June 9: Well folks yesterday was the last day of our travels this time. We left Verona in a cloud of acid eye burning cough inducing Canadian wildfire smoke. As you have probably experienced lately or at least seen pictures of it, the smoke made mid-day look like dim and apocalypse like. Our trip finally started to get out of the smoke as we entered Vermont and got better as we crossed into NH and then Maine where there was hardly any smoke. I had detoured off the Waze and RV GPS systems routes and grabbed Rt 7 East in Albany and went through Bennington, VT and Keene, NH and then Concord. I did this to avoid driving I-90 in Mass but also to see my Mom who fell and broke her hip two days before and was in Concord Hospital. My sister held down the fort and with her help we arranged for her to go to a Skilled Nursing Facility she had been in briefly once before. And liked the care she got. We are all praying she will have a quick recovery and get back to her apartment at the Peabody place.
Having shocked or surprised Mom by my quick visit we trudged on to Maine arriving around 6 PM. Pulling into our parking area I went to hook up the power from my newly installed pedestal and no power. I finally figured out through my fatigue the main breaker was off. Switch on, circuit breakers on and power. We unloaded a few things and dragged ourselves in for some Panera broccoli and cheese soup and sandwiches courtesy of Jo’s sister Gerry who gave Jo a Panera gift card. Life is good. 24 campsites and 7300 miles and an overwhelming amount of beauty and friendly faces. later so glad we did this.
I may post again after I have a chance to process the trip and get the dock in, boat launched, Tundra in for tire rotation and 20,000 mile service, window boxes planted (after buying flowers) and deck stained etc etc. Maybe I should head back out lol….nahhh I get to see my kids I think I’ll stay for a bit.
Love you all. Thanks for following and all the positive and funny feedback. Now to start planning our southern National Park trip! Don’t tell Jo.
Bill and Jo’s Road Trip 
“Don’t tell Jo!” You are a brave man…I think I’d wait a while before springing that one on her! 🙂
We are sorry to hear your mom fell…she’s in our prayers. I bet she loved seeing you.
Enjoy your summer at your beautiful cottage in Maine…Keep those sunset photos coming! We will see you late August and we are very excited about it! The blog was great Bill….both the story and the storyteller created wonderful images in our minds’ eyes. Chip & loved following along with you.
Love,
The “Deke Seeker’s” navigator [mph]
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Enjoy your summer! Thanks for keeping us updated on your trip. I looked forward to each new installment! There’s a whole lot more to see but maybe you should wait on that plan for a few days!
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Yup will definitely be waiting at least to tell Jo lol
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Thanks for sharing!! It was a great read! We too are traveling in our 2014 Tundra, pulling our 25′ AS International. It’s fun to read about other’s adventures.
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Thanks Scott
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