Halibut Point State Park

A few weekends ago we discovered Halibut Point State Park up in Rockport MA.  Found it quite by accident since I was really looking up a place called The Lobster Pool which is a sea side restaurant where you order at the counter and then sit down on some rocks by the ocean.  Seemed a little far to drive for this particular lunch (though I must be becoming a wuss about this stuff b/c an hour drive would have never before deterred me from a "must try" place). So what to do after we drive all the way up to Cape Anne for lunch?  Well, good thing the Lobster Pool website had a "things to do nearby" type page.  Otherwise, not sure I would have known this quarry was there for the hiking. It was beautiful.  It was easy to do with kids.  I will not go again until Samantha is much older.  The parts down by the ocean/rocks were cool, but the trail that wraps the steep rock-face quarry was death-defying for me since Samantha kept charging for the no-barriers at all edge.  All the more fun that as we were packing up the car, we checked in with Wendy, Jeff & Alex who, lo and behold, were up for a last minute adventure.  It was an hour to drive there.  We hiked around for about an hour and then went to the Lobster Pot, where we wound up waiting about 45 minutes for it to open.  Silly us, we should have spent more time at the park.

Samantha gets pretty before our hike.  Hey, it was the only way she would let me put in her "explorer braids".   Elliot also did her own make-up.  Look closely and Ben says she looks like a "klingon" (SP? from Star Trek). 

Sam, Ben, Alex, Elliot, & Jeff explore the tide pools at Halibut Point.

Ellie, Sam & Ben pose with Jeff in the background.

We all have explorer braids!

Ahhhh, the real reason for our trip:  The Lobster Pools.