Freeport Maine - Recompense Shore Campground
site#2 about 1/4 mile from ocean
Roughing it has a new meaning.Monday July 14, 2008
Last night turned out to be pretty sweet…we ate clam chowder, talked to Mom & Dad & Kate and Greg played his guitar. We got everything ready to go (toad hooked up and awning down) and hit the road pretty early Monday morning heading for Maine. Along the way in Leominster, Massachusetts west of Boston we stopped and did our laundry…clean sheets are always so sweet. After looking through Woodall’s and the AAA guide we decided to try Recompence Shore campground which is run by the University of Maine. It has over 100 sites but only 7 have water and electric. We chose Recompence because of the description (quiet, primitive and private) and the location (outside of Freeport). We got the last w&e site which is right across from the office and showers, but the site is large, wooded and overlooks a huge meadow and you can see the ocean. The ocean here is not anything like the ocean in Florida except for maybe the part around Cedar Key on the west coast. It is marshy and rocky and the tide changes are extreme. Very beautiful. We liked Recompence and decided to make it our base for a few days. We have to move tomorrow to a non-water/electric site, but it is on the ocean and more private. We took a bike ride around the area and then had a relaxing evening of catching up on e-mail and looking for a place to stay Thursday – Saturday (Camden State Park…we are sort of State/National Park snobs). After dinner and a fire we took a ride into Freeport to check out the 24 hour LLBean store. It is really an LLBean campus with about 5 buildings, all of them chock full of LLBean stuff. Greg was going to buy a new bike seat because the handle bars of my bike have been “chewing the ass” of his bike for the whole trip on the bike rack. He found one that he liked, but because his bike is an antique, he wasn’t sure it would fit. Since we are so close we decide to check it out and come back another day. We have no air in the RV because of the low amps, but the temperature goes down into the 50s an 60s at night, 70's during the day, so we didn’t miss it a bit. Just another reason why we decided to try “dry camping” for the next few days. Definitely a summer paradise.
Last night turned out to be pretty sweet…we ate clam chowder, talked to Mom & Dad & Kate and Greg played his guitar. We got everything ready to go (toad hooked up and awning down) and hit the road pretty early Monday morning heading for Maine. Along the way in Leominster, Massachusetts west of Boston we stopped and did our laundry…clean sheets are always so sweet. After looking through Woodall’s and the AAA guide we decided to try Recompence Shore campground which is run by the University of Maine. It has over 100 sites but only 7 have water and electric. We chose Recompence because of the description (quiet, primitive and private) and the location (outside of Freeport). We got the last w&e site which is right across from the office and showers, but the site is large, wooded and overlooks a huge meadow and you can see the ocean. The ocean here is not anything like the ocean in Florida except for maybe the part around Cedar Key on the west coast. It is marshy and rocky and the tide changes are extreme. Very beautiful. We liked Recompence and decided to make it our base for a few days. We have to move tomorrow to a non-water/electric site, but it is on the ocean and more private. We took a bike ride around the area and then had a relaxing evening of catching up on e-mail and looking for a place to stay Thursday – Saturday (Camden State Park…we are sort of State/National Park snobs). After dinner and a fire we took a ride into Freeport to check out the 24 hour LLBean store. It is really an LLBean campus with about 5 buildings, all of them chock full of LLBean stuff. Greg was going to buy a new bike seat because the handle bars of my bike have been “chewing the ass” of his bike for the whole trip on the bike rack. He found one that he liked, but because his bike is an antique, he wasn’t sure it would fit. Since we are so close we decide to check it out and come back another day. We have no air in the RV because of the low amps, but the temperature goes down into the 50s an 60s at night, 70's during the day, so we didn’t miss it a bit. Just another reason why we decided to try “dry camping” for the next few days. Definitely a summer paradise.
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