TRAVEL DAY: PRESQUE ISLE, ME TO GREENVILLE, ME.
Day 26 – We went to bed early last night so we’d be sure to get up early this morning. From past experience we know that today’s drive can be long, with rough roads. We’d like to get to our destination, Lily Bay State Park, soon after check-in time before the rain starts. Up at 5:30 a.m. (OMG, is this the time Rob used to get up every single day, Mon. thru Fri., for work?), we didn’t rush but enjoyed a relaxing morning, just ticking off our to-do lists gradually, one thing at a time. Since there was no dump station at Aroostook, we could either dump at an off-site place or dump tanks at our destination, Lily Bay. We chose to hold off till Lily Bay. (Not necessarily the best plan, so we discovered.)
We left Aroostook State Park at 8:10 a.m. It was 55 degrees and partly cloudy. After taking Route 1 south, then getting on I-95 south and west to Exit 244, the long & winding rough road began and continued for the rest of the drive. Narrow, two-lane roads through small towns, forests, and farmlands were scenic but not pleasant otherwise. The cats found it uncomfortable; so did we – and we’re sure it wasn’t great for the RV and tow car either. Twice we pulled over to put the silverware back in their drawers as the drawers came open & fell to the floor. This is WITH the drawers being stuffed with towels for our drives to keep the noise down from the continual rattling. Needless to say, we won’t take this route again.
We were glad we left earlier than usual this morning. We arrived at Lily Bay State Park at 1:35 p.m. after stopping numerous times for road work plus lunch & gas in the RV. Traffic was light, thank goodness. It was 74 degrees, cloudy & windy. The forecasted rain & thunderstorms have been extended to begin early this evening. After checking in, we proceeded to the fresh water & dump station to fill up with one & empty the other. Got our water, but the dump station was clogged up & Rob couldn’t dump our tanks. Since we hadn’t dumped tanks for five days, this was not a good thing. Rob told the forest ranger about the station not working, and they said they’d been having problems with it. As we left and drove to our campsite, we passed a septic service truck in route to the station. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
Site 1U was one of the few campsites available for larger vehicles during the days we needed one. It turned out to be a decent site, plenty large enough, wooded & shaded, and the neighbors were quiet. The only possible issue could be that it is the first campsite on the road; all campers have to pass by to enter the camping area. We’ll see how it goes. We unpacked and settled in. The girls were obviously happy to be done with that ride! Click any picture below to see a slideshow.
