Bar Harbor, Maine Sept. 24,25,26, 2012

Sept. 24th Monday...330 Miles


Today we started out at 7:15 AM from Burlington, Vt. went thru Vermont, New Hampshire and made it to Bar Harbor, Maine at 4:15 PM. It sure was a long trip, there was a lot of signs telling us to look out for MOOSE, never did see one. Darn..... We made it across the US in 30 days.  All six of us was really tired and Jay is still sick, it been a week.

Sept. 25th Tuesday....Bar Harbor

 

Today we took a tour of Bar Harbor, Cadillac Mountain, Thunder Hole, and the Acadia National Park the tour was 2.5 Hours. Good Guide and very informative. Had LOBSTER when we got back to town. Very good ate it all. After lunch we walked the town and checked out the little shops.  Lot of goodies but didn't buy.  It is really windy today our park is right along the bay.  The guide was telling us we could go to the top of Cadillac Mountain at 4:30 AM, yes AM and be the first to see the sun rise...OH, Yes right along with about 500 other people...No thank you said "Jay" Wed. it was cold and rainy, Doris and Rudy went with us to grocery shopping                                                 

Sept, 27th Thursday,Old Fort Knox in Venon, Me. as we were heading for Boston, Mass. It is now a Museum.   Arrived at the park just a hour out of Boston, Have a pinched Nerve so Iam grounded for a while.. It is raining here today. Would like to do the trip around Gloucester a fishing community and Rockport which is a little sleeping village. Tomorrow will do some more LOBSTER.                              

 

Pennsylvania, New York State, Vermont Sept. 18/23, 2012

Sept. 18th Tuesday

We made it to Towanda to see Jack and Tami, Jay got sick on Wednesday, was in bed for 3 days.

Sept. 21st. Friday
 We headed for Gansevoort, New York. 254 Miles.  I drove,  Jay was still sick, spent 2 days in Gansevoort. It was the worst park we have ever been in, Jay was trying to park the Motor home in the trees, there was a stump that caught the side compartment door and bent it. Now his real unhappy. 

Sept. 23rd. Sunday

We went to Shelburne, Vt. to the Teddy Bear Factory. Jay is setting with his buddy.  He still isn't feeling good.

Then we head for  Burlington, Vt. to park at the Elks with Electric. Jay stayed home and the five of us went to the Ben and Jerry Ice Cream Factory and on to the Cabot Cheese outlet.  We grazed for about 45 min. then headed home. Tomorrow we will head for "Bar Harbor" that is what this trip is all about. Finally made it almost across the States.

Amishville RV Park Sept. 14/19, 2012

Sept. 19th,

Berne, Ind.  we were going visit an Amish Furniture Factory and take the tour watching them make the furniture.  They have been closed for several years. So we went to a Amish Bakery . They have a little store in their home.  It was go good , they have Fry Pie that is really good.

We went to the Hickory Furniture company.  We thought they made the furniture but they buy it and sell it from their home.  That was a little disappointing. The six of us stayed in a Passport America park it was nice..pretty much had the place to our selves.

Friday Sept. 14th    266 Miles
We are in Kimbolton, Ohio at an ROD Park...talk about out of the way.

Monday, Sept. 18th  254 Miles
We spent the night in Walmart parking lot (that's a first for us).. Rudy had trouble with his water pump, then the batteries died...thank goodness for walmart parking lot.

Tuesday Sept. 19th  161 Miles

We headed for Towanda, Pa. going over Bald Eagle Pass...at the top they have a map showing the down hill ( 8%) grade, you sure payed attention at the bottom of this grade there was a stop sign at the bottom of the hill and a little village with Gas street lights and windshield wipers.  We had rain all the way to Towanda. Will be heading for N.Y. tomorrow.

John Deere Factory and Fair Oaks Dairy Sept. 10,11, 2012

Mon. 10th  248 Miles

We went to Waterloo, Ia. to the John Deere Tractor Factory, they put us on a trolley that took an hour to tour the factory. We got to see the painting of the tractors by a robot, the mouse would move the parts around the factory where ever they were to be next for assembly. We also found out if the "John Deere" label was on the back window, the tractor had a heated seat and a wrapped steering wheel.  If you wanted they could put a boom box in the cab. This is for the poor farmer...HaHa
It was very interesting, every tractor being assembled was already sold

Tues. 11th  203 Miles.

We are now at the Fair Oaks Dairy, they milk 10,000 cows on this merry go around at this barn. They have 10 barns. We did the tour of the grounds: they make their own ice cream and cheese,  they break down the poop and make power for the dairy surprisingly enough there was no smell, the housing of the cows, they are like a controlled dairy and the cows lay on sand, its easier on their joints, we also went thru the birthing barn. They had 3 girls born today. One of the girls was born just a few minutes before we made it to the barn. They take the babies away from the moms and put them in a little pen of their own. The grounds are beautiful, we spent the night in the parking lot we had green grass, trees and flowers at our door.

Kellogg, Ia. Phillip 66 RV Pk. Sept. 7th thru 9th

This home is across from the RV Park we are staying in for 3 days.  It belongs to the owner of the Phillip 66 station and R. V. Park. This is just part of the decorations.

Friday, Sept. 7th we stayed put at the RV Park.

Sat. Sept. 8th ...Jay and I want into Newton for an Oil change on the little Car and visited the elks...boy, are they ever into Football and Racing....Look out they are wild.

Sun, Sept. 9th ..we took Doris and Rudy with us to Pella, Ia. it is a Dutch town, so we went off to sight see.....The streets were rolled up nothing open not even the bakery, no smoking or drinking in the park...there is 20 churches in this little town. We did see a  big windmill and the Tulip Arches.

Chappell, Neb. Sept. 1/4, 2012

Sept. 1st thru Sept. 4th
 Fri.
We roamed around the upper loop of the park. Friday night it rained real good.
Sat.
We pulled out of Yellowstone on the way out we say Elk, Mountain goats, Buffalo, and Deer. The animals came out after the rain.  We had a good time driving the park. There was a fire in the park, they had warnings of the smoke on the roads.
Saturday night  We stayed in Thermopolis, Wy. for one night at Boysen State Park for $17.00 for non-resident, we watched the deer come down to drink from the creek. We did 249 miles.
Sun.  Sept. 2
We stayed in Lingle, Wy. there is absolutely nothing across the bottom of Wyoming, rolling hills and very dry. We did 243 miles.
Mon. Sept. 3
We are in Chappell, Neb. will meet another couple here, today we stopped in Sidney for lunch at Pizza Hut , asked the waitress what time it was and she said "Oh, you must be from a different time zone", I felt like we just landed in our space ship.. ding, ding... she was a good waitress she took care of us like we were her grandparents then we went to  Cabala's and looked at their display of the animals...beautiful, roamed the store and back in the rigs and headed for Chappell it was 101 today when we landed....hot,hot,hot.  We have both air conditioners on and my artificial flowers are wilting..HA HA.. 160 miles to day we have been traveling with Rudy and Doris since Yellowstone and it has been fun.
Tue. Sept. 4
Today, I took Doris to do their laundry, we had to go 13 miles for a washing machine, does that tell you how little the town we are staying in. Right now Iam in the Motor Home looking out the window and watching the deer graze in the pasture. We will be out of here tomorrow. Its  6:30 PM and 97degrees.