I found another trail on-line in an area I wanted to see. So up I drove, on Route 1, to the Aroostook State Park in Presque Isle. This was Maine's very first state park! And maybe that explains why they hadn't figured out about doing switchbacks on trails yet...(actually, it's probably because it's really primarily a snowmobile trail). This trail (the Quaggy Jo, or QuaQuaJo (Indian name), went straight up! I was looking for tree roots for foot holds!
Dang steep trail. And I went up (and down) the "easy way!"
A good view at the top, although there were so many trees up there it was hard to find much of an opening to peep out of! You can see how agricultural this part of Maine is (mostly potatoes). Kind of surprised me - I thought it'd be much more heavily forested. But you can also see how it must've been so at some point, but centuries of worker bee humans have been making a living there!
After a few trips in a smaller, used motorhome, we decided we liked all that adventuring so much, we came home and traded in our RV for a bigger one, moved out of our house and rented it, moving into our little yurt in the back country of a certain southern CA county - all in one month! We started out afresh then as full-time RVers - my husband, two cats, two dogs, and I. And indeed, our first year with our new Winnebago Tour, we were out from Jan. to Nov. However, due to health issues and trying to avoid the cold wintery weather found in so much of our country, subsequent years have seen us only out for about 6 months, scurrying back to sunny, mild southern Calif. come fall.
I am amazed at all we've seen and the wonderful people we've met. Come share it with us...
I found another trail on-line in an area I wanted to see. So up I drove, on Route 1, to the Aroostook State Park in Presque Isle. This was Maine's very first state park! And maybe that explains why they hadn't figured out about doing switchbacks on trails yet...(actually, it's probably because it's really primarily a snowmobile trail). This trail (the Quaggy Jo, or QuaQuaJo (Indian name), went straight up! I was looking for tree roots for foot holds!
Dang steep trail. And I went up (and down) the "easy way!" 
A good view at the top, although there were so many trees up there it was hard to find much of an opening to peep out of! You can see how agricultural this part of Maine is (mostly potatoes). Kind of surprised me - I thought it'd be much more heavily forested. But you can also see how it must've been so at some point, but centuries of worker bee humans have been making a living there!
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