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Month: August 2020

Baxter State Park

Baxter State Park

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We lumped Baxter State Park into our running list of camping trips because why not? “Why not” actually became the theme of the weekend because when you’re doing any type of wilderness camping, “who cares” and “you might as well” is the best mindset. Special guests, Memere and Pepere joined our traveling circus on this one!  Just because “state park” is in its title, Baxter is not considered one of the 12 family campgrounds operated by Maine’s Bureau of Parks…

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Damariscotta Lake State Park

Damariscotta Lake State Park

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Damariscotta Lake State Park is located in Jefferson, Maine and not in the more well known town of Damariscotta, aka the oyster capital of New England. A tad confusing at first but when you see that Damariscotta Lake is a whopping 10 miles long and pretty much runs the distance between the two towns, it makes much more sense. Still, that’s about a 20 minute drive by car, and from Portland to the park, it was an hour and 15…

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