Acadia National Park, the Vacation that Almost Was Not

Our campsite

The good news, Thom and I are reluctantly back from an amazing vacation in Acadia National Park. The not so good news, the trip almost fell through at the absolute last minute. I spent last Wednesday at work counting down the minutes until vacation. Our good friends were going to pick up our dog and then we were going to head down to my mother's house to pick up our camping gear. Then I was going to straighten up the apartment and finish up packing so that we could have a nice relaxing morning before going to a couple of appointments and heading off to our camp site. 

That was what was supposed to happen. In reality, I got out of work to find a very distraught husband. Our bank had a MAJOR banking error that resulted in our vacation savings being completely exhausted to the point of overdrafts. Rather than a leisurely evening before vacation, we ended up arguing with the bank and trying to figure out how to finance our vacation. At the absolute last minute, my mom came through and let us borrow enough money for us to go on our trip. We then called our friends to pick up our dog, they were completely understanding and amazing, and then headed over to my mom's house to pick up our gear. I gave my mom a very teary hug, she saved our much needed vacation, and for that I am forever grateful.

Peonies, from CSA week 3

We got home well after 9 o'clock, and neither of us had eaten dinner. Thom pulled something together, and we both fell asleep out of sheer emotional exhaustion. Needless to say, the majority of my Wednesday night plans became Thursday morning plans. We resolved our banking issue, which unfortunately meant cancelling the layaway on some furniture we have ordered. Sometimes being a grown up can be difficult. We made it to both appointments on time, picked up our CSA, packed up the car and headed on our way. Until we hit a traffic jam, which turned a 3 hour drive into a 4 1/2 hour drive. We finally got to our campsite at 8:30, set up camp in the dark, and ate cold hot dogs for dinner because we could not get the fire to light. Despite all of our set backs, we went to bed with a smile. At the end of the day, despite everything working against us, we were on vacation in Acadia National Park.