A Difficult Morning

We made our way to Madison Campground. This was a surprisingly long trip (30-40 miles). We arrived around 8:30, before the 10 AM checkout. The people who were in our campsite had not yet checked out. (Background: The only request Scott made when reserving the campsite was that we not be placed near a bathroom - we tried that in Acadia, too bright, too noisy.)

So we killed an hour and a half by talking to some park volunteers about what to do with our time here. Then it was back to the campground check-in. Our site was right next to the bathroom. We asked for a different location. Those people hadn't left yet. So we killed another 30 minutes. Then we killed 15 more waiting in line. We didn't get access to our campsite til 11:15 this morning. Very frustrating.

But en route to Madison we did see a few interesting things: