Time to head west, we’ve gone about as far east as the United States geography will let us go. We’re going to finish off Maine by stopping at Mt. Blue, which is very near the New Hampshire border. The trip was mostly cross-country, with just a few miles on an interstate, with one stop at a Burger King for breakfast, and again at a small town grocery store for a few supplies. Arrived at Mt. Blue by noon, and was warmly greeted by Bruce, who presented me with a FedEx package containing my new smartphone (my first). We weren’t in the main camping area by the lake, but rather up in the Center Hill area next to the ranger’s house, where there is plenty of lawn and a trailhead for several multi-use loops. We parked off to one side, near the only place with two trees open enough to provide us a highline for the horses, and even that was a stretch, using every last inch of rope we had to get between them, but we managed in the end. Bruce ran a water hose from the house out to us so we could fill up our tanks, and he filled a large livestock trough as well, as he was expecting another couple with horses later in the weekend. We were set up in no time, and I spent a good part of the afternoon getting acquainted with my new smartphone, the only problem being that I’m in an extended network here, and that always creates major data problems. I managed to get online okay with my old aircard, but no luck with the hotspot my new phone was supposed to create. Had trouble getting the phone authorized, again because I suspected I was in an extended zone, but the regular signal was so weak I couldn’t keep a phone call going long enough to get any real answers. Looks like it will take a trip to a regular digital zone to get it straightened out.
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