Catching Up 1

Wompatuck State Park was carefully selected for its location near Boston and fairly close to Nashua NH. A ferry operates from a nearby town which would take us right to downtown Boston and metro lines. Heather (Littlefield) North, a former teaching colleague with us in Africa, lives in Nashua. For months we had anticipated spending time with her and her family.

Mayflower replica at Plymouth Rock, MA

My brother and wife had been traveling with us in their RV. They arrived later at Wompatuck after a refrigerator fire in their RV. Then sickness began to strike each of us. Pearl and I had spent some time on Cape Cod and seeing the Plymouth Rock and Mayflower replica before we came down sick but Boston was written off—great disappointment!

Gary and Heather North with twins Ryan & Tyler and Abigail

Because of the illnesses plans with Heather and her family kept getting reduced and began to look doubtful but thanks to Heather’s persistence and the willingness to be around sick/recovering people we spent a delightful few hours with them at our campsite. Heather had taught at ICA with us and spent some time touring in Europe with us while at a conference. She is a home school teacher now for her children. Heather’s husband, Gary, is an engineer. They live in Nashua, NH.

Still recovering from our illnesses we proceeded to Acadia National Park in Maine. Lots of warning signs about moose, likely looking environment for moose, but we didn’t see any L. Dick and Shirley came separately as they had an appointment to have a new refrigerator installed.

Rugged shoreline at Acadia National Park, ME

The park is scattered over a wide area, much of it on an island. We spent many hours enjoying the rugged shorelines, views from Cadillac Mountain, and near our own campsite. QT and I usually took the trail through the woods on our morning walk to a great vista where you could watch the boats tending the lobster pots just a quarter mile or so from our campsite.

QT enjoying some lap time and a beautiful view
near our campsite at Acadia National Park, ME

Of course we visited Bar Harbor to take in the tourist scene and have some Maine lobster. A fun place to be once you found a parking place. I thought it was crowded when we were there with one cruise ship in port. I understand there are sometimes two or more at one time.

On the way to our next campground in Vermont we needed to have the motorhome serviced which resulted in two overnight stays—unusual for us as we prefer several days in each spot. One in Maine we reserved ahead of time and one in New Hampshire we just drove in. Both were very nice and allowed us to take advantage of a Passport America discount.

Negotiating the narrow bridge
at Winhall Brook Campground in southern VT

Next stop was Winhall Brook campground at the Southern end of Vermont. The campground setting was beautiful with wide expanses of mowed grass, a river flowing through, and surrounded by trees. More fun experience with the motorhome as we negotiated a tight corner to get lined up straight for the very narrow bridge to the campsite—the mirrors are still intact. We liked this area so much that we extended our stay. Nice to have the freedom to do that!

This was one of our favorite driving segments traveling through rural New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont from Maine. Rolling hills with lots of 7% to 9% grades to challenge the motorhome, beautiful green everywhere, and always interesting little towns to drive through. Especially enjoyed the beauty and fragrance of lilacs everywhere along the way.

 
Not so enjoyable were some of the roads with frost heaves and potholes still not repaired after a severe winter.