Camdin Hills State Park

May 21, 2008 by Tim Enright.

Upon entering Maine our first stop was at the Harraseeket Lunch & Lobster Company. This place is famous for its spectacular lobster roll. If you don’t know where this place is it can been a hard place to find. You can forget about getting there with a trailer. We had to park on the side of the street about a half mile away on a very steep hill. And wouldn’t you know it, when we got there we forgot the camera and I had to hike back to get it.

Next on the trip and also in the town of Freeport was L. L. Bean. We spent quite some time shopping there. This place was enormous and had everything.

We finally arrived at our destination for the night, Camdin Hills State Park. This park is located at the base of Mt. Battie which offers a view of Camden, Penobscot Bay, and the surrounding islands.

The park is one of the few in Maine that offers electric as well as water. On the downside the sites are extremely unlevel. They are some of the worst we have ever experienced. It can also be difficult to maneuver around the many trees in the park. The park also offers WiFi, but they did not know how to get it to work. The Wi-Fi will work on a trial basis for about 30 minutes and then password they provide will not work.

On top of everything else this was a very bad day for the notorious Maine black flies. You could only setup camp with one arm. You needed the other one to constantly swat at flies. Anyone was has experienced this knows that this is no exaggeration. This was not one of our better stays.

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