Continued from last post...
After being up and about at 4ish, I knew this was not going to be a good start to our day. Sure enough, by the time we got up, it was still raining and we knew we'd have to pack up a wet tent. Our bags and air mattresses were getting wet around the edges where they'd come up against the tent as well. Not fun. We decided to just pack it up and move on out without breakfast, so we could stop for a hot breakfast along the way.
Did just that. Had to fold up the camper with a wet tent, got loaded up, and headed out. Ended up at Denny's in Ellsworth for breakfast, blueberry pancakes for both of us which tasted pretty good. Max in the car again, thankfully it was not too hot or cold for him to wait. We're pretty watchful about that.
Headed back up to Bangor, then over to Augusta where we got off onto secondary roads to make our way over to New Hampshire. The rain had pretty much stopped, thankfully, though it was still damp and cold. We stopped at the Maine visitor center in Fryeburg, almost to the border, so I could get one last Maine cache and drop off a few more travel bugs. Then a hop, skip, and a jump and we were in New Hampshire. Soon arrived in Conway. There was Conway, North Conway, Conway Center, and I think one more Conway. We found that a lot, three or four variations in the same town name, all grouped close together. Our campground was a few miles out of town, between Conway and another town named Albany. Pine Knoll Campground. Found it without too much trouble and found our site. It was a cluster of four tent sites in the middle of a sea of permanent campsites (so it seemed anyway) - trailers and a few RV's, many with permanent additions. The campground seemed to be about 75% seasonal sites, and since it was now Memorial Day weekend, most were there and having a great time. Seems like most were from Massachusetts. There were two bathhouses, one not too far away and another was a longer walk. The closer bathhouse didn't have the shower turned on (why not, it was Memorial Day weekend after all) and Steve reported that there was never soap in the restrooms. Overall quality was even less than at Hadley's Point. Definitely needed some upkeep. Advertised wifi was very poor quality. I barely got a signal once that first night but never was able to grab a signal again during our stay. Steve was concerned about buried electrical cables that weren't buried, were popping up out of the ground. Easily tripped over and perhaps pulled out. He was not impressed.
We set up in dry conditions - no rain, somewhat cool but a nice breeze which allowed us to dry most everything out before night. We had a broccoli/chicken/pasta/cheese dish for dinner (boxed meal with canned chicken) which was my backup meal for the trip. Need to get to a grocery store tomorrow for some fresh food!
Walked around a bit after dinner and found the other bathhouse. The restrooms were a bit better quality, we noted the presence of the showers - the sign said they were co-ed. Never did explore that more thoroughly. Too far to walk so just cleaned up at the closer bathhouse.
Made it a pretty early night. Sunrise comes early!
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