Day 5 - We're Outta Here

After our nice way too eerily quiet but dry overnight in the cabin we woke up rather late and headed off to our favorite destination.

Along the way following route 2 westward from Bangor we passed through Mexico before coming to the old mill town of Rumford Maine. 

We stopped here for a quick look at the falls that power the hydro electric plant there. The power of the water was amazing. We were already feeling better about out trip. 

Even from far away you could feel the rush of energy from the falls in the photo above.

The falls below reminded me of some water slide rushing around the corner.

 

Even Alex wanted to try his luck at going down the falls in a canoe. (below)

Then we each took photos Mr Paul Bunyon.

After this stop we continued onto Crawford Notch Campground.

Day 4 - Quick stop Molunkus Maine Where?

Well after a night in a nice hotel we headed off to Molunkus Maine, in the pouring rain. Hand drawn map in hand to a cabin in the woods. After finally finding it we realized how remote it was. Its right on route 2, only a couple of yards from the road, but 30 minutes to any type of civilization.

Unfortunately it is a vacation resort for numerous breeds of larger sized mosquitos, that now have many pints of blood. The rain didn't make things any better. To boot there is no running water or electricity. I don't mind going back to basics, but not preparing ahead of time (ie bringing fresh water) or propane for the lanterns that the cabin is piped for.  It also was way too hot and humid for getting the wood stove going to cook on, or heat water for a shower.

Although it may have been a free place to stay we stayed one night because we were miserable.  I think it'd be nice if we prepared ahead of time and the weather was cooler. 

We wanted to check out Baxter State Park but when we found out that it is closed to motorcycles we were completely turned off.

The next morning we packed up our things, repaired the door to the cabin. Someone had previously kicked the door in and broke the wood on the casing. I wouldn't have felt right leaving it unlocked, so a tube of epoxy and many screws. I got a workout with no power drill to make the job easy. Many vials of blood donated to the mosquitos later we were off to someplace we know we both enjoy.