Wednesday: (08/21) Lou made a nice sausage egg and potatoes breakfast. We prepared to roll after showers. We were off about 0920 on I93 heading North. Then onto I91, Hwy 58. After Lowel, Vt Hwy 58 dwindles into a gravel road. We saw a sign that said Your GPS is wrong, go back. We didn’t. We continued for a couple of miles until I pulled over to let a pickup pass. He stopped beside us and ask” You’re not taking that through the notch are you.” He explained that the road was very narrow and windy ahead. We disconnected the toad and turned around and reconnected and returned to Highway 100 turned North then onto 101 then 105. Highway 105 parallels the border with Canada. We then took Highway 78 crossing Lake Champlain and into New York state within spitting distance to the border at Rouses Point, NY. Vermont was a quick visit as we drove through today. About 1300 we stopped at a market to shop. Dawn was expecting a call then and I had a webinar. We were back on the road at 1400. We took I87, We stopped at 1600 to wait for another phone call then on to Hwy 384 then hwy 3 to our campsite at Meadowbrook State Campground. With the office closed, we found a vacant site for the night and reserved it for another night online. We went into Lake Placid for a Chinese dinner. (GPS: 44.298129, -74.075138)
Thursday: (08/22) Leftovers for breakfast. I visited the office and paid for our stay here last night. We went to the Old John Brown Farm near lake placid. He is the namesake of the song about him during the Civil War, a white abolitionist that led a raid to get arms for slaves so they could free other slaves. After that we visited the Visitor Bureau in Lake Placid for info about the area. Lunch at the Asian Buffet in Saranac Lake. I made reservations for us at Macomb Reservation, another New York State Park for Friday and Saturday. There were no spaces here at Meadowbrook. We went to downtown Lake Placid and walked the street. Very good. Leftovers for dinner.
Monday: (08/19) We awoke to our house batteries being dead so no lights, AC, and the fridge was off as well. Last night we tripped the pedestal breaker but evidently the inverter breaker also tripped. Again, the inverter kept everything else on until the battery died during the night. I need to setup better alarms. Granola and banana for breakfast. We drove around exploring a little later in the morning and early afternoon. We went to the Mt Washington Cog Railroad base station. We had tickets for the 1530 train. We enjoyed our ride up and down on the old cog railroad. This is one of the steepest (37%) and shortest (2mi) railroads in existence. The clouds were covering the top of the mountain and there was a strong wind so the views weren’t good nor pleasant. We had ham sandwiches for lunch at home. Salads for dinner.
Tuesday: (08/20) Breakfast at Munroe’s Restaurant. We took a drive today south of our home looking at thrift and book stores. Dinner at Fiesta Jalisco in Conway. Lou and Dawn enjoyed a campfire as I explored our route possibilities online.
Sunday: (08/18) We prepared to roll after our leftover French toast and sausage for breakfast. We continued toward the White Mountains and the Mt Washington Cog RR. On highways 3, 202, 133, 219, 26, 2, 115, and 3 again. Nice windy country roads. We did fine until we turned off of highway 2 onto a road Google recommended. The road went about ½ mile and then the pavement ended onto a nice gravel road. We opted to reverse course and return to the highway and continue to a better road. We had a nice chat with the residents of the house at the end of the street and obviously provided some entertainment as we disconnected the Jeep and turned the RV and the Jeep around and reconnected. Before we departed, we had lunch there. We called ahead to the Twin Mountain Motor Court & RV Park in Carroll, NH and confirmed they had space for us. We settled in about 1400 and will be here for three nights. A relaxing afternoon then out to dinner at Munroe's Restaurant across the street. Really surprize by the absolute best chicken fried steak dinner yet. Handmade steak, roasted veggies, and garlic potatoes that tasted of garlic. (GPS: 44.268338, -71.559322)
Today, we passed through Woodstock, Maine and are just a few miles from Woodstock, New Hampshire tonight. Unfortunately, neither is in New York so we have to miss the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock concert. So we'll have to settle for the wind through the trees here in the White Mountains and listen to this tribute song, "Once Upon A Time," by the Mona Lisa Twins with John Sebastian. He was a member of one of the original concert groups, The Loving Spoonfuls.
https://youtu.be/y7K9AfYCXis?t=332
Saturday: (08/10) We prepared to roll after our showers. Then enjoyed some tea in the gazebo before hitting the road. I managed to find a Dunkin Donut shop with convenient access and parking for the RV so I got my sausage egg and cheese croissant for my breakfast. Lou and Dawn made do with leftovers. We tried to use the GPS to take us to our next destination but it was trying to route us in an unnecessary zig-zag route so we turned it off and just took highway 1 the rest of the way to Cabela’s in Scarborough, Maine. We stopped in Wells, Maine at a Hannaford’s Market to get water, cheese and a few other things. Unfortunately, as we pulled back out on the highway, we noticed a nice car show with mostly woody wagons. Too bad, too much traffic and limited parking to return. We got to Cabella’s about 1445 and disconnected the car. Lou and Dawn returned to a craft show we passed just a mile or so back. The weather here is really nice, less humid and cooler. We spent the night here at Cabela's. Dinner at Famous Dave’s. (GPS: 43.602312, -70.372222)
