On the road again...

 

 

Woke up to pouring rain again….was NOT going to stay another night so we just started getting ready to go.  Just about the time we had to do outside stuff, the rain eased up to just sprinkles and we hit the road…..10 minutes later, we were in rain and fog again.  All day long. 

 

The trees are absolutely beautiful in Maine.  Even with the rain and fog, they just glow…they would be out of this world with the sun shining on them.  It was another non-eventful driving day.

 

We stopped at a Rest Area in Maine for lunch.  Huge, clean, efficient place.  Hookups for truckers to rest overnight and keep their a/c; heat going.  Huge gas/diesel pump areas.  Burger King.  Nice, clean and plenty of room to maneveur  around

 

 Now, having said that:  Evidently, Canadians don’t pee.  All of our driving along the Trans-Canada highway (fantastic road), there were no Rest Areas; few towns; no pulloffs.  The only rest area sign we saw was for a Circle K truck stop and they had no diesel pumps….he had to squeeze into the car lanes to fill up.  There was truck parking (as in rest), but that was it.  We drove for miles and miles before we found a place to pull off (on an exit ramp to nowhere).  The Canadians could learn a lot from Maine and its Rest Areas/Welcome Centers.

 

We were  in Maine most all day .  With a short jaunt across New Hampshire and into Vermont where are staying the night.  Lovely states.    But there are just too many people up here.  On this cool, rainy, foggy day,  the freeways are packed.  Where are they going?  And there are hands sticking out everywhere….tolls, tolls, tolls.  I think we stopped 5 times to pay a toll….and the tolls ran from $2.50 to $7.00….they seem to think a dually truck  has 3 axles because it has 4 back tires.  Expensive but good roads.

 

Just as we exited the freeway and began across New Hampshire, it stopped raining and we glimpsed the sun a little.  The trees were beautiful.  My pictures don’t do the colors justice. It’s hard to take a good picture on the fly. We were on a winding two-lane road through the back country of NH….gorgeous drive. 

 

We got to Hidden Acres RV, Dummerston, Vermont….okay spot.  No cable, no wifi.  It’s quiet with only a few people here.  Nice staff.  It started raining again just as soon as we got the RV off the truck….no satellite. 




We drove out to a local covered bridge over the West River.  The highway out to the bridge meandered along the river.  The bridge is the longest in Vermont. 

 

Then off to a grocery store for a few items. Had to take this big butted truck down through this little, little Vermont town of Brattleboro.  Twice.  Crowded, small streets, lots of people even in the rain. 

 

 Edra, we’re having nachos tonight.  Then will just sit and read and listen to the rain.  It’s just like rain on a tin roof….I do hope it’s not raining again in the morning when we get ready to leave.