Aug 4, 2009 - Grafton Notch

The upper part of Maine is proving to be very interesting with its rivers and mountains. We continue to find trails to hike and places that take our breath away. We just returned from Grafton Notch State Park.The Appalachian Trail crosses through the park on the way to Katahdin in Baxter State Park. The final days of a thru hike must be very exhausting given the height of the mountains it travels through. Walking any of the trails in the park during the bright sunlight was like walking over sparkling crystals. The mica is interspersed...

Oct 6, 2008 - Mainly Maine

Another day in fall foliage paradise - Monday, October 6 Today this copy will be mercifully short. We goofed around and didn't get out of the campground until after noon. Then we drove all afternoon and crossed most of Maine. We ended up in Hanford near the New Hampshire border, and just before dark we found a great campground with CATV and WiFi. We spent the evening watching good TV and making this page for y'all. As you can see from the pictures, the trees are every shade of hot and the skies are cool and cloudy. The combination makes for...

Oct 4, 2008 - Drive To Hanover, Maine

We finally got on the road this morning about 10:30 AM but it took us another 45 minutes to get through the construction going on in Ellsworth and then we had to buy diesel. The prices are better lately. We paid $3.739 today so that is better than a couple months ago. Of course, about the time we were finally on the road it was time for lunch but finding somewhere to eat after Ellsworth is not easy when you are pulling a 36' rig with a 23' truck! We ended up stopping at the only place we would fit in Newport, Maine - the local Super...

Sep 20, 2008 - Day 111

Day 111, Sept 19, Today’s Plan; Cross the border into Maine. Brrrr. Sometime in the night the tank ran out of propane, so we wake up to a cold trailer. At sunup (7:15am) I go out to switch tanks and notice frost on the picnic table. We get warmed up and have our breakfast. The radio tells us many places nearby set record overnight low temperatures. We fast track it today so we can get to the border before 10 am. Cousin Margaret’s advice. We are on the road by 0900. Even after a 5 min. chat with our neighbor from Ottawa. We drive into St....

Jul 2, 2008 - The End of the Journey

7/1- Another long day of driving. Almost 8 hours and 387 miles but we got to Brattleboro, VT with no adverse events. The only thing is there aren’t many RV friendly stations that sell diesel along I-91. Our fellow workampers from last year, Al and Pat Taylor are working at a KOA in White River Junction, VT (about an hour or so from Brattleboro) and they drove down to have dinner with us and catch up on all the news from the last 9 months. It was great to see them and we had a really good visit. That’s them with Betsy (see picture above)....