North Maine Woods 2024 Campsite Tours, along Realty Road

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  • @RaymondPelletier-su7dv
    @RaymondPelletier-su7dv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Just stumbled across this video and know every campsite you visited. But the 2nd Musquacook lake campsite is very special place for my Family. Paul R Pelletier was my brother and seeing his plaque in the video made my day. Miss him dearly every day . Thank you for sharing . So awesome to see as we live 450 miles south.

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am glad you guys have that, it's a beautiful spot. Your brother was way too young, I googled him and found his obituary, it was an honor to be in a place honoring a fellow Lowellian.

    • @RaymondPelletier-su7dv
      @RaymondPelletier-su7dv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @joemcdonough326 Thank You Joe. The 2nd Musquacook Lake was campsite was one of Paul's favorite places to be. His best Friend Tom Ryan built on that lake and Paul spent many weekends helping Tom. Also Big Machais lake holds a family camp presently since late 80s . Our Uncles use to park a converted Bus at Squirrel pond in the late 50s when the deer were plentiful.
      Lot of Pelletier History in those woods. But most of all Thank you again for that beautiful video it was a bitter sweet moment when I saw the plaque. Enjoy the North Woods Joe.
      No other place like it.

  • @carloliver4058
    @carloliver4058 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey thanks for showing video of all these. I've been staying south of most of these places with a group every year. Nice to be able to see some of the other sites without driving to them. Better to plan a trip!

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for watching! This video is a bit more south,
      th-cam.com/video/kQYd_IoLrx8/w-d-xo.html
      hope to head farther north next time! I made this because I wanted a tool to plan better trips, It's tough to settle on a spot when you don't know what the next one looks like.

  • @RomeoEdward
    @RomeoEdward 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job on the video guys. I enjoyed every second of it. The narration was perfect. You did a lot of leg work for us that would follow. The NMW is a great natural resource so always be respectful and keep it clean.

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I am always happy to see that people do leave it clean, the very small amount of trash I’ve come across genuinely seems accidental. Thank you!

  • @hunterthelord
    @hunterthelord 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    NOTICE HOW CLEAN IT IS. LETS ALL KEEP IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU.

  • @DIESELLBZ
    @DIESELLBZ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video once again. Thank you for sharing!

  • @daveoffroad7396
    @daveoffroad7396 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hope to go there soon ...Thanks for the video..!!

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I absolutely love it there, I’m hoping to go back in the Fall.

  • @sgthoskins
    @sgthoskins 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video Joe, thank you for doing it.

  • @agiberson6345
    @agiberson6345 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The building at the end of the runway at Red Pines isn't an outhouse. Its a well house. Don't poop in it.

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I didnt, but that is good info to know, looks brand new

  • @bgd73
    @bgd73 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have lived here for 37 years..most of it just north of the last bright light in a night city light map...and I have never been to clayton lake. thanks for sharing, its kicking my motivation into gear. One hour from home for me is canadian border. Really silly. i have 4x4 truck, mtn bike, kayaks..barely go into the deep woods .
    The thing that scares me..every adventure even with modern mapping. There is stuff there in maps that is not passable, and stuff that does not exist (like a bridge). 2 years ago, I jumped my truck 4 feet off the ground on the golden road..45mph. Drove home with a bent cab mount and broken shock.
    Be careful. Go slow...and have a real 4x4.

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely! A road can look great on a map, and be non existent in real life, bridges too. It's hard to plan a route because you don't know, but that can be part of the fun. I am hoping to go farther north next time I go up there.

  • @braintree27
    @braintree27 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    May I ask what you’re using for digital mapping in the NMW? I’m just using the gazetteer at this point and want to have something more. Thanks

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hello, so I use two apps. One is Avenza Maps with the Delorme Gazetteer loaded in there, you can buy the official gazetteer from the store in the Avenza maps app. And the other is Gaia with the overlanding Topo layer.
      Both can be downloaded to the device so you don’t need service for them to work. I also keep a printed gazetteer with me.
      The other vehicle had a Garmin Tread XL. It was pretty cool, seemed to have the same roads as the gazetteer, which makes sense I think Garmin owns Delorme who publishes the Gazetteer. It is expensive but it was nice, it had all the roads loaded in and the ability to send a message via satellite. It’s pricey but could be worth it depending on how often you get out into the woods.
      It’s important to say that no resource is perfect. Gaia, Garmin, the official NMW map, all didn’t have roads that were there in real life, and also had roads that were no longer passable, or seemingly nonexistent. All had bridges on the map, but the bridge was actually out.
      I like the fun of having to replan on the fly, and I guess these roads grow in so fast it’s impossible to keep a map updated, I think the Gazetteer is King up there, but not perfect.

    • @williamemmons8816
      @williamemmons8816 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joemcdonough326Garmin bought out DeLorme, they did so because DeLorme’s spot locator technology was better.

  • @RichardDanielson-i2q
    @RichardDanielson-i2q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that the red pine camping area on the ST John river?

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, if you drop these coordinates in it will show you where, but that is the red pine campsite it's between the airstrip and the river.
      46.5946944444, -69.7917777778
      I think there was a pretty steep drop off between the campsite and the river.

    • @RichardDanielson-i2q
      @RichardDanielson-i2q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joemcdonough326 i was there in the 70s it was never that nice it looks great👍😎🇺🇸

    • @RichardDanielson-i2q
      @RichardDanielson-i2q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the nice video.👍😎🇺🇸

  • @agiberson6345
    @agiberson6345 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hate to tell ya, Eagle Lake is nowhere near Ashland. That gate is in Garfield.

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, 6 Mile is in Garfield for sure, I was looking up stuff for the next trip, and left my google earth in the wrong in spot. I'm thinking about St Francis or Winterville, so I may have to find a spot to stay in Eagle lake, because that's a long drive for me.

  • @williamemmons8816
    @williamemmons8816 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What you called a hut is called a lean to.

  • @cjw.6310
    @cjw.6310 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'll never understand why people buy 4 door wranglers, they are no where near as good as the 2 door off road.

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think as a dedicated wheeling rig, a two door makes way more sense, but most people are buying it as their only car. For most lifestyles and families, the 4 door makes more sense.

  • @lyonsm22
    @lyonsm22 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its "reality" road 😆

    • @joemcdonough326
      @joemcdonough326  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In reality, or on every map I’ve seen, it seems to be realty

  • @musicismythingmusicismygam1305
    @musicismythingmusicismygam1305 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Drones are not allowed! Your ticket will be mailed. Don't come back!