We stayed at the Coos Canyon Campground for 3 days. It's not only famous for the beautiful canyon, but for gold panning. We didn't do any of that, but Michelle who was a registered Maine Guide knows just where to go to pan for gold.
We were pretty excited to leave with no cell service and get to Oquossoc where there is cell service and internet, and where our family camp is. On the way up highway 17 we stopped at the Height of Land which overlooks Mooselookmeguntic Lake. It was a beautiful day and a perfect view.
The family camp, Ernie's Place was built in 1957 by David's Dad Ernie and David. It has always been a family camp. David owned it for many years, but it became harder and harder to maintain it from Tennessee even though he used a realtor to handle the bookings. So, a few years ago he sold it to his daughter, Glynda to keep it in the family. Here's some info on it. Ernie's Place - Small cottage on Rangeley Lake and close to Oquossoc Village and marina - Oquossoc (vrbo.com)
Unfortunately, while we were going to be there, so was Glynda, Chris, and David's other kids. They were all flying up, except for us in the MH, so we had to find somewhere that we could park a 38-foot MH and a place to stay for 4 days. Alan and his family were at the Oquossoc Motel just down the road from the camp. Ryan and family rented a place just across the lake and Greg was staying with us.
We ended up renting a "cottage", which was really a camp at Mountain View Cottages. We were to meet Jennifer at 4pm at the camp. She showed us where to back the MH in and give us some info on the cottage. I saw a few pictures of it when we rented it, but it seemed much older than I expected.
It has a beautiful wrap around porch overlooking the lake and mountains where we enjoyed coffee the next morning.
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It has 4 bedrooms and one bathroom and looks to sleep 10 even though we only needed room for 3. We took the downstairs bedroom. The stairs in this place were really scary. Each step was about 12" high (very steep), very narrow (about 24") and no railing all the way up, so there was nothing to hold on to as you went up or down. On the second floor there were 2 bedrooms with 2 beds each and another bedroom about 2 steps up with a king size bed. Greg took the king size bed. This place is OLD, OLD, OLD and creaks like there is no tomorrow. Every step, every area of floor and even the mattresses creak. Poor Finnegan hid under the bed and didn't want to come out. I'm sure between the creaking and the smell of dog, since they allow pets, he was petrified. It was so funny. I told Jen we had "pets" with us. I didn't mention they were cats since a lot of people are OK with dogs, but not cats, so I told David not to mention the cats. As I was speaking with Jen, she had her back to the MH and there was Bentley running back and forth on the dashboard of the MH trying to get attention. She may have seen him, I don't know. What a ham and a troublemaker Bentley is. He always makes us laugh.
The inside of this place has a weird layout too. There is a wood burning stove for warmth and an old wood burning cooking stove for looks, I guess. After the first night here, Glynda and Chris left to go back to GA, so Gregg moved over to the family camp. He said this place had weird vibes and gave him the creeps. He uses a c-pap and during the night he said someone pulled the mask off of him and woke him up. He thinks it's haunted. Oh well.
This camp has a regular stove, although we probably won't use it.
This is the huge house next to us. Wow!!!
Next post is on fun times at the family camp.
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