ACADIA National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine

What a wonderful day! We never knew Maine had such a beautiful coastline. We drove to Acadia National Park and saw some spectacular scenery. We walked quite a bit (or should I say climbed) and encountered several nice people (most from the cruise ships stopped in the bay). Found out cruises come up here from Boston and there were several people from Greece on the ship. We stopped at a local place that boils your lobster after you pick it out and then ate inside. Really good! Tomorrow we're going to a local seafood market and buy some. The couple staying across from us have bought lobster two days in a row at $5.99 a pound! Incredible.

The leaves are just beginning to change and we had our first night of below freezing weather. It got down to 27 night before last. Jim's about to freeze but I'm enjoying the cooler temps. Besides, you can always get inside and get warm, wear more clothes, etc. But it's a nice change of pace.

I'm still looking for a moose. There are moose crossing signs all over the place but we've yet to see one. However, there's a Dunkin Donuts on almost every corner. Jim's in coffee heaven with that one!

We're planning on going back to Acadia on Monday when it's not as crowded and finish the tour. Maybe spend the day in Bar Harbor. Tomorrow, I want to go into Bangor and look for Stephen King's house, go to the Walmart (of course) and get the lobster. We might stay here another week. The campground is really nice (adults only) and close to most things. I'd like to take a couple days and drive over to New Hampshire and Vermont (we're not that far). Maybe then I'll get to see a moose! If not, maple syrup and cheese!

Hope everyone is well. Love to all.

Trish and Jim

Pumpkin Patch RV Resort, Hermon, Maine...

We are in the northeast! We arrived here in the Bangor, Maine area Wednesday the 17Th. We left Saylorsburg, PA on Tuesday and spent one night in Woodstock, NH. The Woodstock campground was heavily wooded so we had no Internet and took no pictures. Just ate dinner, filled up with diesel and went to bed... The campground was on a lake with spillway that fed a creek. The next morning I could hear the rushing water at our campsite. We went for a long walk in the morning and discovered it was a really pretty park. We got on the road about 9:30 AM and decided to go all the way to Bangor... 300 miles is more than I like to drive in a day but now I am glad we did.



Pumpkin Patch is a really nice park and the people are very helpful.. We have decided to stay for a week or two. We are going on a day trip to Bar Harbour today and will find some lobster for lunch. The leaves are beginning to change colors here and the temperature last night got down to 30 degrees. I disconnected the water hose just to be on the safe side. I will add some pictures of the Bangor area in the next few days. We are having so much fun!

Christi, Jeremy & JJ Made it to Japan

Well we made it back to Gettysburg, took the rig out of storage, and put it on a site for two days to re-provision... Man this is like starting all over! We left the refrigerator door closed so Trish had her work cut out for her before we could even turn it on. But... she has prevailed once again. We were parked under some trees so the Datastorm was offline for a few days. We went shopping at a small local grocery store and loaded up on the fresh stuff and made plans for the next part of this journey.

We are continuing our trek north to Bangor, Maine and have made it to a campground in the Poco mountains. We are really enjoying traveling 150 to 200 miles each time we move. We will be here for two days exploring this part of PA. It's really pretty here and we had a clear view of the southern sky so we have Internet and TV... Life is good.

What temperature change! 92 in the day and 55 early this morning. We have a full hookup site here and it's a Passport America campground for $21.75 a night.

Gettysburg and DC

Well we made it into Gettysburg on the 14th and set up camp at Granite Hills Campground in the afternoon. Christi, Jeremy and JJ arrived on Friday the 15th at about 9PM. Christi, Trish and Jeremy went on a ghost hunt that night while JJ and I guarded the 5er against any ghost that escaped the hunt and came to see where the "Hunters" live... We were safe and unharmed.

After a few days of touring Gettysburg's many historic sites we packed up the 5er and put it into storage there at the campground and headed to Christi's house in DC. They are preparing for a move to Japan for the next 3 years so they have lots to do. Trish and I will entertain JJ while his Mom and Dad tend to the last minute details. They all fly out on 9/2/08 so we will be here in DC area until then. The movers come to pack up their household goods on the 25th so Trish and I will move over to my brothers house in Alexandria, VA for the next week. This is perfect timing as it will allow me to spend some time with my brother Larry on his birthday.

I'll sign off for now, but I am sure there will be plenty to report the next few days!

JC

Geocaching and a Winery today...

What a great day! We went geocaching today for the first time ever. We found 3 and discovered this is really alot of fun! Good outdoor fun that will make you look in unsuspecting places for hidden treasure... That took most of the morning. After a picnic lunch in the shade we toured the Prince Michel winery in Madison, VA. I liked the wine tasting at the end, we tasted 16 different wines and bought 3 of our favorites. (good thing the campground was only 2 miles down the road)

This was a really good day! I am really glad we are now fulltime RVers... I think I am going to like this life style.

JC

August 11, 2008

Today is the first day of adding information to our new Blog... We finally sold our house and closed the transaction, bought our Excel 5th wheel and have been fulltime in it since June 1, 2008. Let the adventure begin! We are in vacation mode now, busy visiting kids and grandkids until September 2, 2008 and then we begin touring the country. We are currently in Madison, VA working our way to Gettysburg to meet our daughter and family. Then on to DC until they leave for Japan on an extended assignment. We will miss them!

We plan to tour the Northeast during the month of September and then work our way South and West for the winter. We have been in Florida for the past 14 years so we are looking for someplace different for our first winter as fulltimers. More later just needed to get this started to establish a timeline... JC