Maxx's Maine Camping Blog

Ahoy thar maties!

We were overrun with landlubbers . . .

and sailors alike!

Either way, everyone had a blasted good time Pirate Weekend!

Want to see what we did?

How about swabbing the poop deck races!

Why, you scurvy dog!  What do ya mean, ya can do that with one hook behind yer back?

How about walking the plank? Could ya manage that?

TOO TAME FER YA?  What if we make it twice as long?

Don’t you turn yer nose up at it yet!  We could blind fold ya!  AND set this lil, water squirting pirate on ya!

HA!  We’d like to see ya walk on it now!

We had a Sea Rover Hayride

where I kissed a bunch of babies on the tops of their wee heads

And all my little pirate camping buddies came out to learn how to be pirates!

I tell ya, this is one fine crew!  One fine Poland Spring Campground Crew indeed!

They did a Yo-Ho-Ho Scavenger Hunt, played horseshoes, canon-shot water balloons, had moose mix at storytime, made hooks and parrots at arts and crafts and did much, much more!

Debbie and Maggie kept the lil pirates sooooo busy, they couldn’t get into trouble if they tried.

All except this scurvy dog .  .

We had to keep two good eyes on HIM at all times!

What a beautiful weekend!  There’s were tons and tons of families here to swim in the pool, boat on the lake and play in the campground.  We greeted our regulars who’ve camped on the same campsite, for the same dates, year after year, after year.  And we met some new families who were trying us out for the first time.

We had all our usual recreation; like relay games, horseshoes, volleyball, bubble play, story time, a scavenger hunt, hayrides and more.  We also had an amazing red, white and blue, Fourth of July parade!

Do you see the cute hats the campers made at arts and crafts?  They all decorated themselves and their bikes.  Patriotic colors were displayed everywhere.

We had watermelon eating too . . .

. . . . right before the seed spitting contest!

Debbie and Maggie did the measuring and apparently, Poland Spring Campground has a lot of really, really talented seed spitters.  Their parents should be quite proud!  I know I am!

Aaaaaand, speaking of talent . . .

We had our first ever, Poland Spring Campground Talent Show!  We weren’t sure what to expect when we put a call out for talented campers . . .but we found two fabulous hula-hoopers

a beat-boxer, some singers who’d written their own songs, a ventriloquist

A cappella singers, humorous singers and a ton of other talent!

I’m just so crazy-proud of EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!  As Bryant said, it takes a lot of guts to get up there and perform in front of a whole campground

A standing ovation to all!

I tried to hula hoop too.

Buuuuut, I didn’t do so good.  Maybe it was the fur.  Maybe it was the antlers.  Maybe it was the lack of hips.

Maybe I should’ve stuck with what I do best . . .

looking pretty for the cameras.

Arg, matey!  We be ready fer havin’ fun this comin’ weekend with a whole crew of pirates!

Last year, we had tons of shipmates joining us for awesome activities like Walk the Plank and Sink the Ship.  Those are some of our favorites, and it wouldn’t be Pirate Weekend without them!

And I had to save everyone from the dreadful pirates that took over the rec hall!

Yeah I’m awesome like that.

By the way, starting counting down the days.  After Pirate Weekend, Santa Claus will be coming to town!  He visits us Saturday evening, and brings a present for everyone.  We love preparing for him by decorating, singing and playing games!

So make sure you start being good – I am!  (Except for getting Maggie with those waterballoons . . . )

Which means the Fourth of July!  And that means I get to drive the gulf cart!  Just ask Bryant!

It also means BJ Hickman, and noise makers, and even a parade!  Last year we had a lot of people in the parade, and they all had a noise maker AND a whistle – thanks to Debbie!  She’s awesome!

I can’t wait to see the parade this year.  I love leading the parade!

We’ve been having a blast this week so far, Maggie is a lot of fun!  We’ve done parachute play, and waterballoon games, bocci, dodgeball and even Candy Bar Bingo!

Sooooo many candy bars!

The weekend after the Fourth we jump overboard into Pirate Weekend!  AAARRRRR!

It’s one of my favorites!  Last year, the magic show was put on by the Steelgraves – but this year Mad Science is bringing their show “Up Up and Away!”  They come every year and always bring something different!  I can’t wait to see this one . . .