So I've been busy. A little chicken shit towards writing.Slow to sit in internetland for any period of time. And very much tied up in making new friends, working and counting sheep in between. But I'm alive, happy and well.
I moved out to the great north woods in Maine aboot a month and a half ago and I must say, this place is fantastic. Between the mindblowing in-your-face nature to the down-to-earth hospitality I've received here there is no question I have found a secret little place in the US to work, play and have a great time for a little while. To help visualize, I live in a town of 98 people in what Maine considers "Unorganized Territory". Basically hardly anyone lives here year round and there is no government. Yeeeehaw! There is however, one gas station/country store, 2.5 restaurants (one is only open Thursday- Sunday nights hence the .5), a marina, a bunch of rental homes and lodging places, two real estate businesses, two churches and a post office. There are easily more moose around then people. To get to Greenville, nearest town, its an 18 mile drive and I think only about 2,000 people live there.
I work at a cute (but masculine) hunting/fishing lodge that sits on Moose River in Rockwood. It rents cabins and hosts breakfast and dinner in a 92 year old dining hall. I could, and probably will go on and on about how wonderful this place is and the people who work here. Every time I work I leave with a full belly or a take-out box stuffed with one of the specials of the night. Free food? Free Ribs every Saturday!?! Heck yes! I also work as a sales associate and barista at a really unique store called Northwoods Outfitters. Any camping, biking, kayaking thing you need, they've got it. It's also home to guided services, moose safaris, rentals and hotel accommodations so its a daily battle learning how to answer tourists questions as a tourist myself.
So far I've indulged in the landscape with Carhartt on my days off. I've climbed Kineo, Eagle Rock and Little Moose Mountains, or Mounts, or really big hills. I'm not sure what to call them. Here they call them mountains but in Colorado I think they would call them hills... Either way I feel like this area is as beautiful as you can get. Plus the best part about Moosehead Lake? Its not over developed like lakes in Wisconsin or anywhere else. The 38 mile long lake can be seen without boats and water toys more often then not and there are dozens of ponds and rivers that are great for fishing and kayaking too.
Off to hit the hay! Gnight and thanks for reading! Pretty soon I think I'll have a fancy camera and will attempt to capture some of this place on film. Below are links of where I'm at :)
maynardsinmaine.com
maineoutfitter.com
mooseheadlake.org
themainehighlands.com
