Katahdin 2011–First Report from the Wilderness camp
The boys and my dad are playing Monopoly on the IPad and I am taking a few minutes to tell you a little bit about our trip.
Yesterday, we left the civilization. One of the last views were a squirrel behind the railroad tracks behind our hotel. We stayed at the Hilton in Freeport (200m from L.L.Bean and the shopping paradises). We had running water, yacuzzi, electric light, TV, Telephone, etc. all of the things, that will not be available in the next week.
Fortunately, we have a SUV to pack all of our stuff
On the way to the Baxter Park, we stopped at some lakes to get a view and a feeling of the lakes in Maine.
Finally, we reached the Avalanche field and packed up to go to the Wilderness Camp at the lake.
We passed some amazing places and it was a nice hike (except the backpack, which felt like 200kg after the first hundred meters)
Finally we reached the lake. I didn’t take any more pictures inbetween because I was just exhausted.
We reached the camp in perfect sunshine
After getting settled in, the boys had to check out the dock and the fish below. The are some Perch, which nibbled their fingers
Dad and I used the time to relax
We checked out the other cabins and found that we are living close to the wildlife…
Some more impressions from the camp
Today we started real early. The boys woke up at shortly after 6am. This is however explainable as we went to bed at around 9pm yesterday evening.
The boys had to checkout the lake right away to see if it is still there…
After breakfast, we took the canoes to go fishing. I didn’t take the camera with me, as I wasn’t too confident in our boating skills and I didn’t want to search for the camera at the bottom of the lake. All my fears were superficial as nothing exciting happend on the boats (except for pretty strong wind, that always drifted us in direction of the shore…)
We went to the Lake Katahdin outlet and we caught some trouts (Felix 2, Max 1, Granddad 3 and I had 1 catch). However, only one was within the length restrictions.
The guys are now real fishing experts and had to try out their new skills on the beach as well.
Tonight, we had our “catch of the day” for dinner – Just kidding – our catch was the appetizer and Holly made a delicious roasted chicken for dinner.
