Day 50 Tuesday August 20th, 2013
... 29 degrees
USA here we come
... 29 degrees
USA here we come
up on the road by 9 am
hwy 114 is quite bumpy as we make our way to the Trans Can. Hwy
a few rain showers on our drive into St. John
rolling hills & farmland most of the way
we found a Telus store in St. John to get a phone plan for the US,
left St. John at 1 pm
the TCH very good west of St. John
reminded us of some of the fatter areas of the Coquihalla
no houses and very forested
drove straight through the border to Maine with out any wait at all
the border guard must have been hungry because he did relieve us of
our oranges, tomatoes and red peppers
once across we gain an hour back
again the terrain for the most part is very wooded
we scouted out a KOA campsite in Freeport and arrived about 6:30
dinner was a couple of chicken pot pies we had bough in St. John
tried to get on line to check out what route we should take but it was not happening
so we have to use the old fashion method.....a map
I don't have any detailed ones of the area but there will be info centres along the way
to bed early as we are very tired tonight
Day 51 Wednesday August 21th, 2013
... 21 - 31 degrees
... 21 - 31 degrees
up at 6:15 to find out the trailer doesn't have power or water
dad figures it is the entire site....not just us
makes it an easy morning as we just get on the road
we pass some beautiful homes on the side roads leaving out of our campground
at 7:45 it is already 21 degrees so looks like it will be a hot one
our route of choice is interstate 90 which is a toll road that looks like it can get us
quite far west and skirt most of the big cities as this is not a big city trip for us
the eastern states are so close together that we travel through Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and into New York state
at the first one we paid $1.50 cash to an attendant
then the next toll you to take a ticket like you were parking
but we mistakenly drove right through the express lane and didn't get a ticket
when we got off the attendant asked for our ticket "sorry but we don't have a ticket!!"
she replied "no ticket ??" to which we said "no, no ticket!!"
so we were issued a 'NO TICKET VIOLATION' of $4.20
she also took our licence plate number so we might have a nice
letter in the mail when we get home
we notice way more police on the freeways so far than our entire trip in Canada
the expressways are very good with lots of service areas and great signage
we of course come across a lot of construction and end up in quite a few traffic jams
the country side and houses were very pretty especially between Utica & Syracuse N.Y.
again the lawns are cut to perfection and are very green
Missy got very tired towards the end of the day and we are grateful to have AC in the truck & trailer
as we were gassing up on our way to the campsite dad started chatting to a tow truck driver
the nice man got out a map and gave us directions to the KOA
{Gertrude the GPS is overheating and not happy with us}
our last toll charge was $43.50
after a quick check in and dinner we called Cheryl {aka the anonymous scribe}
to let her know where we were and all was OK
cell service is not as good so we can't contact them as often
and having trouble sending text messages
S, G and a very tired M
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