Lily Bay State Park and Moosehead Lake Maine on $20 a dayThis is part of an 18 week, 7,532 mile, Vanabode road trip detailed in the
book from Amazon Above: This grouse was charging us and trying to lead us away from the area. I suppose her young were hiding somewhere in the brush nearby. The Moosehead Lake region is huge and comprised of thousands of acres of land. Small towns are scattered throughout the area surrounded by rugged back woods, rivers, lakes, and waterfalls. Above: A ninety-year-old man sits thirty feet from me lakefront where many of us swim. He wears expensive Bose brand headphones. He listens to opera so loud I can hear it through his headphones. He tears into a quarter watermelon like it’s his last meal and teh juice runs down his weather beaten folds. Above: I am closer to the day of my death than the day of my birth, yet I continue taking risks. Dumb. Above: We can't wait any longer so we find a secluded area, sneak through the woods and swim alone in Moosehead lake. Above: We hike for three miles round trip along the clear lake shore and through dark wet moose bogs, cedar swamps, dry pine uplands, and pebbly beeches. Kelly and I cut through the woods for a private two-hour lake swim. The water is cold at about seventy degrees but under the sun’s attention it’s refreshing. Everything here is wildlife related including the businesses. You can choose from moose sighting tours, lake fishing tours, guided river fishing trips, canoe and kayak rentals, boat rentals, lake side cottage retreats, house and condo based vacations, guided hunting trips, and off road all terrain vehicle tours. In the winter they offer guided ice-fishing trips, snow mobile rentals, and cross-country skiing excursions. Ducks weave in and out of the swimmers, careful to guide their chicks away from the careless children. A loon dives for fish, and then comes up forty yards away. Giant black woodpeckers follow each other from tree to tree. Lily Bay State Park is this giant area of lands ONLY true state park. I think this is only the third time this trip we have paid to camp overnight. The first time was in the DC suburbs. At twenty-six dollars a night here in Maine, we could not afford to travel for months or years. But one night is no big deal. Look closely at just how big this is. That tiny black square on that yellow box up there on the crane is about the size of a mans head. For thousands of unforgettable experiences on this affordable
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