Ahhhh, Camping Season Has Begun

Have I said how much I enjoy camping? I do. I really, really do.

We spent our first camping trip of the season at Peakes Kinney State Park this past weekend. It was our first time there. Our reason for choosing this particular campground was due to its close location to the Whoopie Pie Festival. Next to camping, I really, really love Whoopie Pies; it’s a New England thing. Perhaps I’ll write about them in another post.

So, this campground is a little different than your typical campground here in Maine. First, it’s publically owned and maintained by our State Park Service. Second, it has no electricity, sewer or running water at the individual sites. Third, it’s not full of huge RV’s. There was a nice mixture of tents, pop-ups, and 5th wheels.

Before we try out a new campground, we also pre-inspect and choose our site. The site we chose for this outing was very private and large enough for our pop-up and a small tent. It was right next to a path that led to the newly built bath house. For a state park, the bath house was nice. It was set up as individual “rooms” that contained a shower, sink, & toilet, with benches and hooks to hold all your personal hygiene items. Two thumbs up from me for its cleanliness and size.

The whole family was there, including DD #1’s boyfriend. My son & his family had rented a site near ours, but ended up moving their tent to our site. Sweet granddaughter wanted to sleep in their tent, which meant they had to leave the campfire early to put her to bed. With the tent on our site, they were able to hang around the fire after putting her to sleep.

I enjoyed having no electricity. It meant no TV & DVD player. It also meant no electric coffee maker, but we made due with a percolator on the propane stove. We spent time around the fire, talking and enjoying each other’s company. We cooked marshmallows, I spent some time reading, and the girls spent time practicing their carving skills on marshmallow sticks.

While DD #2 regretted not bringing a friend, all of us enjoyed our stay. The only complaint about this campground is that the walk to the beach was too long, about 10 minutes down a long, rough path. For beach bums like us, it definitely needs to be closer and in view of our site.

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Happy Camping!