Thursday, June 17, 2021

WALKS, A DRIVE, & DINNER.

Day 29 – Today was relaxing, most days are. After drinking his coffee, Rob took a walk on a trail to the “beach”. (I take a lot longer than he does to get up & rolling in the morning.) He took a nice forest trail near our campsite. It meandered through the woods and along what may have been an old tent campground, then came out to an open, grassy area that went down to the shore of Rangeley Lake. The trail sign had said it was to the beach. There was no sand in sight, but still it was a nice grassy area. Then he walked back to the campground and walked the loop, checking out campsites. Several campers left today and lots more came in. It’s almost the weekend when they will be filled up.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

TRAVEL DAY: GREENVILLE, MAINE TO RANGELEY, MAINE.

Day 28 – We were up early this morning since it was a travel day and you never know how long it will actually take to pack up, get to a new place, and set up there. After being unable to dump our tanks when we arrived at this campground, we were desperate to do the dumping before leaving for today’s trip. We checked with the ranger regarding the status of the dump station; he said the facilities were partially open and he told us which area to use. After dumping tanks, successfully we departed Lily Bay State Park at 8:20 a.m. It was sunny & 53 degrees. It had rained most of the night.

126 miles, (3:45), 46795-46921
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Monday, August 13, 2018

END OF MONTH TWO, TRIP #4:  As of Day 61, yesterday 8/12/18, we’ve been gone for two months on Trip #4. Granted, we had to stop and return home in July so that Rob could fly to CA, but just counting days on the road, we’ve completed two months of this trip. We got back on the road once he returned & we’d packed up again. We’d left off at Aroostook State Park in northern Maine near Presque Isle. When we returned to camping, we first headed to the old standby in Massachssetts, Traveler’s Wood’s Campground, then drove up to northern NH near the Maine border near Umbagog Lake National Wildlife Refuge. We stayed for over a week at Coleman State Park, an excellent campground, with Loons calling. Bald Eagles, Moose & great kayaking. From there we drove to Rangeley Lake State Park in western Maine, stayed there for almost a week, then moved on to Peaks-Kenny State Park near Dover-Foxcroft in central Maine. Beautiful country, but we really want to see the top of Maine, near the Canadian border. Not many roads there, almost no towns, river kayaking galore, Moose, Bears, Eagles, oh my……and we’ve just obtained reservations at Moosehead Lake and also at Baxter State Park, moving ever onward to the north. Stay tuned for more about the wilder side of Maine!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIN!  WE HOPE IT WAS WONDERFUL!

Day 62 – I neglected to do a campground review after Rangeley Lake State Park, so that will follow along with a review of Peaks-Kenny State Park because, guess what?, we have left this Park and moved on to another one! Crazy.

48 miles (1:20), 30965-31013

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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Day 61 – It was 62 degrees & cloudy this morning at 6:50 a.m. A nice, cool night but I wouldn’t call it quiet. That’s the weekend in a crowded Park. Still, we’ve seen worse. The exodus began around 7:30; should be really crowded at the dump station by the time we leave, hopefully by 10 a.m.  The girls are contentedly relaxing; they don’t know yet that we’ll be traveling today.

130 miles (3:10), 30835-30965

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Friday, August 10, 2018

Day 59 – Cooler this morning, sunny & breezy, 62 degrees. Rob took another long bike ride. We all, cats included, are so much more comfortable now that it’s not humid. The girls are feeling their oats, running around, having a great time. This afternoon we’ll be going into Rangeley for groceries & a trip to the Post Office – our mail finally arrived for pick up.

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Day 58 – It’s 9:30 a.m. & pouring down rain. Thunder has Java, the scaredist kitty, scattering for her hiding place under the chair. The weather forecast changed completely, though, from all-night rain last night plus all-day rain today to just an hour’s rain from 9 to 10 (right now). Judging from the amount of rain coming down, the entire long storm previously forecasted has gathered into one heavy, short storm! Rob got up at 6:30; it was cloudy & humid & 67 degrees. He took a long bike ride – well, it was mostly a bike ride, but the “Moose Corridor Trail” was not maintained, muddy, & rocky, suited for moose but not completely suited for biking. The rain had started & he arrived back at the RV soaking wet. I thought about tossing him out with the garbage, but then determined he was not a wet rat, but Rob!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Day 57 – We were up by 7:30 a.m., 66 degrees, partly sunny, humid but not like yesterday. We’d intended to go out this morning to drive all the way around Rangeley Lake to see what was in the area. We wanted to get an approximate idea how long we’d be here before we paid for more nights camping here. The Lake is huge, and larger lakes can get very rough with wind, too rough for our kayaking. The campground is fairly full, and will be completely full by Friday & Saturday nights. So we may want to move on, sooner rather than later…….

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Day 56 – Rain and a thunderstorm came through last night. Muddy out, 66 degrees & humid at 8:30 a.m.  We packed up & got ready to leave. Maybe at our next campground we’ll have an internet connection and can post the Blog, and a cell phone signal so we won’t have to drive somewhere to make a call & check for messages? Just as Rob went outside to take down the tent, when I was inside packing up the kitchen, the skies opened up & it poured down rain. Of course, it stopped raining exactly when Rob finished taking down the tent. Rob was soaking wet, as was the tent, when it rains, it pours.

65 miles (1:55), 30770-30835

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