Moosehead, Katahdin and Rain

Woke up Saturday after the night rain and saw grim cloudy skies.  We planned to explore a bit and then maybe get the kayak in the water again from a different spot.  We found a fun antique store in Monson - owner wants to sell and travel - anyone interested in buying it?  Did not find anything we could not live without, although some beautiful wooden bowls were tempting.  We then took a drive past Prong Lake where there are AT through hikers hostels as well as trailheads.  

We looked at the map and thought a drive to Mount Katahdin would be fun since we are never going to hike to the top - at least we could say we had been there!  The sweet young woman at the information center told us there were two routes: one on unpaved roads and one on paved and each took two hours.  We decided to do a circle with the unpaved part the first half.  Let us just say we assume she had never taken that unpaved road and we will never take it again!  We have now seen the real back woods of Maine...  It was really good to get back to our campground.

We had a nice leftover steak stirfry for dinner and were enjoying a good fire in the pit when the rain started again.   Rained all night and we left at 9 AM heading for NY through Canada.  

We are staying at a big RV resort tonight and moving towards western NY tomorrow.   A sure sign you have been on the road a while is getting excited that there is a laundry close to the campsite.  🤪

Fun and Fog

So what can you do when the fog is as thick and deep as snow in a New England blizzard?  We think that St John New Brunswick might be a pretty interesting place.  The campground is in a huge city park: Rockwood.  There are hiking trails, fishing lakes, stables, a restaurant, an arboretum, and miles of beautifully landscaped roads.  Two minutes away from the park  is an industrial zone - odd, but it seems to work.  We set up Hilda and shopped for dinner at a huge supermarket - fresh trout and spinach was the menu.  Then we had a nice campfire and watched the fog come even closer.  Staying dry is impossible!

 This morning we found the City Market and enjoyed seeing the variety of fresh food available.  We should not have had a big breakfast!  So many yummy looking items - I have always loved strolling through markets even when I buy nothing!

From the market we found our way to the Reversing Falls, a phenomenon only found in St John.  The Bay of Fundy and the Saint John River come together and reverse course once a day.  We watched for almost an hour before high tide and saw changes but not the reversal.  Is it another myth like the view from Cadillac Mountain?  Someone has seen it...

   

The fog remained almost all day so we found a movie (Mama Mia All Over Again) and then took a walk through the Public Garden across from the Parkand through   the neighborhood.  

The fog briefly allowed the sun to shine - one hour - and then it was back to fog blankets again.

Tomorrow we are driving North - along the coastline so we are not expecting any vistas! 

New Hampshire & Mt. Washington

We left Vermont in the late afternoon and arrived at our campground in Twin Mountain NH in time to get set up and eat some dinner.  This morning we did a circle drive past Bretton Woods, through White Mountain National Forest, Crawford Notch State Park, Attitash Ski Area, and on back to the campground.  We stopped at Arethusa Falls hoping to catch a glimpse - until we saw the sign: one hour hike one way.  

Bretton Woods - famous in the 40s and beyond...

Crawford Notch



Just cannot do that hike these days.

The reason for our stop in Twin Rivers was to take the COG Steam Engine Train up Mt. Washington (6288 feet).  What  a great trip it was!  It seemed a bit slow going up but the scenery was amazing - including the wildlife: hikers!  At the top one is treated to a view of five states plus Canada on a clear day and we picked a really clear day.

Too many photos to post all.  It is an amazing trip - better than driving because you can see more!

Next stop: Maine