Baby Lobsters and Horseshoe Crabs

On a recent vacation to Mount Desert Island, Maine we stopped by the The Mount Desert Oceanarium.  We are a mountain-dwelling inland family, so we were searching for a family friendly interactive nature museum to introduce Alden to marine life, and this is about all you can find in the area.  It’s advertised in all the…

Shore Things

We went to the Maine coast this weekend to visit with family and got in a few short walks along the beach in Surry and in Acadia National Park.  A lot of times when we head over there it’s winter or early spring when the tourist season has yet to begin.  While some of the…