't work.)

 Sunrise from our balcony.

 Starting the day looking out across Frenchman's Bay in Bar Harbor, Maine can't be beat.

 The view from the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park was breathtaking.

 We stopped to take it all in.

 The boys I love and the view I was longing for.

We loved watching the waves crash at Thunder Hole.

And everywhere we turned in Acadia, there were amazing things to see.

We saw puffins...

...and whales...

...including a mother and her calf! 

 We saw lots of lobster boats!

Which sure made two boys happy!!

 

 There were lighthouses everywhere...

 ...and an eager photographer ready for the next best shot!

 

We took a tour of Fenway Park...

 ...where we sat in some of the most famous seats in baseball...

And we wrapped up our New England vacation with a "slice of heaven" from Mystic Pizza!

I cannot say enough about our trip.  We set out to "see something majestic" and filled our hearts, souls and photo albums with more scenes that fit that description than we could have planned for!  We savored every moment of our family time, filling the time with laughter and joy at every turn (well, except maybe when we were all freezing on the whale watching boat!) 

Thanks to both of my boys for such an amazing time together!  

And thanks be to the One who made it all!!