Hike-in camping

Brian, his uncle Peter and I went on a hike-in camping adventure last weekend. It was at Tettegouche State park. We had to pack every thing we would need and hike in 1.7 miles on rough terrain. (what ever was packed in also had to packed out) I didn't know what to expect with the terms"rough" terrain but it ended up being like a gravel road that was very hilly. (but it was totally do-able) Once we got to the camp site we had a cabin to stay in. The cabin was great-little log cabin with bunk beds, no running water (but there was a shower and toilet at the camp), a small fridge, a wood burning fireplace, a screened-in porch and oh yeah..mickey the mouse! We didn't see much of him but we did see his teeth marks once in our butter! (so we packed things aways after that) It was a great weekend. Brian whittled walking sticks, I spiked my coffee and Peter cooked all our food for us! (no sink so I had to wash the dishes on the picnic table outside-but I totally didn't mind washing dishes there-I had a lake view with the sounds of loons in the back round) On Saturday we ended up having this grand plan about going for a "little hike", you know only about 1-2 hours of hiking, well 5 hours later we ended up back at our cabin. The plan was to get to the waterfall and head back, but the falls were much further away than I had thought. I did whine a little bit on the way back, but I held my own and actually ended up having a blast! I only fell once, clung onto two rocky cliffs, saw a couple of frogs, 1 snake and a lot of amazing nature. I forgot my camera at my Grandma's the night before so I ended up buying a disposable one for the trip-it'll take a week to get pictures back. To sum it up the weekend was great-getting on a canoe, spending time outside with amazing nature and weather and a lot of hiking. I know it's a little crazy but I can't wait to go back next year!