Guest User
July 17, 2023
My husband and I spent a week in Maine divided between the coast and Moosehead Lake. We spent three nights at the Lodge in the Baxter Suite. The room was absolutely lovely! The bed was comfortable and it was great having the extra living space to stretch out in. We spent July 4th on our porch drinking wine and enjoying a picnic dinner. A couple of bucks even came wandering into the grassy area. The gardens are stunning and watching the sunset was breathtaking. The highlight of our trip though was the moose safari! Ashley our guide was fantastic! She has really dedicated her life to being knowledge and such a professional. I cannot say enough good things about her. We met her at 4:50am and she immediately greeted us with hot coffee. We drove a ways out to a special location and quietly climbed in a canoe. Not 5 minutes later we saw a young moose feeding in the lake. We watched him for about 10 minutes until he decided to leave. Ashley paddled us around so quietly we were gliding across the mirror-like surface for a couple of hours seeing loons, ducks, an eagle, a mink, turtles and all sorts of flora. We were so quiet it was quite otherworldly - and the bugs were not too bad (although I highly recommend some spray before you get in the canoe). Afterwards, we had a picnic breakfast of yogurt, granola, fruit, etc, coffee, juice. Ashley told us lots about the area and the wildlife. Fantastic!!! Overall it was a great experience. The downsides… the food in the area is a challenge! We were there Sunday - Wednesday over the 4th of July. I think there are about 5 restaurants or so in Greenville and all serve pub-like food. We did not eat at the lodge Sunday night and although it sounded wonderful the price is quite high. We ate at dockside which was mediocre at best. We had a super hard time getting a table in town on Monday night because it was so crowded!! We walked into Stress free moose at 5:30 - before I could even say anything to the hostess she said “No. We are full.” They had a band/karaoke in the back so we went outside to just relax and hoped to get on their list later. Nope. They were full all night. My husband went in separately and they put him on the list. But we never were called and at 7pm when I asked how we were looking they said they were done for the night. We then tried Kelly’s, Rowboat Joe’s and Dockside and they were all full. We went to Jamo’s at 7:50 and he said he was turning the ovens off and we could only order cold sandwiches. We decided to run to the trading post minutes before they closed to grab some groceries for the night. The next night we didn’t even bother with the restaurants and had a picnic dinner instead. I emailed Bev Monday night to ask for her suggestions about the food situation but never got a response. The best food we had during our stay was breakfast at the lodge. But even that needed some work. French toast with creme Anglaise and honey sauce with apples and sausage sounds amazing but the French toas