Our tent is ignominiously upended as we pack up to leave the Mt. Blue State Park. Rainy hike, crummy trail, no views, mosquitoes, rainsoaked campground...why does this feel like we had a great weekend. The other side? Spending time with Margaret and Andrew-- a hike so bad that it was good, a fabulous dinner at Brian's Bistro in Rumford when rain drove us from our "dampsite", a superlative night's sleep in a rainy tent. What's not to like? And why upended? Partly to empty the puddles of water that had gathered INSIDE! and partly just to dry out the bottom of the tent.
Sure didn't feel like 1.6! Maybe they got the numbers reversed and it was actually 6.1? The picture looks lovely-- a gentle trail beckoning one to walk on. The reality was not so nice, lots of rocks, no switchbacks and much steeper than the picture shows. Never a view to be had and just as we reached the top, the clouds rolled in, the rain pelted down and we huddled in a half finished building hoping that the rain would cease (it didn't)Brian's Bistro in Rumford was a great discovery for us campground refugees. A five star restaurant in a most unexpected place. Looking very damp and disheveled, but warmly welcomed in spite of this, we were really happy to find a delicious alternative to the marinated grilled tempeh burgers that we had planned for the campsite.
Here is our excellent camping dog, Darby. He was slightly dubious about the whole thing at first but stayed right in camp even when we let his off his "string". His first night on my cushy new air mattress was also something of a concern to him-- for much of the time he pressed very hard into me for stability-- the next night he was an old pro and curled up happily at the bottom of the mattress
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| Margaret and Andrew - before we got soaked |
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