Rideout's Lodge Danforth

... 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>

... sight to behold. There are several standout museums in Bar Harbor, and the Mount Desert Oceanarium, in particular, is outstanding. This city is a great place for the whole family, as there is a wide array of activities to captivate young and old alike. The dining in Bar Harbor is magnificent, and if you are a fan of lobster, you will adore the possibilities here. You can find surf ...

... for five generations. Bonnie quickly brought us up to speed on Fredericton, gave us brochures and sent us on our way to explore this neat city. The city has developed an extensive trail system that runs along the wide river on both banks. An old railway bridge has been converted to a foot/bike path (approx. 600 meters in length) and is part of the trail system. It would have been great for cycling, but the temperatures were cool and the ...

... up for over 35 hours. Needless to say it was off to bed......I slept for 11 hours!<br>Acadia National Park is supposed to be the most visited national park in the nation. In the early 1900's John Rockefeller and others started buying up blocks of Acadia to prevent developers from getting their hands on the land. Acadia is an area on the eastern coast claimed for France by Champlain in the early 1600"s. The land was eventually turned over ...

... and always thought that were from the south rather than up here. They were as good as I had remembered.<br><br>Like many small ports, it is pretty easy to cover the town in a couple of hours. We did buy a couple of water colors by a local artist. The shop called Macey's is really no relation. The family name is Mace.<br><br>The departure was interesting because the captain had to basically tip toe out of he harbor missing all of the thousands of lobster pot bouys.

... border, hoping that we had everything in order and that the Americans would allow us back in. Fortunately all was well - apart from forfeiting two oranges and having to pay $6 each (? Never had that before) we drove into the States having saved ourselves an hour by crossing a time zone. We overnighted in that well known chain of overnight stopovers, Wal-Mart and although we expected it to be cold we slept reasonably well. Bree of ...

Maine was amazing even if it was our third time there. We stayed at the cutest B&B with this wonderful lady named Roberta who managed to break her wrist the 2nd day we were there. She was so nice though and such a good sport about it. Plus, her place was amazing-- 5 rooms maybe and beach access just down a path in her backyard. Our first night there, I walked out to the water under the moon and just sat there watching the stars and the water and ...

Well, I went out to the Lower Deck for some live traditional maritme music. (Banjo and fiddle) some Keith's and then joined an American and two Sask girls to the Keith's bar. $2.00 drinks. Yahoo. Well the morning was groggy but too sunny to sleep away. So I left Halifax - a great place to visit and deserved more time but I wanted to see Peggy's cove. The most photographed place in Canada for a reason. Beautiful. Postcard perfect. Also ...

... 15-minute orientation program at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center explains how molten rock, called Magma, rose from the ocean floor through bedrock to produce the coarse-grained granite you'll find throughout Maine. Later, continental glaciers dug deep valleys and lake basins while carrying large boulders, called erratics, that can be seen at the summit of Cadillac Mountain. When the ice receded, water flooded the area and cut the island off from the mainland. Mt Desert Island is the ...

I spent some time rearranging things and did a general cleanup and swept out the van. It took several days into the trip to know what I needed most and easiest to get and then every few days the arrangement was refined until it became much more efficient. I washed up at the handpump, I wasn't in a hurry because there had been a thunder storm last night and everything was still pretty hazy. I did on watercolor sketch and then ...