Fourth of July at Old Orchard Beach

After my parents left, they headed up the coast to Vermont and Maine and traveled around. A week later we joined them for the week of the fourth. Sterling was off that week, so we drove up to Maine to a campground at Old Orchard Beach. We had a lot of fun and the kids did great in a tent.

We set up our campground

Walked to the beach and along the pier

Boy’s bench

Girl’s bench

Went swimming

Took naps

Ate out

Played at the beach

And in the waves

Build the Titanic (it was supposed to be a sand castle, but my skill are about 15 years out of practice. Mom said it looked more like a ship than a castle.)

Got buried in the sand

For the actual Fourth of July, it was absolutely pouring rain. They did fireworks on the pier and at the beach, but we didn’t want to brave the weather with little kids, so we all climbed in my parents tent, whipped out the laptop and watched movies. It was a great evening regardless.

While you’re in Maine there’s one thing you must do. Eat lobster. We took full advantage of that and enjoyed lots of shellfish for a ridiculously low price. Yum!

When we arrived home, I realized that I got eaten alive up there. I tried to remember to keep mosquito repellant on at all times, and I did well remembering to put it on the kids, just not myself. My legs were covered with bites. I counted and found roughly 50 bites over both legs. Yeah, 50. Fortunately they didn’t itch too badly and went away quickly.

All in all, it was a great trip!!