Month: April 2019

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

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APPROACHING DOWNEAST MAINE.

Day 4 –  Today we plan to leave southern Maine & stay in the mid-coast region of Maine at Camden Hills State Park. We almost always camped at Camden Hills as a stopover on the way to our land, but then we discovered Belfast. Camden is a great city, but Rockland, Rockport & Camden are close together and are very much touristy areas. We’ve spent lots of time in this area and loved it, but the traffic & crowds make it difficult to maneuver sometimes. Belfast is further up the coast and just as beautiful, but it’s not as crowded & a little more rugged. We also found a great RV Park right on the Penobscot Bay, located just north of the city of Belfast. This is where we stay these days if we can get in. Camden Hills State Park is a large Park and it’s very nice with a wonderful drive to the top of Mount Battie and incredible views. It’s just north of Camden and is our second choice when we’re in this area. The Moorings Oceanfront Campground in Belfast, our first choice, wasn’t opening for the season until May 10th. Camden Hills is open year-round, so we knew we could stay there.  Silly us for just assuming……

107 miles, (3:10), 38240-38347

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Monday, April 29, 2019

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GOOD LUCK, KAREN! HOPE IT GOES WELL. THINKING OF YOU.

Day 3 – It was 37 degrees this morning when Rob got up and a bright, sunny day. Today we will go to Freeport, Maine & spend the night. We’ve got some shopping to do, and the huge LL Bean complex of stores is located there.  Their outlet store is amazing, and we never cease to find great deals when we stop, although we do try to limit ourselves to just getting things we need (since retirement). One of our favorite cities, we really like Freeport, and one of our favorite restaurants is located at the Harraseeket Inn. You can’t imagine how good their lobster soup is; they call it Lobster Stew, and it has lots of extremely tender, fresh lobster in it, https://www.harraseeketinn.com/,

94 miles, (2:35), 38146-38240

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

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MOVIN’ TOWARDS MAINE.

Day 2 – We both slept very well, better than we had in weeks. The girls returned to their regular sleeping spots. Seems we’ve all immediately gotten back into the groove. It was 36 degrees this morning at 6:30 a.m.; we’re heading further north again. And the farther north we go, the less signs of spring we’ve seen. Back into late winter? Our travel goal today is Salisbury, MA, close to the New Hampshire border.

118 miles, (2:15), 38028-38146

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

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A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS.

Day 1 – We left at 11:15 this morning, starting up Trip #6. We have big smiles on our faces now. Grin…….It was 47 degrees, windy & cloudy. The kitties knew where they were right away and didn’t seem to mind the drive; they just cuddled up all together and went to sleep on the bed. Our plan was to keep the drives down most days as much as possible. It’s easier on all of us that way.

180 miles, (3:55), 37848-38028

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UPDATE – HOME SWEET HOME?

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Hello everyone!

We were extremely busy, as usual, upon the end of Trip #5.  This is an update as to what happened during our time at home before beginning the next RV adventure.  People often ask us, “Are you glad to be home?” Here’s why we have trouble answering that question:

We arrived home the afternoon of April 9th & spent the rest of that day unpacking the RV, doing laundry, getting the house back up & running, etc. It’s always a bit of an adjustment for all of us & lots of work. The girls did well & it was no time at all before they were running around like maniacs or nestling together in the warm, clean laundry.

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Trip #5 Second Recap

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This trip unexpectedly was interrupted less than six weeks into our trip south for the winter.  We initially left home in New York on December 19, 2018. It was 18 degrees, clear & cold that morning. We returned home earlier than planned, arriving home on January 27, 2019. I had an issue with my left knee which caused us to go home early, not knowing at that time whether we’d be able to continue this trip. We had gotten as far as Edisto Island, South Carolina before turning around and coming home. The first part of the journey lasted one month, one week, and two days.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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HOMEWARD BOUND.  END OF TRIP #5.

We had intended to finish the Blog and post upon arriving home, but as usual, we didn’t get to it. It is now April 27 & we’ve just begun our next adventure. This is the last day of the previous trip, followed by soon, a recap of that trip & the time spent between Trip #5 and Trip #6.

Day 88 – Well, we are going home today.  This is both good & bad in our minds. We have found that when you’ve been gone for awhile, you never know what you’ll find when you get home.  Will the mice have taken over the house, or did the wasps find a way in from the roof? Did the boiler work, did any pipes burst, did a tree come down during a storm, will the driveway be plowed or has there been a big snowstorm recently, or if not a snowstorm is the driveway so muddy that we can’t get in?  What will be broken when we “un-winterize” and begin to use things again? On the other hand, we LOVE our house and our neighborhood. We have friends we haven’t seen in months. It’s nice to have so much space to move around after months in a 30-foot RV. And spring is arriving – so many flowering trees & bushes.  The Hudson Valley can be absolutely gorgeous. It is with mixed emotions that we set out on today’s journey.

108 miles, (2:35), 37740-37848

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Monday, April 8, 2019

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DELAWARE WATER GAP.

Day 87 – It rained last night and was 54 degrees this morning around 7 a.m.  We departed at 10 a.m. It was partly cloudy. Most of today’s trip was on I-80.  We had decided to try for a campsite at the Worthington State Forest Campground, located just across the PA border in New Jersey along the Delaware River.

136 miles, (2:40), 37604-37740

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Sunday, April 7, 2019

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WHAT?!  THIS CAMPGROUND ISN’T OPEN EITHER?!

Day 86 – We went to bed early last night and were up by 7 a.m. this morning. It was 46 degrees & cold in the RV (no electric heat) and the girls didn’t have their electric heating pads to sleep on. They were a little grouchy and then they found we were traveling today, yet again. Meow, meow, meow.

218 miles, (4:55), 37386−37604

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Saturday, April 6, 2019

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MISTY MOUNTAIN MORNING.

Day 85 – Still no internet or phone this morning. That means we’ll just write up the blog as we go & post it when we can get a signal. We’ll still be in the mountains tonight but at a different Park. Maybe they’ll have some kind of signal there. We were up by 7:25 a.m. & it was cloudy & foggy, 48 degrees. Our journey today should take us mostly north and east a little through the rest of WV & into the bottom of the western, mountainous section of Maryland. Most of the drive will be on Route 219 which was the road we took yesterday off I-64. It was curvy & hilly but it was very scenic.  Also, most of the drive will still be within the Monongahela National Forest, a really, really large chunk of land! The girls were not thrilled to be traveling again. They do prefer to settle in for days at one campsite. We do, too.

156 miles, (4:45), 37230−37386

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