Relax! Don’t Do It!
Our next adventure starts tomorrow. I’m leaving work early and we’re driving up to Acadia National Park (in Maine). It’ll be a 4.5+ hour drive and we’re staying in a cabin that our friend, Scott, scored for the week. From what I can tell, this place is in the middle of nowhere. The cabin has three bedrooms, one bathroom, a deck and kitchen/living/dining area. Oddly, the layout requires that you exit the main portion of the house and walk outside to get to the bedrooms and bathroom.
I suppose I should be thankful that it has an enclosed/attached bathroom at all. The last time I visited this area was in the early 90’s with my friend, Melody. We visited her brother who lived year-round outside the park. He lived on a dirt road in the woods. His home had an outhouse that was quite far from the actual house. The bathtub was in the kitchen.
Anyway, at least our place has running hot and cold water. It does NOT have a phone or TV…but that’s what cell phones and laptops (with DVD’s) are for!
It should be fun. To be honest, I’m kind of hoping we get a wash-out of a rainy day at least once. One of my favorite vacation memories was up in the White Mountains with my friends, Ben and Brad. Ben’s familiy has a lovely house overlooking the mountains. It rained so hard that we spent nearly the entire day on the wrap-around porch either napping in the hammock, playing card games, listening to music, or reading. I can’t recall the last time I felt that relaxed.
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I hope you have a great time in Acadia – it’s one of my favorite places!
Heya Karl – in summer with weather like this, even driving like I do, I’d figure on 5-1/2 hours, not 4-1/2…best time I ever made from Boston, in dead of winter on a nice day, was something like 4 hours 22 minutes door to door (mostly at 85MPH+) – take the Rte. 3 cutoff from Augusta – probably fastest – don’t take the coast route from Brunswick – it’ll take FOREVER behind some little old lady doing 10 MPH UNDER the speed limit…
Have fun!