en route to the Viking Trail - - -

We have been gone almost a week & it's has been wonderful to be back in our home on wheels.  We had one wrong turn (the gps was at fault here) and we had an unplanned trip through the Bronx in NYC.  Glenn had white knuckles driving those narrow, crowded streets, but we managed to find our way back to the interstate without incident.  Our first stop was in CT at the Mohegan Sun Casino.  We spent 2 nights there ~ what a beautiful place!!!  Did not win, but didn't lose...breaking even is good!!!

Ansley, AG, Steph & Me Brewster, Mass

From CT, we traveled to Cape Cod and set up in a campground close to where our son, AG, his girlfriend, Steph and granddaughter, Ansley were vacationing with Steph's family.  The family had rented a beautiful, historic cape cod estate and 25+ extended family members were there.  We toured Brewster and Chatham during the day, had steamed lobster at the our picnic table & spent a leisurely day at the estate.  AG grilled a perfect prime rib roast for the entire lot.  After a tearful good bye we set off for ME.


We arrived in Bar Harbor, ME on the evening of July 4th and met up with 5 other Airstream rigs going on our caravan.  We know these folks from other trips, so it was like old home week.  On the next day another couple arrived & we had steamed lobster dinners delivered to the campground and again ate lobster at picnic tables.  I could get used to that!!!
We drove around Acadia National Park -  the Maine coast is wild & rugged and there was a magnificent view from all directions.  We walked to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest peak on the eastern coast.  It is where the sun first rises on US soil...pretty cool!

We left Bar Harbor for Lubec, ME on Wed. getting in place for a quick trip over the border into Canada on Friday.  It is nice now to be traveling with other Airstreams.  We're connected on CB channel 14 and that makes our drive more interesting as folks share what they are seeing, doing or planning along the way.   Lubec is home of the South Quaddy lighthouse which marks the easternmost point of the US.   Three summers ago, we were at the farthermost Northwestern point in Neah Bay, WA.  Today we visited the lighthouse and then drove to Campobello Island which is across the bridge and in New Brunswick.  We walked out to a lighthouse there that is only accessible by foot when the tide is low.  You have to walk fast...the Bay of Fundy is notable for fast rising incoming tides.  We then had the very best seafood chowder I've ever tasted in a small cafe on the Island.  It was like our oyster stew, but with scallops, fish, shrimp, lobster and clams.

We're lounging now, enjoying a little down time before we connect with 25 more Airstream rigs tomorrow in St. Andrews, NB.   We're in a lovely waterfront campground now....our St. Andrews campground is ocean front.  I try to remind myself that it's our same Atlantic, but it presents so differently...very cold, clear, rough and very little sand.

My pictures are still falling in this all over the place.  Hopefully, they'll be someone in our group who can help me figure out how to place them where I want them.

'Our Great Gadsby' Estate  Chatham, Mass