Let the saga continue! As Joan & I depart northern New York - the smart route would be to head south of Watertown towards Syracuse and then over to Boston and then up into central Maine. As I said the smart move. We took US highway 11 north along the Canadian border towards Champlain then crossed into Vermont and down US 2. It was a string of islands down towards Burlington VT. We continued on US 2 east towards Montpelier and into New Hampshire. We stayed on US 2 till we arrived at Bangor (Do not pronounce Banger - locals do not like). From there we continued north on US 2 to a small town Lincoln. Out side of there is a Navy camp site called Great Pond.
Great Pond - We arrived - We left! Don't get me wrong. If you are looking for a place to get away from it all - and I mean all - this is the place. Actually, I thought it would be a great place for those with PTSD to adjust, it is very tranquel! We eventually ended up in a town called Ellsworth that is between Bangor and Bar Harbor. OK, closer to Bar Harbor. It was easier to hire a rental car here. What was surprising though was while we were making plans for our campsite in Ellsworth, we were stopped in a parking lot. Across the street was the Grand Lodge of Maine. Now the Grand Lodge in Maryland (my home lodge) is this grandious place.
We make it to the campsite and hire a rental car. We believe our next trip we will purchase a car dolly and take our own car. I don't do well with all of this down time. There is to much to see and do. So with the rental car we do the Arcadia National Park. Drive around Bar Harbor _ have a lobster roll (not impressed). We do the Bangor thing. The most exciting part of this trip and every leg so far is the people we meet. We met this couple that were out of Seattle - were our kids live. Their son lives in Marrysville. That's neet our kids live there to. Their son works for the company that makes parts for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Wow - our son works with the same section on the 787 dreamliner.
Last March when we were down in the keys - one of our stops was at the end of US 1. This time we took a short jont (four Hours) up US 1 to the beginning of US 1. The first highway in the US. It is located in Fort Kent. Now I can't forget that since that is where Joan comes from in England. Now our trip back to the motorhome could have been a lot faster if some one would have aloud me to enter back into Canada and come down their major highway back into Houlton. That's OK
Our next port of call is Salem Massachussetts. Do not try to drive a class A motorhome down town old town. They had a location for tour tram - no place to park. Another important point about traveling in the New England you must walk and no free parking. Also Gas (tax) is high - road's are atrocious. Really neat places to see. We needed to leave the motorhome outside of city and drive a car in - lesson learned.
Now to one of our major stops. The only soap opera I have ever watched and Joan is addicted to as well is Dark Shadows. The Mansion that is used in the series is Seacliff mansion in Rhode Island. There is a walkway in front of the mansions that goes along the sea shore. It is also supposed to be where they started each series with waves crashing along the rocks. It was great seeing the building and again talking to individuals who live around their. We also stayed at the Naval Base camp site - out side of the base, right on the water. We met some interesting retirees their with larger motorhomes then ours who are traveling for nine plus months a year.
After here we headed to West Point and my next post!
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