October 12, 2007 (Friday) was our final travel day. We left Winchester, VA at 7:05 a.m. We had wanted to get started by 6:00 a.m. but overslept. It's amazing how relaxing you can be in a Wal-Mart parking lot. When the State of Virginia states that the speed limit is 65 MPH, they really, really mean it. We saw no less that 25-30 cars pulled over on I-81 by the Virginia Highway Patrol... it was always a car or truck that has just passed us. We stopped for a sandwich and break around 11:15 a.m. I got my computer out to see if I could get online (and couldn't). Ralph said "if you think I'm staying here while you blog you're crazy, when I have a motorcycle waiting on me at home." We arrived at home at 2:35 p.m. 27 days and over 4100 miles later with memories to last a lifetime (thanks to Jim's and Jan's company) and lots of pictures (that I hope to get attached to this blog soon). It's nice to be home and to start thinking about (and planning) our next "Adventure in our Adventurer."
October 11, 2007 (Thursday) was a day of travel... We left Oneonta, NY (south of Cooperstown, NY) around 9:00 a.m. after having breakfast at the McDonald's in our Wal-Mart campground. We stopped in PA for lunch and after getting back on the I-81, we had to detour for a wreck. It took us over 2 hours to go around the closed off part of the interstate which was only about 10 miles. After finally starting to move again, we left Jim and Jan in Carlisle, PA. They were staying in a campground before going to Jim's sister in Pittsburgh. They will visit with children and grandchildren before coming on to Townsend for some time in the mountains, before the campground closes for the season. We arrived in Winchester, VA at 7 p.m. and are going to try to get up early and be home on Friday.
October 10, 2007 (Wednesday) was our start for home. We wanted to make sure we got to all on the New England States and Vermont was the only one we had not visited. We took US Hwy 2 across Maine into New Hampshire and then into Vermont. Jim and Jan wanted to visit some covered bridges in Vermont and also the Maple Museum. Ralph and I decided to go on to the Wal-Mart we had picked out in New York. After arriving, we found out they didn't allow boondocking. I think it was because they were very close to a major ski area and didn't want people "camping out" for a week while they went skiing. We had to move on and ended up in Oneonta, NY. When we pulled into the Wal-mart, I noticed the motor home we were parking next to had Tennessee tags. When we got to where we could see it, we found it was from Blount County. Ralph walked outside and the man in this motor home said, "Welcome to Wal-Mart camping" to which Ralph replied "You sound like you're from Maryville." He was surprised that we knew he was from Maryville. He actually lived in South Knoxville but his business was in Maryville. Ralph didn't know him. His business was elevators and Jim has been in the elevator business for 40 plus years.
October 9 (Tuesday) was a sightseeing day for Bar Harbour and other parts of the Mount Desert Island (where Acadia National Park is along with Bar Harbour and other villages). Bar Harbour was very commercial. Jim asked about Whale watching trips and found out they were sold out until late next week. Several cruise ship come into Bar Harbour and they were all booked up with the cruise ship passengers. We had told Eric (the campground owner) that we would like to cook lobster while we were there... he said he would order them for us, which he did and Ralph and Jim cooked them. They were great and very fresh...only two hours off the boat. Eric also suggested cooking them in ocean water, which we did. Jim was kind enough to crack them and it made eating them much easier. They were probably some on the best I've every eaten... next to Jim's and Jan's Florida catch!
October 8 (Monday) we left Calais, ME for Bar Harbour, ME. We will only have to drive about 120 miles. After calling several campgrounds in the Bar Harbour area, we found that Hadley's Point Campground is open until the last part of October. When we checked in we were talking to the lady at the counter. She said she goes to Florida for the winter. She mentioned Wauchula and Thousand Trails Peace River. She's a member of TT and works at Peace River in the winter. She's said she would be going to Florida in a week or two. It's a small world when you get to talking to people. For those of you who knew my father, he would have loved motorhoming because you can always find someone to talk to... however he never lacked for someone to talk to any where he went.
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