
A bull moose steps onto the shoreline of Baxter State Park’s Russell Pond, site of one of Maine’s most remote campgrounds.

A bull moose steps onto the shoreline of Baxter State Park’s Russell Pond, site of one of Maine’s most remote campgrounds.

Rocky Pond is just a short hike from Kidney Pond in Maine’s Baxter State Park. The lush forest in this area of the park, with acres and acres of thick moss-covered conifers and granite boulders, inspired my wife and I to name our son “Forest Baxter.”

Shoreline fall color reflected in Round Pond, a favorite destination in the Kennebec Highlands.

With the clouds reflecting as they were on the surface of Pockwockamus Pond near Baxter State Park, it seemed as if these lily pads were floating away — a nice thought as I floated off to sleep in my tent.