Finally, a sunny day!! Since we have been up in the northeast, it seems like we have had rain either every day or every other day, and overcast! Our travels have taken us from Vermont when we last posted, to Maine, and currently New York State.
We have had reunions with two couples in Vermont that we met while sailing our boat in the Bahamas, and Caribbean, and have spent several hours rehashing old times, and sailing stories with them. Both couples went much further with their sailing than we did - ‘Enbar’, (Pat and Carol’s boat) sailed across the Atlantic, and ‘Jacarde’ (Jack and Carly’s boat) sailed across the Pacific! Carol belongs to the
Mountain Fiber Folk Cooperative and the goods produced are hand made articles. To read more about them go to their web site. Jack and Carly took us out on their 16′ power boat on Lake Champlain and we met their grandson, Chris, affectionately renamed ‘boat-boy’!
While in Vermont, we visited maple syrup producers and bought some locally made cheeses. Saw some covered bridges, and did a couple of Geocaches. Our favorite campground was in St. Johnsbury where we were parked on the bank of Moose River at (appropriately named) Moose River Campground. The owners, Mary and Gary, are very nice folks! We visited the Fairbanks Museum which was started by the son of the gentleman who developed the platform scale in the 1800s.
It was in St. Johnsbury that we found ‘Dog Mountain‘ – basically a dog park, we learned, but with a dog chapel, and Steve Huneck gallery who developed this wonderful
‘Mountain’! Sassy had a blast playing with the other dogs, swimming and even tried some of the agility course! She did pretty well trying to keep up with the other dogs whose legs were two to three times as long as hers!!
When we left Vermont, we headed to Eastport, Maine, claimed the eastern-most city in the USA . While in the vicinity, we drove over to Campobello Island in Canada to the Roosevelt Cottage where FDR’s parents bought some property for a summer home, and he, Eleanor and their family went for vacations. When back in the USA at Lubec, Maine, we visited one of the two light houses in the area (West Quoddy) and heard the blowing of their fog horn.
On driving to see Bar Harbor, we decided it reminded us of trying to get down to the Keys in Florida! The traffic was something and it was certainly crowded in town! Drove to Acadia National Park on one of the few sunny days, and enjoyed the drive and scenery!
We are wrapping up a visit with John’s nephew Erik and family in the Endicott, NY area and tomorrow (Aug 3) we begin a two day trip to one of our favorite state parks, Grayson Highlands State Park near Whitetop, Virginia.
Next was a stop at Wells Beach, Maine for three days. Drove over to Kennebunkport, and no, we didn’t get invited to the Bush home, but we passed a drive with a guard house, so thought that might be the place! Traffic here reminds us of driving down A1A in Daytona Beach, but this is, after all a beach!
By the way! John got parts for our satellite TV, installed them and we are back in business! The dash air won’t be fixed until we get to the Freightliner factory in Gaffney, SC, so that will be awhile yet…hope it stays cool!! There are lots of trip pictures in our gallery, so have a look!
Thanks for reading!
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