Birch Point Resort Island Falls

... wir nach der Besichtigung wieder beim Camper ankamen, steckte auch schon die Visitenkarte von den beiden an der Fensterscheibe mit dem Vermerk 'wenn ihr mal in Kalifornien seit, dann ruft uns an'. Machen wir doch gerne!<br><br>Weiter ging es Richtung Fredericton, der Hauptstadt von New Brunswick. Das war wirklich hübsch, der kurze Rundgang hat sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt.<br>

... up to our room on the third storey. We immediately felt welcomed and comfortable in this quaint old home. Our room was the attic suite and turned out to be a lovely refuge, spacious and comfortable with a nice view of the downtown area and with the wide Saint John river in the background. A funky curved staircase led up to our private refuge high up on the third storey, A story in the room told us that the home has been in the same ...

... arrived to the chefs standing outside waiting for service on their stove, so we walked to a pizza place down the street. We were not disappointed. The food was great and especially the ice cream parlor across the street for dessert.<br><br>We all boarded back into the van for a trip back to the cottage for the evening. The tide is very low, but is slowing making its way back to ...

... almost level with our cottage. There is this old broken up boat next to our deck that has washed up from Hurricane Bill. It will have to sit there until November when the tide gets high enough so it can be moved back to its home across the bay.<br> Tonight we ate at the Fairmont Algonquin Resort Hotel close by. It was a very pretty Tudor style hotel, with a nice golf course attached. We ate in the Veranda Room, and had a mixture of steaks sandwiches ...

The Westy has decided it needs attention and rest, so we are heading to Montreal. Ben at Ben's Place will give it his best care and attention. <br>The drive through Maine and New Hampshire is again, giving us a new sense of the vastness of America and an appreciation for it's beauty.

... is still 'winterized' ie. all his pipes are filled with anti freeze, so there is no water supply and no loo, however we can use the cooker and the furnace as these run on propane. He will stay this way until we get far enough south for it to be safe to drain this off and carry on as usual - probably not until we get to Florida but the last thing we want is burst pipes! The rest of the journey went smoothly, now on the I-95 it was ...

... Dancing Loons". As we approach our secluded island campsite in the middle of 3rd Machias Lake we are embraced by a profound sense of calm and we understand the Penobscot Indian meaning of Machias, "God Resting". We will continue to see the Perseids meteor shower throughout our week of wilderness camping. The blacker-than-black deep darkness of a moonless night sky at 3rd Machias Lake will be sliced by ...

... telling those guys that it was irresponsible for someone so out of shape as I was to be out on a mountain like this. I really felt like was going to cry. We had been eating all day, to keep our energy up. Andrew gave me one of his chocolate chip cookie bars, and even though it made me feel like barfing at first, it helped me get my fourth or fifth wind. The next section was slow and painful. All of us got blisters quickly from slamming our feet in our shoes. Eventually the ...

... the crash memorial for SwissAir nearby. The coastal drive is really nice but repetitive and instead of driving to Yarmouth (seriuosly) I drove north to New Brunswick because the ferry was goig to be over 100.00$ I stopped in Wentworth, NS a quite little town with scattered houses, hostel and caves, hikes , climbing etc. But then I carried on the main Trans Canada, not much to see because of all the trees but quick. I don't ...

... south. I stopped first at the southwest corner of Eagle Lake and then further along I went 6 miles back a logging road of of 11 and stopped out in the middle of nowhere. I took a walk, saw a winter wren and did tai chi. Back on 11 north of Ashland I saw an old house by the road I wanted to do a painting of. There was a river across the road with a flat section along it that was down a dirt incline about 45 degrees and 15 ...