Embassy Stes Portland

... are called "Kills" &#8211; i.e. Lewis Kill, Hudson Kill, etc. <br><br>· The Piscataqua Bridge is a 6 lane monstrosity that forms the border between New Hampshire and Maine.<br><br>PORTLAND, Maine: <br><br>We hadn&#8217;t seen Foster since June/08 and he sure grew over the past year &#8211; he&#8217;s over 6&#8217; tall! Tom got transferred back to ...

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

... are located. They are very spread out and some not easily reached by foot. Neither of us were really into shopping so about hour later we headed back to Wells taking a lesser travelled coast road that took us through the wonderful area of York, Maine. The beaches and scenery were fantastic. We finished the day looking at the Nubble Head lighthouse still operated by the US Coast Guard.<br><br>Today (Tuesday) we headed towards the White ...

... in cold snow for the majority of the year i'd consider moving there.<br><br>for lunch we sailed up to a seafood restaurant called Cook's. we had a slight buoy mishap, that sent me running around the small bay to save the buoy but it was also the first exercise i'd had in days so that was good.<br><br>lunch at Cook's was a-w-e-s-o-m-e. we had steam-ahs and fresh maine lobstah in maine. simple boiled lobstah. it was awesome.<br>

... We have a 27mile coach tour booked which takes us to Acadia National Park Mountains / Forests / Glaciers!<br><br>Saw some of the memorials taking place for 9/11 today. Flags at half-mast. Strange to see it while in USA and especially as we were there a couple of days ago.<br><br>Hope all well back in "Old England"...<br>Lots of Love, from "New England" - Love Paul &amp; Laura xx

... I really did not pay much attention to that guy who kept yappy at the gums about them, but it was very pretty to watch the waves lap at the sides of the boat. <br><br>At one point the sea got a little chopping and I was holding on for life, He was kind enough to hold back my tail. My tail? Wait I thought you were supposed to hold back their hair when they puke? Oh well a guess the tail will do in this case, no sense in getting that dirty. <br><br>As we ...

... Portland Chowder House). He said that his girlfriend is working there. I asked him if she is short with curly shortisch hair and yes that was her. (you know when you are in a smaller city when you experience this kind of stuff, I love it). Had a local brew, some spicy chili and then went on our way. Drove around for a bit, and back to the motel. Today I had a late start, watched TV for a while, drove to town for lunch at Becky's diner and had ...

... Right!!<br><br>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!<br><br><br>Miles travelled: 25<br><br>Total miles travelled: 14519<br><br>Days on road: 133<br><br>States visited: 29<br><br>National Parks visited: 20

... tower but it was heaps fun!) and I squashed my foot between the rescue board and the side of the pool....blood and bruise! Lucky no sharks... They coolest part was (also in the Guardian) when all 18 of us treaded water in a big circle with one person in the middle that we splashed with water and shouted at whilst they tried to stay afloat with their eyes closed. Then, the ...