FREEPORT, MAINE TO GREENVILLE, MAINE.
Day 5 – This morning we packed up to leave Wolfe’s Neck in Freeport, Maine. It was a good stay; it always is. Wolfe’s Neck Oceanfront Camping, 134 Burnett Rd., Freeport, ME 04032, (207) 865-9307, https://www.freeportcamping.com/, info@freeportcamping.com. Today we drive to Lily Bay State Park, north of Greenville, Maine.
We left Freeport at 9:40 a.m., after dumping tanks and saying good-bye to a lone cow that was chomping away behind our campsite, and headed north on I-295 to I-95, the Maine Turnpike. The traffic was surprisingly light. At Newport we got off the turnpike and drove northwest on winding, bumpy, two-lane highways. It was 44 degrees and sunny when we got up; the high today was 62 degrees and mostly sunny. We stopped in a small town at a Subway to pick up sandwiches for lunch, then gave the kitties a break while we ate them (the sandwiches). Ho ho.
We got our first view of Moosehead Lake, the Lake that Lily Bay State Park is on, as we crested a hill at Greenville. We arrived at the Park at 1:20 p.m., checked in, and set up camp at Site #16M, in our opinion the best campsite at Lily Bay. It is very private & off the campground road and surrounded on three sides by water. This site is very popular and very hard to get reservations at, because you have to be online at 9 a.m. the morning they begin taking reservations. These three nights were all that were left for the entire season by the time I got through on Feb. 5.
Rob set up the screened tent and as soon as we were unpacked, we went out to sit by the Lake. Loons and other ducks were calling out. Chickadees, Nuthatches, Woodpeckers, Robins, and various Warblers were bopping about on the ground and from tree-to-tree. A Bald Eagle was perched on a tall tree on the island across from our site. It was heaven.
Around 6 p.m. we decided to take a drive up to Kokadjo, a tiny fishing/boating/hunting town about 20 minutes north of the State Park. A left turn at Kokadjo onto a dirt road takes you to a bridge that crosses a lovely creek where Moose are known to frequent around sunset and sunrise. We always drive to this area when we’re here. Moose are common in these woods and by streams. The lighting was nice, so we were hoping to get a moose sighting. No luck, but what we did get was attacked by swarms of biting black flies. They must’ve just hatched. We ran back to the car and spent the next 20 minutes during the drive back to the campground trying to get rid of all the bugs in the car. This is not a good sign for things to come at Lily Bay. The bugs will be arriving very soon. Getting out the bug spray in preparation!
We had dinner of the leftover food from last night’s trip to the Broad Arrow Tavern in Freeport: Scallops with Corn, Potatoes & Roasted Red Peppers, and Baked Haddock with Braised Greens over Basmati Rice. Very good! The girls are doing well. Right now Gracie is hiding under a blanket while Java swats at the strange lump moving under the blanket. Luna & Pixie are on blankets on the dashboard looking at the Lake. All are awaiting their dinner.