Packed up some stuff, gathered up the Litchfieldians and headed to Camden Hill State Park for an evening in this remote cabin. The cabin is located 2.05 miles down this tote road which is mostly uphill on the way in, incase anyone was wondering. We had to plan a little bit and pack only what we really needed as we had to carry everything in. We bought a bunch of potatoes, green peppers, onions and some steak strips to cook up for dinner. They told us at the registration place that there would be a ranger that would come "check up on us" at some point in the night. We started getting friendly with the captain around 8 o'clock..... luckily ranger Rick never showed.
Our dinner turned out awesomely, honestly everything was cooked perfectly. We played some cards and took a couple little dips in this stream that is next to the cabin. The water was perfectly clear and very cool, it must be really clean because it is basically all rain water from off the mountain. Here is a view of half of the inside of the cabin, it was very nice and well maintained.
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| Outside next to the grills. |
They have a shed there that is full of more firewood than you'd care to burn and a nice outhouse too.
In the morning Chris Hatch and I went up to the summit of whatever mountain it was (Mt. Batte maybe?) and checked out the scenic views of Camden and the ocean. There was even a windmill. Unfortunately I didn't bring my phone with me to take pictures at the top so the sauciest thing I have is Sam cooking some hot pockets on the fire.
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| Sam doing what he does best |
For $32.10 a night plus some food split between some friends, it made for a surprisingly inexpensive get away. If you do go though, don't just bring a sleeping bag if you intend on actually sleeping. Bring a blowup pool floaty mattress thing like this:
Otherwise you will almost certainly get imaginary sleep but that's alright.
Yep, that's Mt. Batte. Windymill must be new, but then again the last time I went up there was like 8th grade...
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