According to the locals, the extremely wet weather is not the usual pattern this time of year. A little rain never hurt, but this is over the top! We even had to evacuate our site for a few hours this week. Thankfully, it wasn't required that we move very far. We parked on a different area offering higher ground in the campground. The river was carefully monitored to make sure it was wise to move back to our site before we got the official word. It made for an interesting day for everyone living, camping, and working here. It is such a blessing to have a dedicated and thorough couple in charge and so many others working together to make everything run smoothly.
Although an awful lot of rain has been falling, there have been opportunities to grab moments to see more of what is around us here in Bethel.
One thing we just had to do again was make our way back across the Burma bridge shown above. After all, it is right here in the campground. We had no urge to step off and onto the island this time, but the bridge alone is an adventurous endeavor and allows us to capture views we can't possibly get from down below.
Another example of the beauty around us is in this amazing sunset we were able to experience at Height of Land located along the Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway. What an evening view!
While finding out more about the Rangeley area, which is about an hour away from Bethel, we just happened to learn that Route 16 between Rangeley and Eustis is a road to drive to increase the chances of seeing a moose. The Bigelow Preserve and Carrabassett Valley were other places noted that may produce sightings of these amazing animals. Researching where to possibly see these creatures in their natural habitats proved to be mindboggling. So many options! Where do we go? We set out on a long evening drive hoping we were setting ourselves up to capture (on camera that is) at least one. It seemed the best way to tackle this was to head to Eustis by way of Route 2 then 27 and circle around heading back through Rangeley. We had high expectations that traveling this way would put us in the path of many prime moose habitats. We drove. By 8 o'clock our search party was more than three hours old and, knowing it would be difficult to see them once it was too dark, we were losing hope. As we left Eustis with no sighting yet, we hoped Route 16 would produce. Sure enough, there they were! We did it! We found our moose! We pulled over in awe to get some footage before moving on.
As we drove along, thrilled to have seen two of these beauties, we encountered yet another. This one took our breath away more than the others as it darted out and ran right in front of us causing more panic than excitement. We caught our breath, gave the brakes a rest, then admitted that, although that could have been treacherous, it was quite a sight. A few minutes later, another was running alongside the road on our right side. Wow! We drove several hours that evening to see them, and we surely were rewarded.
One more discovery well worth mentioning is the swimming hole in Angevine Park. This is much more than a hole. It's more like a small lake. A very natural setting with swimming available is pure bliss for this kiddo and his dad. Enjoy the views below courtesy of my new, sweet friend, Jessica, who knows how to use the features available on my phone camera better than I do😁
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