It's Wednesday...every Wednesday is a special day at Mah-Kee-Nac...but this Wednesday is far different to all the other Wednesdays. Yes it's a trip, but this time it's 8 hours away from camp. The road to Maine was long, but the edge smoothed with a selection of great movies. There's not a whole lot else to really say about the journey here. Half way through the journey we stopped off for an hour or so in a sea side village called Old Orchard. To tell you the truth I wasn't impressed at all, it was so tacky with every store selling knock-offs and fake clothing and judging by the view from the pier no point stepping foot on the beach on the account that every square inch was occupied. Apparently it's a half decent surf spot, but by the looks of the village and its lack of surf-anything it's nothing to brag about. Safe to say I wouldn't go back, nor recommend the place.
In utter contrast, we arrive at Twin Pine Cabins on Millenocket Lake, the only words I can use to describe the place are wow, phenomenal and breath taking. It's the stereotypical lakeside setting. Log Cabins, barbecues, viewing docks that stretch out, suspended over the water, park benches under little wooden gazebos and the typical high-backed outdoor lounge chairs. Where the grass ends the water immediately starts, the view looking out is unbelievable, the photos won't do it justice. The body of water is at least 5 times that of Stockbridge Bowl, where my camp is, and looking directly across from Twin Pine is a solitary mountain. To the right, surrounded by water are tiny islands about the size of a tennis court, each covered in trees. The clouds are so defined yet set such a soft background. The sun's setting...the phrase on everyone's lips "this doesn't look real", and I totally agree. So peaceful, so beautiful, I genuinely want to come back here! It's amazing and the people here are so nice!
Danbee girls are here with us, so it's cool to have some faces around that aren't just our campers, monotony drives me insane, but this place and this time, it's just great =)
Early night tonight for an early wake up...we're going white water rafting.
"Yeeeeeehaaaa!"...my uncontrollable war cry. I can't help it, but when I'm going balls to wall, with my hair on fire, heart racing and biggest smile on my face, the next step is my war cry. And going through the Class 4 White Water of the Penobscot River in Maine, on an inflatable raft, is no exception by any means! We're back on the bus heading to the world class ski resort, Sugarloaf Mountain so i'm writing this up now. I had to give the rafting session a 6-7 out of 10, there was a cave and the opportunity to surf at the bottom of a waterfall, but we didn't make it with kids in my boat being sissies and not paddling, but was cool watching the others do it. We went over the waterfall first which was epic. The majority of the journey downstream was a lot of hard work, but getting to the rapids was so worth it. We went through class 3's and a class 4. At one point we stopped climbed out the boats and floated down a natural rockslide. There are some cool videos and pics that will be up on my facebook soon. Definitely going rafting again though.
We arrived at Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in good time and went straight to our cabins, to which my jaw dropped to the floor! This...I could get very used to!!! The cabin has it's own lounge and kitchen upstairs, two rooms with single beds and I've scored the master bedroom! Queen sized bed, en suite, walk in wardrobe and my own TV that I'm currently watching NFL Superbowl re-runs on. The cabin even has it's own wooden deck to BBQ on. I would happily live in a place like this. You'll have to see the pics/video. Spent some time relaxing in the sauna and then in the pool with the kids and Danbee girls.
Tomorrow dawns the long bus journey back to camp, at least we have lots of movies to watch and stopping off in New Hampshire to shop a little.
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