✅ 定了：方案 A · 🏕️ 营地已订 Moose Brook 025（8/24–28 · $147）· 🎫 Cadillac 山顶车票已订（8/22 18:30）。全部预约到位。周五 8/21 11:00 拔营 Fish Creek → 缅因海岸两夜奇袭（卡车站模式，零预订）→ Acadia 全日 → 周一 8/24 入住白山营地（4 晚）→ 周五 8/28 回 JC。全程两块花岗岩：Acadia 的海崖 + "花岗岩州"新罕布什尔的山。
🗺️ 大环线
📅 周末总日程（含每段车程）
| 天 | 安排 | 轮上时间 |
|---|---|---|
| 周五 8/21 | 11:00 拔营（=退房时间）→ Rock of Ages 花岗岩巨坑（Barre VT，~2h50）→ 东进缅因 → Portland Head 灯塔日落（19:30 前到）→ 🛏️ 夜宿：Walmart Supercenter Falmouth ME（灯塔 20 分钟，顺北上方向；三读规则确认，不行退 Scarborough Walmart 或 I-95 卡车站） | ~5.5h |
| 周六 8/22 | 海岸北上 → Camden Hills · Mt Battie 观景公路（Penobscot 湾全景）→ 下午进 Acadia → Park Loop 首圈 → Cadillac 山顶日落（🎫 见下卡）→ 🛏️ 夜宿：Walmart Supercenter Ellsworth（Acadia 门口 20 分钟——就是给游客用的那家；备选 Bangor 的 Dysart's 传奇卡车站） | ~3.5h |
| 周日 8/23 | Acadia 全日：Thunder Hole（涨潮前后 1–2h 最响）· Otter Cliffs · Jordan Pond · Sand Beach → 晚饭后夜车西进 ~3.5h → 🛏️ 夜宿：Walmart Gorham NH——保守棋：营地 5 分钟、N Conway 办公广场 35 分钟。周一无论几点冒出会议、无论睡到几点，都够得着。（三读不过→Berlin/Gorham 的 Irving 加油站兜底） | ~1h 园内 + 3.5h 夜车 |
| 周一 8/24 | 在 Gorham 醒来（睡到自然醒也行）→ 上午如有临时会议：镇上有信号，或 35 分钟下 N Conway 广场 → 顺路 Gorham Walmart 补给 → 13:15 前到 N Conway 奥莱广场 → Cassie 14:00 会议 → 会后 35 分钟回北，Moose Brook 025 号位报到（13:00 起可入住），从容扎营+第一个营地热水澡 | ~1.2h 全天 |
| 周二–周四 | 白天：N Conway 广场办公（25 分钟通勤）· 下班档：Mt Washington Auto Road 自驾登顶（Moose Brook 营地 15 分钟到入口，车+司机 ~$45+每乘客 ~$14，16:00 后有优惠时段）· Cog 齿轨火车 · Diana's Baths · Glen Ellis 瀑布 · 夜里 ~10°C 星空 | 按心情 |
| 周五 8/28 | 拔营 → JC ~360 mi | ~6h |
四天摊 ~14 小时轮上；把周一压到 1.2h 是刻意的——所有赶路都消化在周日晚上，周一变成缓冲日：会议随便加，起床随便晚。
🔄 实际执行版 v2（8/21 晚现场重排）
为什么改：① Rock of Ages 永久关闭（白跑）；② 到 Portland 已 21:45，日落 19:29 早过、Hong Kong Market 19:00 已关、三家 PF 全部 21:00 关门——今晚的原计划全部作废。
新逻辑：今晚只做洗衣+睡觉，把 PF 和火锅底料推到明早——因为住 Portland 附近，明早两件事都在 15 分钟内。
新逻辑：今晚只做洗衣+睡觉，把 PF 和火锅底料推到明早——因为住 Portland 附近，明早两件事都在 15 分钟内。
| ~时间 | 做什么 · 一键导航 | 🔎 地址 / 说明 |
|---|---|---|
| 今晚 ~21:45 | 🧺 洗衣：Maine Street Laundromats | 798 Main St, South Portland, ME · 开到 23:00 · 投币+刷卡都行。约 1.5 小时洗烘完 |
| ~23:20 | 🛏️ 睡：Cumberland 服务区 | I-95 mile 58 · 卡车停车区 + 24 小时设施，早上有 Starbucks · 已朝北，明早顺路 备选：Walmart Falmouth（200 US Rt 1），5 分钟外，可过夜 |
| 🗂️ | ||
| 11:55 | 🍲 Hong Kong Market · 火锅底料（第一站） | 945 Congress St · 本周唯一窗口，买够 4 晚：底料×3–4、粉、腐竹、金针菇、丸子、老干妈 · 冷藏箱先腾位 · ~35 分钟 |
| 12:40 | 🚿 PF South Portland | 198 Maine Mall Rd · 离超市 10 分钟 · 洗澡为主，练留到白山周 · 13:25 前必须出发 |
| 13:25 | 🚗 I-95/I-395/Rt 1A 北上 → Acadia | ~2h50 · 电不够就让车机排 Augusta 超充（顺路）· 路上解决午饭（车上吃，别再停） |
| ~16:20 | 🌲 进 Acadia · 压缩版 Park Loop（~2 小时） | Sand Beach → Thunder Hole → Otter Cliffs 一条线 · Jordan Pond 挪到周日（明天是完整 Acadia 日，今天损失不大） |
| 18:15 / 18:30 | 🎫 Cadillac 山顶（车票已订） | 18:15 从 Park Loop 出发 · 入山窗口 18:30–19:00（务必在 19:00 前到闸口） · 日落 19:22 · 带外套，山顶大风低温 · 手机存好车票 QR + 年票截图（园内信号差） |
| ~20:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Ellsworth | 17 Myrick St · 备选 Dysart's（Cassie 的卡车站+24小时餐厅初体验，周日西行顺路也行） |
✅ 一次性解决：洗衣 · 洗澡 · 火锅底料 · Acadia 首圈 · 山顶日落票。今天 Acadia 从 6 小时压到 ~2 小时（睡眠税），周日整天补回。延后项：Cassie 的卡车站体验 → 周日 Dysart's（有派）。
📍 周日 8/23 · 转场日：海岸雾 → 内陆瀑布 → 驼鹿巷（SOP 首航版）
☁️ 为什么改道：海岸整天浓雾 + Thurston's Lobster Pound 周日关门（周二才开）——Acadia 的雾天上午到此为止。本表每一站都按新 SOP 核实过：营业状态 ✓ 到达时刻 ✓ 天气闸门 ✓。内陆预报：阵雨概率 ~30%，15–22°C，比海岸好得多。⚠️ 天气闸门牺牲品：Penobscot Narrows 大桥观景塔（电梯上 128m 玻璃塔——你们的菜，但今天上去只能看雾）→ 留给下次缅因行。
| ~时间 | 站点 · 一键导航 | 说明（核实状态） |
|---|---|---|
| 14:20 | 🚛 Dysart's · Cassie 的卡车站初体验 | 530 Coldbrook Rd, Hermon · ✅ 已核实营业 · 今日第一餐 🥧 · 📋 体验完成并存档：Cassie 判定"太吵"——卡车站初体验到此为止，以后共同行程夜宿只排 Walmart/安静营地 |
| 15:30 | 🚿 PF Bangor（应 Ray 要求补进 · SOP 第 2 条） | 635 Broadway · ✅ 已核实：周日开到 22:00 · 离 Dysart's 15 分钟 · 洗澡为主 ~45 min · 北境 PF 真空区前的最后一个 PF——今晚不再是湿巾夜 |
| 16:30 | 🚗 Rt 2 西行 → Bethel 方向 | ~2h15 · Height of Land 支线取消（时间让给了洗澡，值） |
| ~18:45 | 🪨 Grafton Notch · Screw Auger Falls（快闪版） | Rt 26 路边 · ✅ 全天开放（$4）· 只看 Screw Auger（20 min），Moose Cave 砍掉护黄昏 |
| 19:10 | 🚗 Rt 26 北上 → Errol, NH | ~35 min · 大北森林无信号区，在 PF/Dysart's 先下离线地图 |
| 19:50 | 🫎 NH-16 南下 · 13-Mile Woods"驼鹿巷" | 日落 19:33，入巷时是暮光尾段（民用暮光到 ~20:03），后半段摸黑——驼鹿夜里照样活跃，但更考验眼睛：慢开、远光、盯湿地边缘 · 黑暗里撞鹿是真风险，宁慢勿快 · 导航先设 Errol 镇，进巷后中途可停 Androscoggin Wayside 路边公园，之后 NH-16 一路南下即到 Gorham |
| ~21:00 | 🛏️ Walmart Gorham 过夜 | 离明天的 Moose Brook 营地 5 分钟 · 🚿 |
明天：上午 N Conway 广场办公（35 min）→ 14:00 会议 → 15:30 后入住 Moose Brook 025 → 白山周正式开始（玩乐手册 →）。
📍 周五 8/21 · 原计划（已被上方 v2 取代，存档）
| ~时间 | 站 · 一键导航 | 🔎 核对地址 | 干什么 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | 拔营 Fish Creek 260 | — | 退房 11:00 · 帐篷务必干着收 |
| ~13:50 | 🪨❌ | ❌ 已永久关闭（8/21 现场确认，白跑一趟）。教训：所有站点必须先核实营业状态与时间。佛蒙特段改为直穿，把时间留给 Portland 采购和灯塔日落 | |
| ~17:00 | 🛒🍲 Hong Kong Market（火锅底料！） | 945–947 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101 每天 9:00–19:00 · 备选：Sun Oriental Market, 622 Congress St | 🔥 本周唯一补给窗口——白山地区实测没有亚洲超市（最近的在 Manchester，2 小时外）。买够 4 晚：火锅底料 ×3–4、粉丝/宽粉、腐竹、金针菇、丸子、老干妈、麻酱、方便面。冷藏箱先腾位 |
| ~18:00 | 🚿 PF South Portland | 198 Maine Mall Rd, South Portland, ME 04106 | 洗澡+练一组（Cassie 免费同行）· 离超市 10 分钟 |
| 19:20 | 🌅 Portland Head Light 日落 | 12 Captain Strout Cir, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 Fort Williams 公园免费开放至日落后 | ⭐⭐ 1791 年灯塔立在悬崖上——缅因的门面照。日落 19:29，19:10 前到位 |
| ~20:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Falmouth | 200 US Route 1, Falmouth, ME 04105 | 三读规则 · 备选 Scarborough Walmart 或 I-95 卡车站 |
📍 周六 8/22 · 海岸北上 → Acadia
| ~时间 | 站 · 一键导航 | 🔎 核对地址 | 干什么 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~10:30 | 🚿 | — | 已取消：改为周六早 PF South Portland |
| ~11:30 | ⛰️ Mt Battie 观景公路 | Camden Hills State Park, 280 Belfast Rd (US-1), Camden, ME 04843 $ 入园费（年票不含州立公园） | ⭐⭐ 开车直上山顶：整个 Penobscot 湾+群岛在脚下。机械化登顶域 +1 |
| ~13:30 | 🦞 Young's Lobster Pound（可选） | 2 Fairview St, Belfast, ME 04915 | 码头边现煮龙虾，塑料桌吃法——缅因正统 |
| ~15:30 | 🌲 进 Acadia · Hulls Cove 游客中心 | 25 Visitor Center Rd, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 | 年票刷卡进园 · 拿 Park Loop 地图 |
| ~16:00 | 🌊 Thunder Hole 雷洞 | Park Loop Rd, Acadia（单行道） | 海浪灌进石缝的炸响——涨潮前后 1–2 小时最响 |
| ~17:00 | 🪨 Otter Cliffs 花岗岩海崖 | Park Loop Rd（Thunder Hole 南 2 分钟） | ⭐⭐⭐ 30 米粉色花岗岩直插大西洋——你的"岩壁+海"本命 |
| 18:45 | 🌄 Cadillac 山顶日落 🎫 | Cadillac Summit Rd（需车辆预约） | ⭐⭐⭐ 大西洋沿岸最高点 · 日落 19:22，18:45 上山。没抢到票 → 改 Otter Cliffs 看日落 |
| ~20:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Ellsworth | 17 Myrick St, Ellsworth, ME 04605 | Acadia 门户店 · 备选 Dysart's（Bangor 传奇卡车站） |
📍 周日 8/23 · Acadia 全日 → 夜车西进
| ~时间 | 站 · 一键导航 | 🔎 核对地址 | 干什么 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 上午 | 🥾 Jordan Pond + Sand Beach | Park Loop Rd, Acadia | Jordan Pond 环湖 5.3km 平路（对岸两座"泡芙山"）· Sand Beach 的海水 13°C，敢下去算你狠 |
| ~12:00 | 🦞 Thurston's Lobster Pound | 9 Thurston Rd, Bernard, ME 04612（岛的安静半边） | ⭐⭐ 码头上的龙虾棚，桌子直接架在水上——比 Bar Harbor 人少一半 |
| 下午 | 🚗 Schoodic Point（可选） | Schoodic Loop Rd, Winter Harbor, ME | ⭐ 半岛那侧的 Acadia：粉花岗岩+黑玄武岩脉直接被大浪砸，游客只有本岛的十分之一 |
| ~18:00 | 🚿 PF Bangor + 晚饭 | 635 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401 | 正在西进路上——洗完继续开 |
| ~22:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Gorham NH | 777 Main St, Gorham, NH 03581 | 保守棋：营地 5 分钟、办公广场 35 分钟 · 备选 Irving 加油站 |
🏔️ 下周（8/24–28）· 白山清单 · 完整玩乐手册（全核实版）→
按你们最爱的类型排序——这一区是 Lake Placid 之外全美最密的"开车/坐车上山"聚集地：
| 去处 | 距 Moose Brook | 值什么 |
|---|---|---|
| 🏔️ Mt Washington 汽车登山路 | 15 min | ⭐⭐⭐ 自驾上 1,917m 东北最高峰（$45 车+司机含语音导览）。世界最强地面风纪录 372 km/h 就在这山顶。山顶常年 10°C 以下+大风，带外套；下山用低挡不用刹车 |
| 🚂 Cog Railway 齿轨火车 | 50 min | ⭐⭐⭐ 1869 年的世界第一条登山齿轨铁路，最陡 37%——蒸汽/生物柴油机车推着车厢上山。机械域天花板（$$，建议网上先订） |
| 🎢 Cranmore 夜场（周三/周六 17–20） | 办公室 10 min | ⭐⭐⭐ 山地过山车+滑索+大秋千的下班场（✅8/21 核实）——替代已拆除的 Wildcat 缆车 |
| 🌉 | — | ❌ 2025 年 10 月已退役，新缆车 ~2028（8/21 核实） |
| 🪨 Flume Gorge | 55 min | ⭐⭐ 栈道嵌在 21 米高的花岗岩窄缝里，脚下水声轰鸣——岩壁域，2 小时 |
| 💦 Diana's Baths | 30 min | ⭐ 平路 1 公里到一串阶梯瀑布+石潭，下班档最佳 |
| 🛣️ Kancamagus 公路 | 40 min 起 | ⭐⭐ 56 公里没有一家商店的风景公路——沿途 Sabbaday Falls、Rocky Gorge，一整天的量 |
🔥 火与吃：Gorham 的 Walmart（777 Main St）5 分钟——木柴、块冰、鸡腿都在这补。营地买本地柴（禁带外州木材）。火锅底料务必周五在 Portland 备齐！
🎫 关键预约：Cadillac 山顶公路（错过=上不去）
Cadillac Summit Road 5–10 月需要车辆预约（rec.gov "timed entry"，$6/车）。规则：30% 名额提前 90 天放，其余 70% 在出发前两天上午 10:00（东部时间）放出。行动：周四 8/20 早 10:00，抢周六的 "Daytime" 档（日落包含在 Daytime 预约里；Sunrise 是单独档，更抢手）。预约入口 →
抢不到也有 B 计划：把日落改到 Otter Cliffs / Ocean Path（不需要预约，海崖日落同样够格）。
抢不到也有 B 计划：把日落改到 Otter Cliffs / Ocean Path（不需要预约，海崖日落同样够格）。
门票：已解决——Ray 持 2026 Resident Annual Pass（有效期至 2027/7），Acadia 与 9 月返程的大峡谷都盖住了。⚠️ 注意：Cadillac 的 $6 车辆预约是另一回事，年票不含，照抢不误。
🏕️ 白山营地对比（8/18 全部实查 rec.gov，Mon 8/24 → Fri 8/28）
| 🥇 Dolly Copp 推荐 · 北侧 Pinkham | Moose Brook 州立 Gorham · 淋浴派 | White Ledge 南侧 · 办公派 | Covered Bridge Kancamagus 上 | Sugarloaf 1/2 西侧 · 安静派 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 📅 实查空位 | ✅ 21 个连住位 | ✅ 24/56 位可订（Ray 8/18 实查） | ✅ 9 个 | ✅ 11 个 | ✅ 10 个 |
| 🏔️ Auto Road | 8 分钟 ⭐ | 15 分钟 | 40 分钟 | 45 分钟 | 40 分钟 |
| 💼 N Conway 办公 | 25 分钟 | 35 分钟 | 12 分钟 ⭐ | 20 分钟 | 40 分钟 |
| 🚿 淋浴 | ❌ 无（旱厕+饮用水） | ✅ 有淋浴 ⭐ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 🌌 天空/风格 | 大营地，林间，经典 NF | 州园设施全，近镇 | 小而近镇 | Kanc 风景公路门口，河边 | 最小最静，深林 |
| 💰 | ~$25/晚 | ~$25–30/晚 | ~$24 | ~$24 | ~$22 |
🚿 淋浴现实（你已实查：北部山区没有 PF）：方案二选一——①订 Dolly Copp（全能位置），洗澡靠：Moose Brook 州园日用（$4/人，15 分钟车程，含淋浴）或 Gorham/N Conway 的私营营地付费淋浴（$5 上下），隔天一洗 + 湿巾协议（横穿老配方）；②直接住 Moose Brook（淋浴在营地里），代价是 Auto Road +7 分钟、办公 +10 分钟、需手动订 NH 系统。
裁决 v2（Ray 实查后反转）：订 Moose Brook——24 位可选，淋浴在营地里，Gorham 的 Walmart 5 分钟（补给+老朋友）。时间账也赢：住 Dolly Copp 每次洗澡还得开 30 分钟来这儿，通勤优势直接抵消。选 Standard 位（车停帐篷旁），躲开淋浴房紧邻位。Dolly Copp 降为备选（追求离 Auto Road 最近才选它）。
🚿 淋浴总设计（8/19 逐店核实）
| 晚 | 方案 | 核实状态 |
|---|---|---|
| 周五 | 🟣 PF South Portland（198 Maine Mall Rd）——离 Portland Head 灯塔 15 分钟，日落前 ~17:30 洗+练，然后灯塔、Walmart 睡 | ✅ 营业中 |
| （周五备选） | 🟣 PF Berlin VT（282 Berlin Mall Rd）——离 Rock of Ages 采石场 10 分钟，中午顺路版 | ✅ 营业中 |
| 周六 | 🟣 PF Rockland——Camden/Mt Battie 前 15 分钟，上午顺路洗；当晚 Ellsworth 无浴（湿巾协议） | ✅ 营业中（Ellsworth 新店还没开业——别指望它） |
| 周日 | 🟣 PF Bangor（635 Broadway）——正好在周日夜车 Ellsworth→Gorham 的路上，晚饭后顺路洗完继续西进 | ✅ 营业中 |
| 周一–周五 | 🏕️ Moose Brook 营地自带热水澡——这就是选它的原因。白山周 PF 归零（North Conway/Littleton/Gorham 全无，当地人还在请愿求开店 😄），健身暂停一周或做营地徒手 | ✅ 已订 |
| 周五回程 | 🟣 I-93 沿线 Concord/Manchester NH 任挑一家顺路收尾 | ✅ 都会区密集 |
规律总结：缅因海岸线 PF 链完整（Portland→Rockland→Bangor），北部山区两州（NH 北乡）为空白——所以周末洗澡全靠紫色招牌，周中全靠营地。Black Card 双人全程有效。
📋 行动清单（按先后）
| 1️⃣ 今晚 | ✅ 已完成：Moose Brook 025 号位，4 晚 $147 |
| 2️⃣ 周四 10:00 ET | ✅ 已订：8/22 18:30–19:00 入山，$6 |
| 3️⃣ 顺手 | 电话 Moose Brook 问 4 晚（升级淋浴）· 门票已有年票 ✅，无需购买 |
| 4️⃣ 周四晚 | 我出逐日路书（打卡点+超充链+卡车站夜点，横穿格式） |
| 5️⃣ 周五 11:00 | 拔营。花岗岩周开始 🪨 |
✅ Decided: Option A · 🏕️ Camp BOOKED: Moose Brook 025 (8/24–28 · $147) · 🎫 Cadillac summit ticket BOOKED (8/22, 6:30 PM). Every reservation is in hand. Friday 8/21, 11:00 — break camp at Fish Creek → a two-night raid up the Maine coast (truck-stop mode, zero bookings) → a full Acadia day → Monday 8/24 check into the White Mountains (4 nights) → Friday 8/28 home to JC. Two granites, one loop: Acadia's sea cliffs and the Granite State's mountains.
🗺️ The loop
📅 The weekend schedule (with drive times)
| Day | Plan | Wheel time |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 8/21 | Break camp 11:00 (= checkout) → Rock of Ages quarry (Barre VT, ~2 h 50) → east into Maine → sunset at Portland Head Light (by 19:30) → 🛏️ night: Walmart Supercenter, Falmouth ME (20 min from the lighthouse, aligned northbound; three-read rule — fallback Scarborough Walmart or an I-95 truck stop) | ~5.5 h |
| Sat 8/22 | Up the coast → Mt Battie auto road (Penobscot Bay below) → Acadia by afternoon → first Park Loop lap → Cadillac summit sunset (🎫 card below) → 🛏️ night: Walmart Supercenter, Ellsworth (20 min from the park gate — the tourist-gateway Walmart; fallback: Dysart's, Bangor's legendary truck stop) | ~3.5 h |
| Sun 8/23 | Acadia, all day: Thunder Hole (loudest 1–2 h around high tide) · Otter Cliffs · Jordan Pond · Sand Beach → after dinner, a ~3.5 h night drive west → 🛏️ night: Walmart, Gorham NH — the conservative move: 5 min from camp, 35 min from the N Conway office. Whatever meetings appear Monday, at whatever wake-up time, you're in reach. (Three-read fails → the Irving stations in Gorham/Berlin as backup) | ~1 h in-park + 3.5 h night |
| Mon 8/24 | Wake in Gorham — sleep as late as you like → surprise morning meetings: town has signal, or the plaza is 35 min away → resupply at the Gorham Walmart on the way → N Conway plaza by 13:15 → Cassie's 2 PM meeting → 35 min back north, check into Moose Brook site 025 (check-in from 1 PM), unhurried camp build + the week's first hot shower at camp | ~1.2 h all day |
| Tue–Thu | Days: the N Conway plaza office (25-min commute) · evenings: the Mt Washington Auto Road in your own car (15 min from Moose Brook to the gate; ~$45 car+driver, discounted late-day windows) · the Cog Railway · Diana's Baths · Glen Ellis Falls · ~10°C starry nights | as desired |
| Fri 8/28 | Break camp → JC, ~360 mi | ~6 h |
~14 wheel-hours over four days — and Monday compressed to 1.2 h on purpose: all the miles are digested Sunday night, turning Monday into a buffer day. Add meetings freely; wake whenever.
🔄 As actually run · v2 (re-planned on the road, evening 8/21)
Why it changed: ① Rock of Ages is permanently closed (a wasted detour); ② arriving Portland at 21:45 meant sunset 19:29 long gone, Hong Kong Market shut at 19:00, and all three PFs close at 21:00 — tonight's original plan was void on every line.
New logic: tonight is laundry + sleep only, and PF plus the hotpot base move to tomorrow morning — because sleeping near Portland puts both within 15 minutes.
New logic: tonight is laundry + sleep only, and PF plus the hotpot base move to tomorrow morning — because sleeping near Portland puts both within 15 minutes.
| ~Time | What · one-tap nav | 🔎 Address / notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tonight ~21:45 | 🧺 Laundry: Maine Street Laundromats | 798 Main St, South Portland, ME · open until 23:00 · coins and cards. ~1.5 h to wash and dry |
| ~23:20 | 🛏️ Sleep: Cumberland Service Plaza | I-95, mile 58 · truck parking + 24-hour facilities, Starbucks in the morning · already pointed north Backup: Walmart Falmouth (200 US Rt 1), 5 min away, overnight-friendly |
| 🗂️ | ||
| 11:55 | 🍲 Hong Kong Market · hotpot base (FIRST stop) | 945 Congress St · the week's only window — buy for 4 nights: 3–4 bases, noodles, tofu skin, enoki, meatballs, chili crisp · clear cooler space first · ~35 min |
| 12:40 | 🚿 PF South Portland | 198 Maine Mall Rd · 10 min from the market · shower-focused, save the lift for the White Mountains week · wheels rolling by 13:25 |
| 13:25 | 🚗 North via I-95/I-395/Rt 1A → Acadia | ~2h50 · if the battery asks, let the car route the Augusta Supercharger (on the way) · lunch in the car, no extra stops |
| ~16:20 | 🌲 Acadia · the compressed Park Loop (~2 h) | One line: Sand Beach → Thunder Hole → Otter Cliffs · Jordan Pond moves to Sunday (tomorrow is the full Acadia day — today's loss is small) |
| 18:15 / 18:30 | 🎫 Cadillac summit (ticket in hand) | Leave the Park Loop at 18:15 · entry window 18:30–19:00 — be at the gate before 19:00 · sunset 19:22 · bring jackets, it's cold and windy up there · screenshot the ticket QR + annual pass (weak signal in the park) |
| ~20:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Ellsworth | 17 Myrick St · or Dysart's (Cassie's truck-stop + 24-h diner initiation; also works on Sunday's westward leg) |
✅ Solved in one sweep: laundry · shower · hotpot base · a first Park Loop lap · the summit sunset ticket. Today's Acadia shrank from 6 h to ~2 h (the sleep tax) — Sunday, the full day, pays it back. Deferred: Cassie's truck-stop initiation → Sunday at Dysart's (with pie).
📍 Sun 8/23 · Transfer day: coastal fog → inland waterfalls → Moose Alley (the SOP's maiden voyage)
☁️ Why the reroute: all-day coastal fog + Thurston's Lobster Pound closed Sundays (reopens Tuesday) — the foggy Acadia morning ends here. Every stop below passed the new SOP: operating status ✓ arrival-time hours ✓ weather gate ✓. Inland forecast: ~30% scattered showers, 15–22°C — far better than the coast. ⚠️ Weather-gate casualty: the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory (an elevator up a 128 m glass tower — extremely your genre, but today it's an elevator into fog) → saved for a future Maine run.
| ~Time | Stop · one-tap nav | Notes (verification status) |
|---|---|---|
| 14:20 | 🚛 Dysart's · Cassie's truck-stop initiation | 530 Coldbrook Rd, Hermon · ✅ verified open · first meal 🥧 · 📋 Experience completed and archived: Cassie's verdict is "too loud" — the truck-stop initiation ends here; shared-leg overnights go to Walmarts/quiet campgrounds from now on |
| 15:30 | 🚿 PF Bangor (added at Ray's request · SOP rule 2) | 635 Broadway · ✅ verified: open Sundays to 22:00 · 15 min from Dysart's · shower-focused, ~45 min · the last PF before the North Country void — tonight is no longer a wet-wipes night |
| 16:30 | 🚗 Rt 2 west → Bethel | ~2h15 · the Height of Land branch is cancelled (its time bought the shower — worth it) |
| ~18:45 | 🪨 Grafton Notch · Screw Auger Falls (flash visit) | Roadside on Rt 26 · ✅ open daily ($4) · Screw Auger only (20 min); Moose Cave cut to protect the dusk window |
| 19:10 | 🚗 Rt 26 north → Errol, NH | ~35 min · Great North Woods no-signal zone — download offline maps at PF/Dysart's |
| 19:50 | 🫎 NH-16 south · the 13-Mile Woods "Moose Alley" | Sunset 19:33 — you enter on the tail of civil twilight (~20:03), second half in the dark. Moose stay active at night, but spotting is harder: slow, high beams, wetland edges · a dark-road moose strike is a real risk — err slow · nav to Errol town first; mid-alley pull-off: Androscoggin Wayside Park, then NH-16 straight south into Gorham |
| ~21:00 | 🛏️ Walmart Gorham overnight | 5 minutes from tomorrow's Moose Brook site · 🚿 |
Tomorrow: the N Conway plaza office in the morning (35 min) → 2 PM meeting → check into Moose Brook 025 after 3:30 → the White Mountains week begins (the Playbook →).
📍 Friday 8/21 · the original plan (superseded by v2 above; kept for the record)
| ~Time | Stop · one-tap nav | 🔎 Verify address | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Break camp, Fish Creek 260 | — | Checkout 11:00 · pack the tent dry |
| ~13:50 | 🪨❌ | ❌ PERMANENTLY CLOSED (confirmed on site 8/21 — a wasted detour). Lesson logged: every stop must be verified for operating status and hours first. Vermont becomes a straight-through leg; the time goes to the Portland resupply and the lighthouse sunset | |
| ~17:00 | 🛒🍲 Hong Kong Market (HOTPOT BASE!) | 945–947 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101 Open daily 9:00–19:00 · backup: Sun Oriental Market, 622 Congress St | 🔥 Your only resupply window this week — I checked: the White Mountains have no Asian grocery (nearest is Manchester, 2 h away). Buy for four nights: 3–4 hotpot bases, glass/wide noodles, tofu skin, enoki, meatballs, chili crisp, sesame sauce, instant noodles. Clear cooler space first |
| ~18:00 | 🚿 PF South Portland | 198 Maine Mall Rd, South Portland, ME 04106 | Shower + a set (Cassie free as guest) · 10 min from the market |
| 19:20 | 🌅 Portland Head Light, sunset | 12 Captain Strout Cir, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 Fort Williams Park, free, open past sunset | ⭐⭐ A 1791 lighthouse on a cliff — Maine's cover photo. Sunset 19:29; be in place by 19:10 |
| ~20:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Falmouth | 200 US Route 1, Falmouth, ME 04105 | Three-read rule · fallbacks: Scarborough Walmart or an I-95 truck stop |
📍 Saturday 8/22 · up the coast → Acadia
| ~Time | Stop · one-tap nav | 🔎 Verify address | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~10:30 | 🚿 | — | Cancelled: replaced by PF South Portland on Saturday morning |
| ~11:30 | ⛰️ Mt Battie Auto Road | Camden Hills State Park, 280 Belfast Rd (US-1), Camden, ME 04843 $ entry (state park — the annual pass doesn't cover it) | ⭐⭐ Drive straight to the summit: all of Penobscot Bay and its islands underneath. Mechanized-summit domain +1 |
| ~13:30 | 🦞 Young's Lobster Pound (optional) | 2 Fairview St, Belfast, ME 04915 | Lobster boiled on the dock, eaten at plastic tables — the orthodox Maine method |
| ~15:30 | 🌲 Enter Acadia · Hulls Cove Visitor Center | 25 Visitor Center Rd, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 | Annual pass at the gate · grab the Park Loop map |
| ~16:00 | 🌊 Thunder Hole | Park Loop Rd, Acadia (one-way) | Surf detonating inside a rock slot — loudest 1–2 h around high tide |
| ~17:00 | 🪨 Otter Cliffs | Park Loop Rd (2 min south of Thunder Hole) | ⭐⭐⭐ 30 m of pink granite dropping into the Atlantic — your rock-wall-plus-ocean home game |
| 18:45 | 🌄 Cadillac summit sunset 🎫 | Cadillac Summit Rd (vehicle reservation required) | ⭐⭐⭐ Highest point on the Atlantic seaboard · sunset 19:22, drive up at 18:45. No ticket → Otter Cliffs sunset instead |
| ~20:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Ellsworth | 17 Myrick St, Ellsworth, ME 04605 | The Acadia gateway store · fallback Dysart's, Bangor's legendary truck stop |
📍 Sunday 8/23 · all-day Acadia → the night drive west
| ~Time | Stop · one-tap nav | 🔎 Verify address | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | 🥾 Jordan Pond + Sand Beach | Park Loop Rd, Acadia | The flat 5.3 km loop around Jordan Pond (the two "Bubble" hills at the far end) · Sand Beach water is 13°C — going in is a dare |
| ~12:00 | 🦞 Thurston's Lobster Pound | 9 Thurston Rd, Bernard, ME 04612 (the island's quiet half) | ⭐⭐ A lobster shack literally over the water — half the crowd of Bar Harbor |
| Afternoon | 🚗 Schoodic Point (optional) | Schoodic Loop Rd, Winter Harbor, ME | ⭐ Acadia's mainland half: pink granite laced with black basalt dikes, taking the full Atlantic, with a tenth of the crowds |
| ~18:00 | 🚿 PF Bangor + dinner | 635 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401 | Already westbound — shower, then keep rolling |
| ~22:30 | 🛏️ Walmart Gorham NH | 777 Main St, Gorham, NH 03581 | The conservative move: 5 min from camp, 35 from the office plaza · fallback: the Irving stations |
🏔️ Next week (8/24–28) · the full verified Playbook →
Ranked by your favourite category — outside Lake Placid, this is the densest cluster of "ride/drive to a summit" machines in the country:
| Place | From Moose Brook | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 🏔️ Mt Washington Auto Road | 15 min | ⭐⭐⭐ Drive your own car to 1,917 m, the Northeast's highest summit (~$45 car+driver with audio tour). The world's fastest surface wind ever recorded — 372 km/h — was measured up there. Summit is under 10°C and windy year-round; bring jackets; descend in low gear, not on the brakes |
| 🚂 The Cog Railway | 50 min | ⭐⭐⭐ The world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (1869), up to 37% grade — a locomotive literally pushing the carriage up the mountain. The machines domain's ceiling ($$; book online first) |
| 🎢 Cranmore night sessions (Wed/Sat 17–20) | 10 min from the office | ⭐⭐⭐ Mountain coaster + zipline + giant swing, after work (✅ verified 8/21) — replacing the dismantled Wildcat gondola |
| 🌉 | — | ❌ Retired October 2025; replacement ~2028 (verified 8/21) |
| 🪨 Flume Gorge | 55 min | ⭐⭐ A boardwalk wedged inside a 21 m granite slot with the water roaring underfoot — rock-wall domain, ~2 h |
| 💦 Diana's Baths | 30 min | ⭐ A flat kilometre to a staircase of waterfalls and rock pools — the after-work slot |
| 🛣️ The Kancamagus Highway | 40 min to the start | ⭐⭐ 56 km of scenic byway without a single store — Sabbaday Falls and Rocky Gorge en route; a full day if you want one |
🔥 Fire & food: Gorham's Walmart (777 Main St) is 5 minutes out — firewood, block ice, chicken legs all restock there. Buy firewood local (out-of-state wood banned). And the hotpot base must come from Portland on Friday!
🎫 The critical reservation: Cadillac Summit Road (miss it = no summit)
Cadillac Summit Road requires a vehicle reservation May–Oct (rec.gov timed entry, $6/car). The rules: 30% released 90 days out; the other 70% drop at 10:00 AM ET two days before. Action: Thursday 8/20, 10:00 AM ET — grab Saturday's "Daytime" slot (sunset rides on the Daytime reservation; Sunrise is a separate, hotter ticket). Reservation page →
If it slips: plan B is sunset from Otter Cliffs / Ocean Path — no reservation, and the sea-cliff version is fully worthy.
If it slips: plan B is sunset from Otter Cliffs / Ocean Path — no reservation, and the sea-cliff version is fully worthy.
Entry: already solved — Ray holds a 2026 Resident Annual Pass (valid to Jul 2027), covering Acadia and September's Grand Canyon. ⚠️ Note: Cadillac's $6 vehicle reservation is separate — the pass does NOT include it; grab it regardless.
🏕️ White Mountains campground shoot-out (all rec.gov-verified 8/18, Mon 8/24 → Fri 8/28)
| 🥇 Dolly Copp the pick · Pinkham north | Moose Brook SP Gorham · the shower play | White Ledge south · the office play | Covered Bridge on the Kancamagus | Sugarloaf 1/2 west · the quiet play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 📅 Verified sites | ✅ 21 full-run | ✅ 24/56 open (Ray verified 8/18) | ✅ 9 | ✅ 11 | ✅ 10 |
| 🏔️ Auto Road | 8 min ⭐ | 15 min | 40 min | 45 min | 40 min |
| 💼 N Conway office | 25 min | 35 min | 12 min ⭐ | 20 min | 40 min |
| 🚿 Showers | ❌ none (vault + potable water) | ✅ showers on site ⭐ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 🌌 Sky/character | Big classic NF, wooded | Full state-park amenities, near town | Small, near town | The Kancamagus at the door, riverside | Smallest, quietest, deepest woods |
| 💰 | ~$25/night | ~$25–30 | ~$24 | ~$24 | ~$22 |
🚿 The shower reality (you verified it: no PF in the North Country): two paths — ① book Dolly Copp (best all-round position) and shower via Moose Brook's day-use ($4/person, 15 min away) or a private campground's pay showers (~$5), every-other-day + the wipes protocol from the crossing; ② live at Moose Brook (showers at camp) at the cost of +7 min to the Auto Road, +10 to the office, and a manual NH booking.
Verdict v2 (flipped after Ray's live check): book Moose Brook — 24 sites to choose from, showers at camp, and Gorham's Walmart 5 minutes away (resupply + an old friend). The time math wins too: from Dolly Copp every shower run would cost a 30-min round trip here, erasing its commute edge. Pick a Standard site (car beside tent), avoid the ones hugging the shower building. Dolly Copp demoted to alternate (only if closest-to-Auto-Road is everything).
🚿 The shower architecture (club-by-club verified 8/19)
| Night | Plan | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fri | 🟣 PF South Portland (198 Maine Mall Rd) — 15 min from Portland Head Light: shower + lift ~5:30 PM, then the sunset, then the Walmart | ✅ open |
| (Fri alt) | 🟣 PF Berlin VT (282 Berlin Mall Rd) — 10 min from the Rock of Ages quarry, the midday version | ✅ open |
| Sat | 🟣 PF Rockland — 15 min before Camden/Mt Battie, the morning wash; Ellsworth night is shower-less (wipes protocol) | ✅ open (Ellsworth's new club is not open yet — don't count on it) |
| Sun | 🟣 PF Bangor (635 Broadway) — sits directly on the Sunday night drive Ellsworth→Gorham: dinner, shower, keep rolling west | ✅ open |
| Mon–Fri | 🏕️ Moose Brook's own hot showers — the reason we booked it. The White Mountains are a PF void (North Conway/Littleton/Gorham: none; locals are literally petitioning for one 😄) — gym pauses for the week | ✅ booked |
| Fri return | 🟣 Concord/Manchester NH on I-93 — pick any for the ride home | ✅ metro-dense |
The pattern: the Maine coast has an unbroken PF chain (Portland→Rockland→Bangor); the northern mountains of both states are blank — so weekend showers ride the purple signs, weekday showers ride the campground. Black Card covers both of you throughout.
📋 The action list (in order)
| 1️⃣ Tonight | ✅ DONE: Moose Brook site 025, 4 nights, $147 |
| 2️⃣ Thu 10:00 AM ET | ✅ DONE: 8/22, 6:30–7:00 PM entry, $6 |
| 3️⃣ Alongside | Call Moose Brook about 4 nights (the shower upgrade) · park entry already covered by the annual pass ✅ |
| 4️⃣ Thu night | I write the day-by-day run sheets (checkpoints + Supercharger chain + truck-stop night points, crossing format) |
| 5️⃣ Fri 11:00 | Break camp. The Granite Loop begins 🪨 |