Finally got to spend the holiday weekend camping at Moosehead Lake. The state has made wonderful rustic campsites in many places along the lake. Outhouses, fire rings and picnic tables right on the very edge of the lake. Not many people take advantage of these sites nowadays as they have fancy RVs and need electricity to be comfortable. Well, these two very old people had a wonderful time, sleeping in the back of our vehicle, cooking over a campfire, thinking of you granny, and how much you would enjoy being there. Saw 30 young loons all in one flock?, covey? group? Never saw more than 3-4 together at one time before. There were 6 larger loons in another group. On the unimproved road returning to civilization, we had a cow moose jump out of a bog just inches away from our vehicle and saunter down the road at his leisure despite hubby honking his horn at her. Also encountered a red coyote in the road. Never saw a red one before.
Wneighbor, I did reply to the beekeeping threads as we kept bees for many, many years. Very interesting creatures. Docile and easy to handle if approached correctly. Too bad that diseases have decimated the hives around here.
>>>>Finally got to spend the holiday weekend camping at Moosehead Lake. <<<<<
I have heard stories of camping at Moosehead Lake from Lloyd. That is a place he brings up with fondness from his younger years and after your description I should love to camp there if we ever manage to make it to Maine at the right time of year. Your kind of camping is my kind of camping too.
I am anxious to get my bees! The 3 things I have on my priority list for this fall are bees, asparagus bed and starting peach trees. I will do other things too but certainly don’t have time for all my plans. Those 3 items are the top of the importance list. I do not want to live here any longer than I must without those things.
Finally got to spend the holiday weekend camping at Moosehead Lake. The state has made wonderful rustic campsites in many places along the lake. Outhouses, fire rings and picnic tables right on the very edge of the lake.<<<
Fantastic!!!
And with all the folks not using the camp ground, nature is showing up again.
We started camping in a 55 Chev wagon, slept 3 in the back and one on a cot or in the front seat.
There is a good feeling about being outdoors and I never learned to enjoy hotels and motels.
I am so glad you got to go and camp.