I never posted anything after Bar Harbor. We left Bar Harbor on
9/21 and moved
on to Conway NH. Eastern Slope campground. This was an old campground with lots
of water from recent rains but we managed after changing the site they assigned
to us. From here we shopped in the pm then next day we drove ot the cog railroad
for Mt Washington. This was a unique experience that I have wanted to try for
many years. The ride was fun but unfortunately the mountain was fogged in and
it was blowing like crazy on the summit. I took some interesting pictures of the
summit. That night we had a great dinner at a restaurant in North Conway.
Next day
9/23 we moved on to Bear Pine Woods Campground in Moultonborough, NH to
visit Paul and Cindy. The campground here was for the little guys and we had a
terrible time leveling, even after changing our site. We were in the weeds and
sloping mud. Not fun, this one is off the list for sure. Had a fun visit with our
good friends in spite of solid rain. We were able to take our third shot at
planning the excursions for our European River Cruise. Sure hope the third time
is the one. We went out to dinner both nights and had a great visit. They have a
beautiful place on the lake.
On
9/25 we headed out to East Thetford, Vt which is
just north of Hanover NH. Rest N Nest Campground. We visited Hanover, went to
church with Mary Kemp and had a nice dinner at the Hanover Inn. What a beautiful
part of the country. We met Marys husband Tom and took in the beautiful view
from their home near Hanover. Fun visit.
On
9/27 we moved on to Apple Island
Resort in Hero, Vt. This campground is on Lake Champlain and it is a great
place. Small restaurant, 9 hole golf course, pull in sites overlooking the
water, and nice people. We were there basically off season but still a nice
facility. This one is near the top of my return list. Next day we explored the
Island that we were on. Went apple picking and drove to within a couple miles of
the Canadian border. We stumbled onto a Shrine to Saint Ann that was established
here many years ago. A very neat place with an outside stations of the cross.
Very nice. The details will be on the pictures. We spent three nigths here and
enjoyed them all.
9/30 we headed for Herkimer NY where we joined up with Carol
and Skip and Noel and Eileen. This is a KOA accross the street from the Herkimer
Diamond mines. It is a nice facility and the mines are some commercial but
mostly tourist related. The "diamonds" are really crystals that are found in the
rocks here. They do make jewelery out of them. It was fun going into the mine
field and trying to discover something. We all found something and had a nice
time watching each other. The next day we had tickets for the Erie Canal ride.
This was a fun trip up a portion of the canal, through a lock and back again.
The captin gave us some of the history of the canal and the local area. Fun
time. We enjoyed our time with the crew, spent nights at the campfire and even
enjoyed a few libations. Keith and Beth joined us on the last night for dinner.
Apparently they live nearby.
We had gone to Copperstown NY to visit the Baseball
Hall of Fame. Even as a non baseball guy I really enjoyed the museum. It is very
well done and really brings out all aspects of the game. The town is all
baseball tourist stuff. We had a great day there.
10/4 it was time to head out
to Williamsport. We visited Dan and family, had dinner at Tom and Sandi's house,
played golf with Tom and Corey, dinner with Sherry,Dave,Patty and Bob , and
worked in a cosmo and a visit to the cemetery. Fun visit.
10/8 we headed to
Americamps in Asland Virgina, had lunch with Sara and Wes and shopped at Bass Pro.
10/10 we headed for Selma and while we shopped on Monday I had the bus serviced
at Cummins in Kenly, NC Next day was home.
Overall this was a great trip. Our
goal was to see the leaves change but because of the warm wet weather that NE
had the leaves were very later and we really only got a small taste of the real
glory of the leaves. I actually saw better color on my way hunting this year
than we did in NE. I took my mobile hunting lodge to Pa once again and had a
great hunt even though I didn't put anything in the freezer. The bus is in bed
now and I'm starting to plan a trip for next year. I start now talking my bride
into it. I'm still as excited about the travels as I was in 2006. See y'all next
trip.
Very low visibility today, 40 mph winds!
I made it to the summit in the howling wind!
Not foggy at the bottom!
All aboard to hed back down.
Willie!
