Sebago Lake Family Campground Standish

... Hwy I-90 is a beautiful 4-lane interstate but crowded with turnpike/thruway toll booths; we must have paid a fee at a dozen of them. Total cost = $40.

· We crossed the Adirondack, Appalachian, White and Catskill mountains (all about as big as our foothills) and the Hudson valley at Albany.

· Throughout this route, we noticed that the ...

... Hwy I-90 is a beautiful 4-lane interstate but crowded with turnpike/thruway toll booths; we must have paid a fee at a dozen of them. Total cost = $40.

· We crossed the Adirondack, Appalachian, White and Catskill mountains (all about as big as our foothills) and the Hudson valley at Albany.

· Throughout this route, we noticed that the ...

... our travels with you through this blog and hope it goes successfully. One of our audiences will be Sophie and Isabelle's classes...."hello fellow classmates/teachers". We hope to bring to this blog our personal experiences and reactions as well as some history and educational value. The girls would also like to challenge the classes with periodic questions about our destination to see if the classes can come up with the answers.

... in the city. From small mom and pop boutiques to outstanding malls, Portland has the upper hand on upscale shopping. You will definitely see your share of dazzling jewelry and fine art, and there is no better place to see it than in the fabulous museums and art galleries. The Portland Museum of Art and the Bayview Gallery are two of the premier establishments in town, and the equally delightful Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum is always a treat. You can ...

... with a yard full of newly-built vintage-design boats. Beautiful. We stopped for lunch at a small roadside restaurant, and tried a "lobster roll". It was the meat of a 1# lobster, cold, mixed with a mayonnaise sauce of some kind, on a really nice roll split open vertically. It was "Way better than Wendy's".

We got to Kennebunkport mid-afternoon, and got settled into the motel, then off to the trolley. As is our practice, we took the ...

... strangely close to. They're quite guarded at first, but once they open up, they're full of fascinating opinions and good ideas.



Thought of the Day

In England, we have 'TK Maxx'. In America, they have 'TJ Maxx'. Why?

For reference

I have driven in, or through, 11 states so far.
I was tempted to stay in the, 'Mic Mac Motel', the other night. I didn't.

... had no idea there were so many! but you can only see them by boat, and turns out maine has the longest coastline of any of the 50 states (i'm pretty sure this is what chris told me). some islands have lots of houses on them, plus a few stores, maybe a school. some kids have to take a ferry to the mainland for school in portland. but some islands are privately owned and have only 1 or 2 houses on them. if maine wasn't ...

... Doug had pizza bites! After that we went to another place for drinks and I cant remember the name, oh well.

After our great breakfast in the morning, we headed up towards North Conway. It was a beautiful day, mid 60’s at the bottom of Mount Washington. We got there around 11, bout our tickets and jumped on the Cog Railway! (http://www.thecog.com/) It was so cool going up the mountain. When we got to the top, it was about 35 degrees and extremely windy. Check out some of ...

... Right!!

After lunch, Mel continued to do more laundry and Neil proceeded to take the bus apart in order to fit the insulation that SDCVW had omitted to put back in. Hopefully from now on, the temperature inside the bus will be warmer than that outside!


Miles travelled: 25

Total miles travelled: 14519

Days on road: 133

States visited: 29

National Parks visited: 20

... house, we decorated a couple of bedrooms, fixed a few things that needed fixing and we house/dog/cat sat whilst they were away on holiday. That bit was great; we really enjoyed looking after Max, Marley and Ziggy. Early morning walks in the forest and the warm welcome we got every time we came home to them were almost enough to make us want our own dog again! But we resisted... more ...