Maxx's Maine Camping Blog

Clean Up Weekend

What an amazing weekend!   It was so much fun to see everyone again, and to meet new friends.  Tami checked in over seventy campers on Friday, and that doesn’t  count the seasonal campers who were coming out of hibernation!

Early Saturday dawn bright and sunny. We started with coffee and conversation

and donuts of course.

Then everyone got to work raking the playground, roads, walkways and sites

Then we took a break for more donuts

Tami caught this little guy sweeping the porch  . . .

and these two offered to window wash in the campground office

So she handed out more donuts!

All in all, thirty pine trees were planted through out the campground

And 132 campsites were raked!   Tami saw the blisters to prove it

Lots of campers told me that the eagles were both flying around the lake.  One of them was sitting on the edge of the nest, and dipping her beak down into it.  I think those eggs have hatched!  Tami’s going to try to get to the lake and take some photos this week.

Stay tuned!

Four more days . . .

until Clean Up Weekend!

I just received a call from the nursery, and we’ll have trees for planting this year. In 2007, there was a little mix up, the trees didn’t come in on time, and the kids were so disappointed. We ended up sending one of our employees into the woods to carefully dig up one-foot baby pines. It’s always warms my heart to see how much the kids enjoy this ecological activity.  Some families request the same site year after year so they can check on “their trees”.

Every year we lose new growth between the sites, due to people cutting between sites, kids riding bikes off road, or campers setting up their equipment off the cleared site area. If we didn’t transplant trees, over time we’d end up with a tree-less campground.

Those of you who are camping this weekend, don’t forget about our pot luck supper on Saturday night! We’ll have a sign-up sheet in the office.  Hmmmm . . . maybe I’ll bring chili.

A snow update: Cookie and I walked the park early this morning and found only four little areas with the white stuff. Yea! There were still a few spongy road spots, but between the rain (to help get rid of the frost) and the sunshine they’re predicting after it, those areas will be firm enough by the weekend.

Halfway through my walk, the haunting sound of the loon reached out to me.  It was sweet, sweet music to my ears!

I would have headed down to the water’s edge to sneak a peek and catch if there were one or a pair,but alas . . . I had to get Ben ready for school. He was not a happy camper this morning. April vacation went by much too quickly . . .