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U July 1
Epson NH
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Today was a day of driving. We left our
unlovely campsite (pictured again at right) in Woodstock NB before 8am and
headed down I-95. As we drove on, the day became cloudier.
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Our goal was to get to Kittery by
lunchtime so that we could indulge ourselves in some of that Bob's Clam
Hut food again. We also wanted to lay in some more supply of Moose Munch
from Harry & David. (Hey, everyone needs to have a goal, right?)
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Cheeze-its tided us over till we got
there. We found a great parking space for RV's and other big rigs behind
the center just north of the Maine Outlet, behind it. We walked to the
Clam Hut. Michael got clams and I got scallops and we split them. We
shared the shade with a nice couple from near Hartford CT. It turned out
that he is a ham too!
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As we did our errands in
Kittery, the sky quickened our step; it was evident that we
were soon to have rain.
It held off till we were on the road again, heading
up the picturesque 2-lane highway 4 through the countryside of New
Hampshire. I was particularly enchanted by the little town of Northwood
NH, lined with beautiful old restored homes which housed the town's
businesses -- antique shops, art and craft stores, but mainly antiques! We
did not stop, but I want to go back thered sometime when there is more
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We reached our campground
here at Circle 9 Ranch in Epson NH. It is pouring as i write this. In the
rain, everyplace looks pretty bad, but even so, I can tell that this would
be a pretty place in good weather. The sites are pretty small, but that is
just the way it is in the East, it seems.
The sites are small, and everyone has to have a
campfire. Since i hate fire and the smoke gives me asthma, I've never been
enchanted by this aspect of camping. I wish that there were "no
fire" campgrounds" or that there would be some anti-pollution
measure passed to protect people like me. |
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July
2
Verona, NY
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We awoke early on this very cool morning
in Epson NH and I got this picture of Michael unhooking and of me doing
the morning dishes. |
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Our route took us across southern New
Hampshire and Vermont, right through the Green Mountains. It was a
beautiful drive, but a difficult one, punctuated by many winding turns and
ups and downs.
I really like this kind of driving because it is
more interesting than interstate, but Michael really doesn't like driving
this kind of road, so I always end up doing most of this driving. It is
fine most of the time, but today I went from 8 till 1:30 without much of a
break at all, just time to get gas, because we couldn't find anyplace in
any of the quaint towns we passed through in which to park.
I particularly liked the little town of Bennington
VT and think that would be a most interesting place to visit someday.
The result is that when we finally got onto the NY
thruway and found a Service Area, it was a sight for sore eyes! We got the
"all you can eat" buffet at Big Boy. (Our lunch was free because
i found a bug in the rice. I thought it was just a black bit of rice, but
it had LEGS. <g>) |
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Our camp for the night is at a little
town called Verona, near Oneida and just east of Syracuse NY. It is a
campground run in conjunction with the Indian casino The Villages of
Turning Stone, and it is really beautiful! We walked around the campground
and took these photos at the right along one of the nature trails. |
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After we got settled into our campsite,
we unhooked our toad and drove over to the casino. The campground had
given us some coupons for some free gaming and so we took full advantage
of them, walking away with a full $14.75 in winnings from the slots and
Keno.
We also used the coupons afforded us toward our meal
and got our free ice cream. We figured that our camping was almost
free.
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July
3
Verona, NY
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Perfect day for laundry and cleaning the
rig and this is how we started the day today. The laundry here was clean
and bright and well-equipped, though we thought that it could have had
more machines. It had 4 washers and 4 dryers, which was a sufficient
number for me, but there were 5 ladies waiting with their laundry after I
started mine. :)
After the laundry and Michael's cleaning of the
inside of the rig, we both collapsed simultaneously into a 2 hour nap. I
mean we slept and dreamed the sleep of two who NEEDed it.
Next, it was time to go and do the casino thing
again. We took our coupons and drove to the casino in our car. I proceeded
to lose my $10 in free gambling in the slots.
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Then we had dinner at a nice
restaurant there where we both ordered the ribs and garlic mashed
potatoes. We agreed that the ribs were not as good as midwestern ribs, but
they were still ok and we enjoyed our dinner.
After dinner, we played Keno with our half-price
tickets and we both lost. Michael played his $10 in the slots next and won
$18 overall! We cashed out, feeling wealthy indeed, and then got our free
ice cream at Crystal's (I got chocolate peanut butter again and Michael
got strawberry.)
We ate outside by the fountain and watched the
sunset as we reflectedd on all the fun we have had so far on this trip. :)
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July
4
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July
5
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There was no time for photos today. All we did was DRIVE! We
really had no intention of driving all the way HOME today, but that is
what we did.
We stopped for gas 3 times and had lunch in a rest stop. We had an
early supper at Cracker Barrel just east of Indianapolis, and then got
home at about 6:00.
We will just unpack a few things and then relax. |
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July
6
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Ok, we are officially HOME. It was great to see a few of my
friends online last night and i'm getting really psyched about getting
back into my work.
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Michael
sorted out our piles of mail and newspapers. Here is the result. <g> |
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Whenever we get junk mail that has a Business Reply Mail envelope (postage
paid by the company), he likes to "reply" to them. Here he is
sending Christmas cards to the companies that sent us business reply mail.
The cards were advertisements we got from another company. He figures that
everyone wins. The post office gets revenue, we get rid of our junk mail,
and the companies get Christmas cards!
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Anyway, it is
always good to be home! Thank you for joining us on our trip and we will
look forward to seeing you on the rest of the site, in email, or on ICQ!
:)
Always me,
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