Wednesday, August 14th
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| A complete map of our travels while in Canada 2013 The orange dots are places we stayed |
Today, with an hour delay at the border, ( US customs agents
were boarding EVERY motorhome ) we left Canada behind. Although I would really like to go back and
stay for a while ( or forever ) in Grand Manan Island, there is a big world out
there, and we have not seen much of it. The saying “Life is short” can really put everything into perspective, so it is
not too likely we will be returning.
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| Going through customs took over an hour as the agents boarded EVERY RV. I wonder what they were looking for? |
Our destination was Pumpkin
Patch Campground in Hermon, Maine. After
we arrived I took the car and drove into Bangor to a Verizon store and they
helped me change the internet service from Bell Atlantic to Verizon. The traffic was crazy and I already yearned
to retreat to any of those quiet sleepy towns we visited.
When I was at Pumpkin
Patch in June, we ate at the little restaurant there and I had THE BEST seafood chowder I
had ever eaten! I must have had 10
chowders throughout our trip, hoping to have another as delicious. I have been dreaming of this chowder for more
than 6 weeks! No chowder came close to
that epicurious delight, and I could not wait to go back and have it
again! It was absolutely horrible. It had a heavy layer of butter floating
across a chowder consisting of only fish- a lot of it, mind you, but over
cooked and no flavor at all! Gross. I ate very little of it. Such a disappointment.
My brother, who lives about 30 miles away, drove up with his
friend and we had a wonderful evening, listening to family stories I had never
heard before. Steve is a great story
teller. It is so nice to visit with
family.
Thursday August 15,
2013
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| Nothing like paying $2.00 less per gallon to put a smile on a man's face! ( especially when we get 7 MPG ) |
Today , well yesterday actually, is the beginning of a very
busy time. My daughter’s wedding is in a
few days, and there is a lot of loose ends to take care. As soon as I hit Massachusetts, I will take
off running.
We arrived back in Minuteman Campground in Littleton Mass so
this will be our “base camp” for the next 4 days. I will be staying with my daughter on Friday
evening when her fiancé goes to stay with family ( a popular tradition that the
groom not see the bride on the big day ), so I packed my things, got
organized, and ready to leave in the morning.
Our campsite this time was certainly flat and roomy, but was
across from the pool and next to two HUGE propane tanks whose odors I was
highly allergic to. Thank goodness two
of the nights I would not be there!
I ran to the grocery store which was 3 miles away, and the
GPS took me on a 30 mile sightseeing adventure during rush hour! I very nearly threw it into a pond I was
passing while driving on a very small, winding back road. The speed limit was
only 10 MPH, so I would have had plenty of opportunity to relieve my frustration
as I watched it splash!
We had a quiet evening feeding the mosquitoes as we ate dinner. We had a campfire for a little while, but were concerned about too much blood loss, so we retreated to the comforts of the RV.
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