Late-minute vacation planning is always a gamble, especially when airline prices are the deciding factor. I looked at everywhere we could go as a family for a week, and the only "reasonable" flight option was Miami — but the last thing I wanted was to spend peak summer heat in Miami. So we pivoted: pack the car and drive up to Bar Harbor, Maine, a place that had been on my bucket list for years. After dropping our dog Murphy off with a friend (and a neighbor kindly agreeing t