US adventures

one last Canada pic - this is the "hole in the wall" which we hiked to on Grand Manon.

we decided to do a pretty quick drive to New York because it was getting too damn cold at night, so not a lot to update. drove further into Maine on Tuesday and then Wednesday drove through New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massach....

we avoided the interstate hwy, mostly travelled on Hwy 202, which must have been the old highway. It went through a lot of the cities and in many cases was actually Main St. Most of the cities have been there since late 1600's/early 1700's so some neat buildings/architecture, especially Lewiston and Augusta, Maine and Concord and Simsbury in Conn and Mass. License plate for New Hampshire is above - I have no idea where this saying comes from but it seems very American. Went to a gym after spending a night outside Augusta. we had found it on the internet and ended up being part of a ministry complex. after spending 1/2 hour on a treadmill looking at Luke 11.28, I think I am pure for the rest of the trip.

On Thursday it was close to 90 degrees and actually stopped for a swim in a lake/beach in Mass we happenend to pass by. In New York on Thursday Aneeda's directions somehow got us to an outlet mall?!? New York had by far the worst travel info (had trouble finding a place and when we got there info was very poor). With poor directions we spent a couple of hours looking for a campground but finally got some info from a security guy in the State Park. Signage was non-existent. Once we got there it was a really nice spot in a State Park with lots of big oak trees around a lake. They camp a little different there than we do here - rules included no pets, no booze, no more than 6 people on a site, no music/radio, no swimming as no lifeguards (beach was at least a mile of gorgeous clean sand with signs everywhere that swimming was prohibited), no balls or frisbees on the beach, etc...

On Friday we caught a bus to New York City. Did a lot of walking, saw a few sites and lots of people and traffic. It was a nice place to visit but would not want to live there. Friday night we tried to do the Walmart camping but got awakened at 11:30 by security guy who said town ordinance was that we could not be there. He was really good about it and gave us directions to a diner about 3 miles away that we could "camp" behind.

Saturday we crossed New Jersey into Pennsylvania and went on a trolley tour in the Poconos. It was so lame it was laughable, probably the worst $15 ever spent. Now at a nice campground though and planning on hashing with Nittany Valley tomorrow.

hope everyone is doing well.