BAXTER STATE PARK

On Friday we took off on another day of sightseeing with Connie & Pete. This time we decided to go to Baxter State Park. Baxter is one of the country's largest state park. Over 204,000 miles of wilderness with only two roads leading in or out and they are dirt roads. Many beautiful sights but this is more a hiker's park.

It took about 3 hours to complete the drive through the park. It was kind of interesting that here in the middle of tourist season, there were so few people. We did not see probably more than a dozen other cars the whole time we were in the park. We did see a cow & calf moose but too late to get a picture-they scrambled up on the road in front of us (thankfully a good distance in front) and took off on the other side. Saw a couple white tail deer also. There are black bear in the park but we did not see any.The unusual thing about this park is that NO pets are allowed into the park, so if you come-leave Fido at home.

Baxter Park is home to Mount Katadin, Maine's largest mountain. To any from out west who read this I want you to know what the east refers to as a mountain is really a large hill. I don't know the story behind it but Katadin is an indian name. See the rise in the distance in this pic?

Along the road we stopped at a pond that looked interesting. Lots of old downed branches. You might say, a photo op. As we went further we discovered a beaver lodge. Those furry little creatures work real hard fixing up their home & I imagine this one was decorated in the lastest beaver decor. 'Course I suspect that the decor has remained the same since the beginning of beaver time.

It is hard to imigine that there are so many trees in one place. By the end of the trip Connie was saying "trees, trees and more trees". So I thought that for the last picture on this page, I would show you the road and a sample of the scenery that was along the road for most of the time we were in the park.