This post is being written from Nashville, TN where it is 60 degrees, while in Jackson, NH our friends are getting 24 inches of snow! After four days of traveling, we are in the groove. Day One included driving past Utica and Clinton, NY where we both went to College and 20 miles from the Route 90 Exit the snows started to fall. The snows awakened many fond memories of snowy trips to Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges! During Day One,…
Early Wednesday, March 20th, Stargazer heads back out on the road. Melinda, Otto and I will be traveling to Texas, California, Utah, Colorado and back to New Hampshire, arriving back May 8th. Our trip last fall to Lake Champlain, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and home through Maine was memorable and included lots of bike riding. Since getting back we have kept busy highlighted by a) helping Greg’s mom Jane host Thanksgiving for ALL family members and b) traveling…
After almost three weeks of no rain, the rains returned. We arrived in Maine to sprinkles but learned that storms were brewing, so we made the decision to head back to Jackson – arriving late Friday afternoon just as the rains began to fall. The trip was a success. Lots of fun and learning. This was our first trip when we did not have multiple visits with friends along the way. Being able to live both inside and outside of…
One of Melinda’s bucket list items is meeting a moose face-to-face and up close and personal. On our last day in Canada, we did see a moose by the side of the road, but before Melinda could hop out of the car and hug the moose, the moose was gone. The following are photos of moose Melinda did snuggle up to during our trip. Our last few days in Canada were spent on the New Brunswick coast. We first visited…
For what it’s worth here are a few random thoughts from the road: Random Thought #1: Potatoes. The week we were in PEI was prime potato harvesting season. The number of potato trucks (and I am search of a toy potato truck to give Ralph for Christmas) we saw and passed was incredible. Each year approximately 2.5 billion pounds of potatoes are harvested and shipped to locations around the world. Mr. Potato Head is smiling! Random Thought #2: Two Books….
It is hard to believe but the eastern part of PEI is even more beautiful than the middle and west. We skipped Charlottetown for a future trip and first visited Victoria by the Sea and then arrived at Brudenell River Provincial Park (BRPP), our home for the next three days. During our Victoria by the Sea stop we had our first dose of fiber – spinning, knitting and weaving that is. Melinda made instant friends with a fiber rock star…
For the last three nights we have stayed at the Twin Shores Camping Area on PEI’s Darnley Point. We are one of a few campers in a campground of over 700 sites (I am sure this place is rocking in the summer). We have a magnificent view of Darnley Basin and the Atlantic Ocean and enjoyed walking the beach (reminded us of days walking the Martha’s Vineyard beaches). The weather has been spectacular both day and night. Our first full…
Sunday we traveled into the center of New Brunswick and spent Monday and Tuesday at Mount Carleton Provincial Park (MCPP). We were at least 90 minutes driving from any civilization. The Park was beautiful and we were there with five other RVs and a group of college-aged campers. We took two long bike rides over very bumpy terrain. One was a loop around beautiful Nictau Lake and the second landed us in a great lunch spot with a spectacular view…
NOTE: For those of you viewing Stargazer posts via your phone you will want to click the link to stargazernh.com website to see photos. On Friday we traveled from Lake Champlain to Canada passing through Montreal and arriving at St. Jerome. We stayed in very close quarters at Lac Fontaine Campground – so close we could hear the guy next to us snoring! Saturday morning we headed out to bike Le P’Tit Train Du Nord bike path, but unfortunately took…
We left Jackson and the sun was starting to shine. By the time we reached Crawford Notch, the rains were back. It rained all the way to the ferry across Lake Champlain. But when we arrived at our rental on the New York side, the sun was shining. Good college pals Bill Harley and Debbie Block arrived soon after and we enjoyed sharing a dinner meal and catching up. The rental house was perfect. It was right on the water…