This was my very first rafting. The paradox is that I was in this place 5 years ago, but I could…read morenot get on the boat because of the weather. Exactly 5 years later, I come here, to the same place, with almost the same group of friends, and the next 6-7 hours pass incredibly. I want to mention one person without whom this trip would not have been so incredible - Sean. I know that everyone says this about their guide, but they just didn't raft with Sean. Then they wouldn't say that. I will not tell you how the briefing went, how we rode the bus, etc. Nothing was interesting about it (but the instruction is essential and clear). After getting into the boat and learning all the commands (it took about 5 minutes), we were immediately thrown onto the rapids of the 5th level. These were unforgettable emotions at the very beginning of our trip. I think this is what sparked us, and we wanted more "fire and flame." In general, we sailed the first part without losses. Then there was lunch. Very tasty! The steak and rice were free! The second part was more relaxed, except for a few thresholds. On one of them, we were thrown so hard that two people and a GUIDE!!!! flew out of the boat. The rescue mission was quite successful, and in a minute, everyone was already in the boat. In general, emotions overwhelm me so much that I was ready to repeat everything immediately the next day. Unfortunately, we had to drive back to Boston. But I promise we will come back to you next year. Sean, get ready. Next time we definitely need to turn the boat over. Our entire Russian team sends you huge greetings and thanks for the unforgettable emotions! Na Zdorovie!

Group Damage Report: 5 Overboard passengers…read more1 Lost Rainbow flip flop 4+ Bumped heads 1 Dislocated thumb 7 Whitewater rafters who were disappointed that it was over \O/ \O/ Save me! _____/_\______/_\______ _ / { } ' ###\\^^^~~~\O/~~~\O/~~~~~~\O/~~~~~~~\O/~~\O/~~~ We had a super fun guide named James who purposely tipped us out of the raft on the first fall. I was only annoyed because I lost one of my Rainbows and subsequently walked around sans one shoe the rest of the day. Sigh. I liked his style of teaching, which was more of a "Let's try it and learn along the way" rather than "Practice this, practice that." In the shadow of Mt. Katahdin, we drifted down the Penobscot River on nothing more than a giant balloon. The trip started off with class 2 and 3 rapids on the lower portion of the Penobscot River. It was complete with a stop by a huge natural water slide and more rapids before lunch. There's a couple hours of drifting and really taking in the beauty of wild Maine (which was a welcome and green relief from concrete NYC), so if you know all of your raft-mates, it's slightly more pleasant. We played games and riddles for a large portion of the drifting time. Poor James got stuck with playing our games too. A BBQ lunch is provided by Penobscot Adventures and it included all-you-can-eat steak or chicken or veggie burgers, pasta salad, an AMAZING rice dish that I would gladly consume again, bread rolls, cookies, sugary lemonade, and of course, water. After lunch, we piled back onto the buses for the best part of the whitewater rafting trip - the class 5 rapids. With names like Turkey Shooter, the Exterminator, and the Cribworks, can you really go wrong? The class 5 rapids were infinitely more fun than class 3 and 4. From now on, it's 5 all the way, baby! I wonder if I can convince my friends to make this an annual trip....

I wanted to wait before writing this review in hopes that the new owner, Glen, would get things…read morefigured out. Unfortunately, it's been several years now and while it pains me to say this, Spencer Pond Camp has completely lost everything that once made it so special. This used to be my favorite place in the world. We visited every year, often multiple times, for a decade. It was a peaceful retreat with cozy cabins tucked into the woods, where you'd wake up to the sound of loons, occasionally spot a moose wandering through camp and truly feel immersed in nature. The grounds were beautiful, simple and thoughtfully cared for. We looked forward to visiting all year. Our last visit was heartbreaking to say the least. The natural beauty and serenity have been replaced with clutter, visible trash EVERYWHERE and a general sense of neglect. A large communal building was constructed right in the middle of camp, changing the feel of the property and we listened to construction noise for hours during our stay. After that came the sound of a generator from Glens cabin (against the rules, according to him), his dog off leash (also against rules) repeatedly wandering into our cabin area which upset our dogs, and an overwhelming smell from an unkempt chicken area. The dock area with a kayak/canoe rack as broken and just left there in pieces. The camp yard is no longer a place you want to hang out, rather just quickly walk past to get to your cabin. Glen claims to be a Maine guide, someone you'd expect to have a deep respect for the outdoors and for preserving places like this. He clearly doesn't respect nature or this place at all. I hope no critters eat any of the garbage left around. It feels like the camp has been treated as someone's personal property rather than the quiet wilderness retreat so many people fell in love with. Looking back at old photos honestly breaks my heart. We no longer feel it's worth the long drive or the cost and I SINCERELY hope things change someday and he takes note of the "regulars" who are no longer visit, and why. This place deserves so much better than what it has become. I only hope that someday it will be restored to the beautiful, peaceful place so many of us fell in love with.

My recent visit was filled with natural beauty and peaceful hours. I enjoyed hiking, reading, and…read morewatching the wildlife. It was wonderful to unplug and reset. I thoroughly enjoyed the charm of my rustic cabin and carefree days. The hosts, Holly and Glen, were very accommodating and fun to talk with. One morning I took an early boat trip with Glen, a Maine Guide, to view the wildlife. It was a highlight for me. Weeks later I am still thinking about this special place and when I can return.

For my 500th - I'd like to dedicate my review to my TRW family!…read more If you know me, you'd know that I've fallen in love with whitewater rafting, but not only that, but I also fell in love with Three Rivers' Penobscot Outpost in Millinocket! I'll review the rivers individually later. But for now, I'm going to focus on the facility here. If you've been to the Forks location, you'll find that this facility is a little different in that instead of an open field for camping, there are individual camp sites. Most of the sites you'll have an out-house instead of a bathing house that you can go to. Be sure to bring your own TP! If not, you'll have to continually walk back to the main bathroom with actual plumbing in their main building. OR if you're like me, I just use the wilderness that we have available, it's called the woods/trees! Each site has a fire ring along with a picnic table. And if you can afford it, they also have yurts, bunk houses, and platform cabin tents available. Yurts have plumbing in that you get a shower and a flushing toilet. I also believe the bunk houses have this option as well. I absolutely love this facility for some reason. Might be the atmosphere. Might be the fact that I'm in love with the P'nob. Might be the fact that the staff here are AMAZING folks! They are seriously the most accommodating people I've ever met. We had a group of 4 that came up for the first time. The second time, we had a group of 16. And let me tell you, getting 16 people into a camp site is not easy, when your facility is already booked to capacity, but Tony and his crew did it! They gave us an amazingly huge site to fit all our tents and cars! Seriously, always a great time! And even better if you hit up a theme night. They have Formal Friday Karaoke nights, Saturday Skirt Nights, and I believe Tuesday Taco, Wednesday Wing (?) nights. The bathrooms are immaculately clean, I know they clean it at least 3 times a day, I know this because I've seen this! The only thing I would have them change if they could, is probably put up a privacy wall between the stalls and the showers. If that door swings open, pretty much anyone that walks by can see you change after you get out of the shower. Other than that, I have to say I seriously like that their retail store is literally adjacent to the bar/restaurant, and that you have to enter through there in order to get to the restrooms and bar/restaurant. It kind of just brings all of it together. The best part of the Three Rivers experience though are the guides. The guides are what makes TRW the best company to raft with. I've been rafting with TRW for about 4 years now and have never been disappointed. If you get a chance, request for Cody or Rhino to guide you down the river. They have the most experience with the river and will give you the ride of your life! Additionally, for all you rafters, one quick tidbit if you thought you'd be getting your lunch/dinner after your trip like you normally would in the Forks, think again if you were planning on packing a snack/lunch! You actually pull over half way through the river trip to where the campsite is where the overnights stay, and the staff makes you your lunch along the river, which includes your choice of steak, haddock, chicken, burger or veggie burger, with rice pilaf, coleslaw, 4 bean salad, and a homemade chocolate chip cookie, served with lemonade and/or iced tea. Just be careful of eating too much because you will be rafting a few more hours to complete the rest of the river! And well you also need to be able to fit back into your life jacket! Trust me, I've been there and had to readjust my PFD! And don't forget, HAVE FUN!!! The P'nob is my favorite river by far! I heart it so much, I am doing it 3 times this year alone! And it made me think about becoming a river guide next season!

I thought this place was pretty stellar. We stayed 3 nights and only white water grafted. Pur guide…read morewas great, the all inclusive package which was around 250 each included 5 meals. The grounds are nice(ish) and the food was pretty yummy. Just bar food type stuff. I would suggest this place!

While we did not come to play on this beautiful golf course, we did get the best surprise arriving…read moreon the island: a moose on the course! Wow! This caused quite the stir as moose do not live here, but swim from the mainland. The Golf Club House is very inviting to hikers such as ourselves, and we enjoyed hearing moose stories as told by the friendly and moose loving staff. We had a simple lunch and some soda before heading out to the trails. A most wonderful day in a gorgeous setting. I hear people travel from all over the world to play here.

This is an absolutely magical place filled without absolutely draconian rules!…read more You can maybe argue that the second thing enables the first thing but...that is not an argument I would make. I find it a bit silly that a state park in rural Maine built around a 5,000+ peak would model its park rules after Denali National Park, centered around the tallest mountain in North America. I think rules this restrictive only serve to make our parks less accessible to people who aren't affluent white liberals but...enough of my soapboxing. We came here to climb Mt Katahdin. And, for once in my life, when I say "climb", I actually mean it! We did a technical rock climbing route on the peak called "The Armadillo": https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106020335/the-armadillo We stayed at a luxurious lean-to at Chimney Pond. The rangers there were very helpful and friendly. They made the drudgery of the various oppressive rules almost...fun? I highly recommend staying at Chimney Pond yourself, climber or not. The views here feel nothing like New England. They feel more like Alaska, north of the arctic circle. Katahdin is only a little over 5,000 feet but it has big granite walls of rock unlike an other mountain in New England. (yes, including Mt Washington) My only complaint is that I got an insane amount of insect/arachnid bites on this trip. If you're staying in a lean-to, it might be helpful to have some sort of bug net! so many rules, so magical

Park was great, went on a three day two night trip. Only knock was our hike from Roaring Brook to…read moreHamlin peak and back was previously reviewed as intermediate to hard. After my trip I would absolutely say difficulty should be changed to hard to expert, the trip down from Hamlin peak was two miles down the mountain and extremely time consuming. All in all an amazing experience just be prepared for a long, challenging, but rewarding trip!

This is the course that I first swung a club on. It's the course where I drove a golf cart for the…read morefirst time and accidentally drove smack into a tree. It's the course where a friend and I got another cart stuck in a ditch the first time our parents let us go play unsupervised. So, how can I not say anything but good things about this place. It's a small 9 hold "private" club. And, as the town has shrunk, so has the membership. But, the members are passionate and work hard with the limited resources to keep up the beautiful community they have created. This little course offers a men's league, Ladies day, scotch foursomes, Wednesday lunches (just cause), as well as a variety of other community building events. My parents are members here again after years long absence and are really enjoying the fun. And, I'm lucky enough to get to join them when I visit home. If you happen to visit the area and want to play some golf - check this place out. And while the course may not be top notch, the people are kind and welcoming and you can't beat the view you see when you look back from the green on the 7th! (Watch out for the fox though - he WILL steal your ball - in the cutest way possible and when you've just had the best shot!)

I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2019 and arrived at the dock just before the pickup time scheduled…read morefor that day. Low on food, it was a God send. They were hospitable and kind and the food was great! Clean beds, beautiful setting. Be respectful to the owners and you'll receive the same treatment back in kind. I hope White House Landing is still out there running, because it was a wonderful morale boost on the home stretch to Katahdin and much appreciated, even 6 years later as I write this. -Slim

Lemme tell you a story... so there I was, drenched to the bone and covered in mud, sweat, and…read moreprobably a few tears after an 18 mile jaunt through an overly muddy 100-Mile Wilderness. My hiking buddy Sriracha and I had managed to lose the blazes in the middle of our hike and wound up in a bog, nearly fell from a man-made foot bridge, and possibly inhaled a bit too much DEET 100. I'd been reading up on various spots to stop and resupply in the wilderness for quite some time - White House Landing always popped up on the list, so we planned on making that the daily terminus of our trek. After spotting the "signs" and picking up the very well blazed trail, we wove through the forest as the sun began to set. The darkness and shadows surrounded us as we reached a lonely pier on an even more lonely lake. Attached to a nearby tree was an air-horn - with a sound akin to the trumpeting of 10,000 high school bands, the resonating blast emitted from the horn echoed across the still cold waters. We stood on the end of the pier and we waited. A few minutes passed and we heard the far off distant cry of a boat motor. There it was - salvation upon the mirrored lake, coming to carry us home... or at least to the camp! We were greeted by pizza. Not just any pizza, but massive pizza. It was like heaven in the middle of Maine - which is like heaven on Earth... so maybe it's like heaven's heaven? Perhaps that's too philosophical. Either way, the food was great and expectantly pricey (you're in the middle of nowhere kids...). The camp offered a variety of accommodations, from a massive bunkhouse (complete with fireplace) to small lake-side cabins. I explored them all and can attest that they were all very clean, well stocked with all you'd expect in a wilderness camp, and quite comfortable with fresh-linens and the ever-so-coveted plush camp towels. The shower room was large and had enough stalls to prevent hiker traffic-jams: as a side-note, be sure to head the warning to limit your shower-time. The water is drawn up from the lake (by hand when I visited) into a central cistern which takes a bit of time and effort - so be respectful with your showers. Aside from the basic amenities, the camp offers a great little store beside their kitchen/dining area for resupply. I say great because sometimes even a can of Vienna Sausages and a new toothbrush can make your day! Let me finalize by giving the reason for four instead of five stars. My experience here was great - most likely a 4.5 (which I normally round up). However, there have been a string of negative posts and self-relayed stories to me about how the service was bad, attitudes were bad, food was bad, etc. While I am not one to base my reviews on other's opinions, I feel that it is important to relay the long-standing feelings of other hikers and thus weight them within my review. The hosts did seem a bit impatient with getting us out of the camp in the morning but otherwise were very gracious. The food was exceptional and in some hiker's opinions, the burgers are legendary. Overall, I can summarize my review with a question - what do you expect from a place that's buried deep within the 100-Mile Wilderness? The answer is this - a bed, a warm greeting, and some basic supplies. I received all of these things, and as such I was satisfied. Give it a shot if you're hiking thru!

Prong pond is around 10 minutes outside of Greenville, it's a picturesque little pond. We enjoy…read moretaking a few family photos and enjoying God's creation as well just listen to nature. Not a ton of room since your on a boat launch, but worth a drive and a few minutes of your time, who knows maybe you will even see a moose.