When things are going sideways, I'm usually thinking ahead to how I'm going to explain it to the Grands in a way that it doesn't sound like we're totally reckless with their grandkids. "But it sounded like such a good idea...

We dropped by Hapgood Campground on our way west out of New England. We needed a cheap or free place to sop for one night while it rained and stormed over us. Hapgood fit just what we were looking for....

What do you do in Maine just before the 4th of July?  Go strawberry picking.  After having been in California, I get that this may not seem as exciting to our west coast brothers and sisters.  Out there fruit seems...