Thursday, September 16, 2010
Balsam Woods Campground, Abbot Village, ME July 11-14
This is another wonderful campground up in the North Woods part of Maine. It has lovely sites nestled in the trees -- lots of balsams, too, with their wonderful smell. It is reasonably priced & in a nice secluded location.Sightseeing here has centered on Moosehead Lake, just about 20 miles north near Greenville. There is a nice campground up there called Moosehead Family Campground, which we would also recommend. We went to Lily Bay SP on the east side of the lake, had a picnic & hiked along the lake shore. We enjoyed the park but didn't see any moose.
We continued our quest for moose the next day by taking a boat cruise from Rockwood, about 20 miles NW of Greenville. Success! We saw a cow & twin calves, quite a special sight. We saw another lone cow, eating away, not bothered in the least by our presence. She buried her face in the water up to her eyebrows to eat (kept her eyes open!). After the cruise, we saw one more cow along the road home.Two hikes on parts of the Appalachian Trail rounded out our stay here. The trail is quite lovely, & it really starts you dreaming to walk along it. Other than the parking lot, we didn't meet another person on the AT.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 9:16 PM 
