The day before our triathlon, we hiked Camden State Park to the lookout over the Camden Harbor. From what Karen remembered from a decade ago, the hike was about an hour + out; possibly 3 hours round trip. We started at the route 52 parking lot hiking Maiden Cliff to Scenic to the Ridge trail all the way to Mount Megunticook then to the Ocean Lookout. The beauty of the hike was breath taking as well as all the rain flowing down the trail paths. The paths were like small streams. The hike is classified as class 1 -2 (easy on a good trail 2-can be off trail) but is noted "tricky when wet". We passed a solo hiker about who looked about 50+ but was probably older as he looked really healthy and fit. He asked where we were heading and when we said Ocean Lookout, he said good luck and be very careful. He said it was wet like the trail we were on. He had hiking canes.
We needed hiking canes. All I could do was gasp in amazement with all the water in the trails. An hour in, we found natural walking sticks to assist us. With most of the stopping we did to contemplate what path to take and our scones break at the Ocean Lookout, the hike ended up taking 4+ hours. It was beautiful and fantastic but not quite what we should have been doing the day before the triathlon.
