Eastside Swell: I hope Maine didn't jump the shark!

Every year around the 4th of July Christine and I migrate east for a week long vacation. We always break up the trip and spend some time in Connecticut with her family and the some time in Maine with mine. The last two times that we've done this, our families have been to each others house. Since Adam finally decided to pull the trigger, we head north first to see Callie and Adam for a short amount of time before they headed back to the city. Luckily we were able to bring the nice weather with us from the west coast. Another awesome aspect to this years trip was that Goody and Jessica came up to visit us in Maine while we were there. So we knew that Maine had a chance to really shine this year.
I digress here to explain my last statement a little. See the Maine house is located on a small Island just off the cost of Camden Maine. It's very quite, very remote, no distractions whatsoever, and very little to do once the sun goes down. Literally, nothing. Since you have to take a ferry to get to the island and it stops at 5, it can start to feel very claustrophobic. At least these were our feelings in past years.
We started out by meeting Goody and Jessica at the ferry dock to get over to the island on Saturday about 3. Chris and I had ordered a lobster roll and some drinks when they dropped a bomb on us, Jessica was pregnant(Sorry Jess if you didn't want it out there). Wow, I'm so psyched for them and it was great to get this news in person! I can't wait to see them in January with their new baby.
So we headed over the island and met up with the rest of the family. It immediately led to cocktails, toasts to the Goodman's, and Callie and Adam. Then it was time to slaughter the lobsters. If you've never seen what this process looks like, I was able to take this very grainy video of my father putting them in the pots. Enjoy!

After the lobster feast, we took in some blueberry pies from Moody's diner. If you're ever in this part of Maine, I highly recommend stopping at Moody's for some blueberry pie. Nothing else that they serve is worth your time, but trust me, I don't like pie and I love this pie! Then we all headed outside for some time with the 12 sparklers that my father purchased. These were only slightly better than the ground fireworks that we were always so excited for when we were growing up. Fireworks that you purchase at stands always seem like a little bit of a letdown but these sparklers were fun.
Sunday was beautiful in Maine, it was warm, sunny, and perfectly clear. We took this opportunity to get the boat out and show the Goodman's the Island. We drove all the way around, saw glass beach where Adam proposed, and then headed back. Monday the Goodman's headed back to Connecticut and then that evening the Liashek's came up. Unfortunately it started raining again on Monday afternoon and so we weren't able to get the boat out for the rest of the time so we headed into Camnden for the day. Camnden doesn't have too much to offer, it's a quite little town on the water. Great little New England shops with some restaurants on the water. They did have the biggest rabbit I've ever seen at one of the pet stores named Winston. It was only slightly smaller than Yeti and had pretty much chewed up a head of broccoli. Wednesday was our last in Maine for a year and I've got to say, this was far and away the best Maine trip we've ever had. It was full of great fun, great family and an all around good time. I never understood why my parents had chosen this island in Maine lined with rocky beaches and bitter cold water. I can safely say that I finally get it. Good choice guys! Here's some pics, stay tuned for the Connecticut 1/2. There's less pictures because I forgot to turn the camera off and killed the battery.

Ferry dock in Lincolnville