Our home for the past 3 months has been site 67 at the Minuteman Campground in Littleton, MA. This park does not have some of the bells and whistles that we have seen at other places – there is no fancy “clubhouse,” for example – but it is very nice in its own way. Lots of trees. Spacious sites. Interesting rock firepits. A large dog run. And just about the nicest owner couple – Ted and Maureen, assisted by their son Scott – that we have met anywhere. The Boston area doesn’t have many RV parks, but it has at least one good one.
Patience at Site 67
Of course I am still working and the commute from Littleton to Cambridge is a bitch. By (very congested) roads it is nearly 2 hours each way. By commuter rail it is about 90 minutes each way. A monthly rail pass (which includes subway) is $291. Plus $4 a day for parking. But at least parking is available and I can read rather than cursing the driver in the next lane. I have read a lot of books in the past 3 months. The train also has wifi, but the service is spotty. It was kind of cool to check on the results of the previous day’s tests while commuting, but that got old quickly. Reading never gets old.
The memories of this campground will always be poignant because it was the end of the road (literally) for Cha-Cha. The last rain, the last walk, the last meal, all happened here. It is a happy place for most but will always be a little sad for me.
There is clubhouse, of sorts, but it is really just a rustic room with no amenities except for a handful of video games in an adjacent arcade room. The pool was very popular with families on hot days this summer but we didn’t use it. There is a not-so-great basketball court that the kids used from time to time, three horseshoe courts that were used rarely and a bocce court that was used not at all.
The camp store is adequate. There is a laundry room with 4 washers and 4 dryers – not a lot for a campground with over 100 sites. There is a minimalistic book exchange that is a mere shadow of the one that we had in Aguanga (and has an inordinate number of romance novels).
As I said, not super-duper amenities, but still a very pleasant place. And the sites are very nice. Recommended. We will be back here next year.
Dog run
The clubhouse / video game room
Bocce court
Playground
The wooded grounds
Horseshoe pits
Office and store
Pool (covered for winter)