Waking to the sound of running water is a wonderful feeling. We slowly started our day with breakfast and coffee while we each read a book. As we were preparing to head out some guy pulled up and said we couldn't camp here to which Jason replied we weren't. The spot clearly was for campers for it was cleared out and had a fire ring...
In either case we headed out in a western direction to an area called "Height of Lands." Originally, we both wanted to go hike Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park which is the highest point in Maine. Unfortunately, the RV we are in is apparently too big to drive within the state park which is a first for me. What I didn't understand was why a 23 foot RV couldn't go up but a 44 foot combined length trailer could? The only way we would have been able to make it work is if we hiked about 8 miles in and then did the hike which just would have been too much. So we continued driving west until we hit the Height of Lands overlook which was a stunning view! Green, forested mountains abound here and with the incoming rain it was a beautiful sight to behold.
Either before or after Height of Lands (for I seem not to remember the order of things) we came across a pull off where Jason found a trail leading to a river. So we parked and walked down with a frying pan full of the Mexican salad I had thrown together for our lunch. It was sublime sitting out on the rocks int he sun with the river running past us as we ate our salad. After lunch we put on our swimsuits and went swimming in the river which felt amazing!
Back on the road we found free camping at Forest Road 752 in Bethel, Maine within the White Mountains National Forest. As we neared the camping it began to pour down rain; creating a river that ran thru our campsite. So we stayed in and watched a movie and eat a pizza only venturing out to find a frisbee when the rain ceased some.
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