Maine to Massechusetts

We had a delightful trip through New Brunswick, even though it rained!  The leaves were so beautiful as they have started to change color.  Gold, orange and red!  Even in the rain, it was beautiful!  Ray took a secondary road that would put us crossing the boarder into Maine at Saint Croix, but the secondary highway was like a patchwork quilt and drove Ray nuts!  So we worked our way back to Highway 2 and went to Woodstock and crossed into Maine at Houlton. 

Going through US Customs was a bit of a treat.  The guy was friendly enough, but asked a million questions.  How long have you been gone from BC?  How much US money are you bringing into the USA?  Any money orders or travellers cheques?  Have you ever been arrested?  And if so, what for? I almost laughed at this one!  How much alcohol?  What vegetables do you have?  I really didn't want to tell him that I had some broccoli, because I was craving it and did not want him to take it!  But being the honest person I am, I told him I had one onion about 6 potatoes and a huge amount of beautiful green broccoli!  Then he as if we had an goat meat????  What???  We said no goat meat.  Do you have anyone hiding in the trailer?  Ray said "no".  The guard said,,,, "are you sure?"  I said,,, "well the last time we pulled over so that I could go to the bathroom, there was no one inside".  He smirked and told us to have a good day!

We went through 6 different tolls on the highway from Maine to New Hampshire.  The first toll we went through put us at the entrance of a Service Center, which we had wanted to go into as they had some Crafts made in Maine.  When we left the center and got back on to Interstate 95, we went through a 2nd toll booth about 10 minutes down the highway.  Ray asked the guy in the booth whey they would have two toll booths so close together.  The guy said, the other one was for Highway 495 which is the "exit" we took to get to the Service Center.  He explained to the guy that we had gone to the Center and purchased something, and the guy showed us a form that we were supposed to get and fill in, so that we would not have to pay the 2nd toll.  Of course he would not take the receipt that we had for our purchase and we did not have the required form,,,,,so you can imagine Ray's mood after having to pay two tolls!!!  It was a very quiet ride for about 20 miles! 

The portion of the State of New Hampshire on the far east coast is only about 17 miles long and then you are in Massachusetts.  All three of these States share a beautiful Interstate.  Everything is clean and with the fall colours in full swing, absolutely gorgeous!

Loved this one of the church spire peeking over the trees.

 

 

We made it through Boston and are staying the night in a beautiful RV spot called the Normandy Family Campground in Foxborough which is in Norfolk County about 35 miles southwest of Boston.  It is a beautiful little place with a lot of Cape Cod style homes, even though it is actually away from the Cape.  This campground is nestled in the forest and has a small lake.  You can rent cabins, Yurts or campsites.  The sites are 100 feet long, which is huge!!!  You can even get a massage here, but unfortunately we will be leaving the in morning heading down to New York, so no massage for this old bird.

 

My lungs have improved greatly since leaving Nova Scotia.  Not sure really what was going on there but tonight after we got all set up, we took a long brisk walk through the campground.  There are some hills here, and I had no trouble whatsoever. 

 

 

Good night for tonight,

 

Lori and Ray