I thought summer wouldn't go by so fast this year, since we didn't take a three- (or eight-) week road (or hiking) trip in the middle of it, but, if anything, I think it went faster. After the first day of "Hey Mom, hey Mom, hey Mom," I knew I had to sign E and Z up for a LOT of camps, which I did, which was nice for me (and probably for them, too, but they won't admit it), but it also resulted in a lot of the same kind of rushing around to get places on time that characterizes the rest of the year and is, I believe, a huge contributor to making time fly by. But, this summer was not ALL rushing around. Since my last, 4th-of-July update, we took a weekend trip to Vermont (for a funeral and some college tours, but also a bit of sight-seeing and hanging out in swimming pools; I have no photo evidence of that trip, however).
We also went to the beach.
And I, without kids, did some bird-watching.
And saw Maine's peculuar red-billed tropic bird.
And some bonus seals.
We went to the beach again.
And we went on a 5-day camping trip.
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With 4 other families, for a total of 21 people, 12 of them being males under the age of 18 (five of those being males 13 years old).
While there, we climbed a small mountain.
Then we went to the beach again.
And we went hiking again.
And, finally, we celebrated the nominal (though not calendrical and, this year, not even weather-wise) last day of summer by taking a gorgeous boat ride among harbors and islands and coves.
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This summer may have gone by too fast, and it may not have been marked by an epic vacation, but it was still pretty darn nice.
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