Saturday, October 07, 2006

Maine to New Brunswick

So, we weren't, as predicted, up at sunrise! We did get up earliesh to a clear day - after a night of thundering rain and RV shaking winds. Phoned about the sea kayak tours on offer. We had hoped for an afternoon trip, but there were spaces only for 10am so we grabbed breakfast on the move (a banana), unhooked post haste and drove the half hour to town - to find that the sea was too rough and the trip was cancelled. Disappointing - but we were consoled by buttermilk pancakes and maple syrup. Decided a bike ride round Eagle Lake would be a suitable alternative. We do have bikes strapped to the back of our RV as part of our deal but had to hire 2 more for the day since Howard got too close to a tree during a 3 point turn in the dark the night before and our bikes have somewhat alternatively shaped wheels now! So, on our fresh bikes, we cycled 12 miles on carriage roads designed by John D Rockefeller Jnr (he liked carriage driving hitched behind a horse & wasn't taken with the combustion engine, despite daddy having founded Standard Oil!) - more blue skies, fantastic foliage and shimmering water. Then we climbed back into the RV for a drive up Mount Cadillac - the highest point on the US Atlantic coast with views for miles around. Finally set off for New Brunswick about 4pm and arrived after a 3 hour drive (but due to time change on border between USA & Canada it was 8pm) We are staying with Max & Willi Wolfe who have been fabulous hosts. They live in a charming house in St Andrew's and we succumbed to their insistence that we stay in the house! Pictures to follow......... Weather still all blue skies and sunshine although definite chill in the air up here.

1 comment:

schase56 said...

Here's some more useless trivia to ponder if you're stuck inside on another awful day (my excuse is I've got a nasty cold and have no energy to do anything even remotely useful or productive).

Funny how there's always someone claiming to be the biggest, tallest, etc. When I was 15 I climed Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park (start of the Appalachian Trail), which pretty much makes the same claim as Mt. Cadillac (tallest, first point of sunrise in continental U.S.). Maybe it's all in the wording (tallest peak vs. highest point). In any case, I found a website that says the first point of for Mt. Cadillac only occurs in the dark months (from Oct. 7 to March). So I wonder where is it the rest of the year? Maybe Mt. Katahdin (which has no roads, so you would have had to climb it :-)

Glad you're having a great time, looking forward to hearing more.

Cheers,
Scott