Peaks-Kenney State Park

Oh hey. The blog has been kind of on hiatus it seems, and there is a lot of catching up to do. One trip we took was to Peaks- Kenney State Park in Dover- Foxcroft for a little getaway camping trip with the Parks-Stamms. It was the most hyphenated camping trip I have ever experienced...lol. 

Peaks-Kenney is DEFINITELY the nicest state park we've ever seen in Maine. LOVED it there...beautiful, cold, deep, clean Sebec Lake...a glacially formed land mass leaving tons of boulders on which kids climbed and climbed...spacious and wooded campsites...playground for good times....just a special place!

The kids had a fun time as always. Below, Polly attempts, for the third or fourth time, to kiss Callum. Each time, Callum gigglingly said 'no no no!' followed by 'AGAIN!' when she stopped. #playa #thuglife

Great campsite...Amanda had baked a meatloaf beforehand, and I fried up slices in the skillet on the Coleman Stove. Mashed potatoes and our own homemade dill pickles rounded out dinner. (I had to make sure I kept food in this blog...I have a streak going)

No trip up to the bathhouse was complete without stopping for some playtime on this unique geological monstrosity--a playground of boulders! Polly and Callum kept flip-flopping between two games: 'Superheroes' (where they were superheroes who chased each other around) and 'Machu Picchu' (where they had to save Machu Picchu city...cuz...ya know...five year olds are way into Machu Picchu....)

Ben, Betsey, Amanda, and I had great conversations, as we always do, about NPR, word derivations, apple cider making and apple tree care, the death of fiction, the golden age of television, mass media, and how I dont find Giselle Bundchen hot. Basically, we talked about everything that would get me stoned to death by people like Jezsin Ponticelli. But it was awesome!

And Maira got into the action too, hanging out in one of the boulder caves....

A neat shot of Sebec Lake...you can walk practically all the way out to the end of the buoy ropes and still stand, unless you are three foot nine like Lin...in the background you can see Borestone Mountain. I think that is how you spell it. A gorgeous view that our camera doesnt even come close to capturing. And Maira doesnt like the water lately. And see Mom, I have a hat on...oh wait...she doesnt...well...you know the rest of the joke....

And while we had lunch over at the Parks Stamm's site, the kids came back over to our site to enjoy some good coloring/art/drawing time. I love watching kids color. It totally relaxes me, and I think it relaxes them too. Does anyone know what I mean? It is like the artistic process (to offer creativity outlets) that imbues the discipline of 'staying in the lines' (almost like a meditation).  Very therapeutic. .Shut up. It is.