July 7th....IT RAINS EVERY DAY!....EVEN IN MAINE!

Heading north in Maine….raining and misting since we left camp this am. At least last night the rain held off until we were ready to watch our installment of the “Band of Brothers”.
Stopped at WalMart to do some re-stocking of supplies.Nothing much to see other than a beautiful falls in Rumford (where Edmund Muskie was born and was Sec. Of State in 1980).

Don't know what Paul Bunyon has to do with this town....I should have taken Dawson's picture with it....It's probably 30 ft. tall.
This looks more like a rapids to me...but they call it a falls. Any way you look at it, it's beautiful.

These were some iron art figures on the shore by the falls....very cool.

Tried to stop at about 2:30 at a state campground where Dawson could fish for trout, but the last level site was taken just before I got there. Heading down the road about an hour to another place….that even has a pool (heated I hope because it’s 55 degrees outside). Chris just had the bright idea to put up the ”bug hut” (i.e. a screened in tent for mosquito protection) and put a tarp over the top so that we can get out a bit from the shelter of our mini camper. We also thought of putting up our portable shower to put the bins in so that we don’t have to wipe them off in the a.m. if it’s been raining. Guess we’re getting into rain mode. Yuk!

July 8th RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY...COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY!

It rained all night and it's 11:30 a.m. and it is still raining. Full rain gear is the order of the day. But, we're prepaired. The tarp over the bug hut works fantastically, as does the portable changing room/shower. This is a wonderful campground we're at: near Millinocket, at Rt 11 and 157, in the center of the state. There's lots for Dawson to do here , so we're staying an extra day... AND there are domesticated bunnies EVERYWHERE, which drives Tommy crazy! I'm doing the wash now, so afterward I will go take some pictures....including the bunnies and post them.

Until we connect again....