Tonight, we  have a campsite on the Atlantic Coast at Ogunquit, Maine. Now that we’ve arrived in Maine, I have achieved a milestone in my life; I have lived., worked, and/or traveled in all 50 of these United States, and I love every state. This is a great country that we have and we are fortunate to have it.
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Out last three days have been around the Freeport area. We hiked a trail out in the Durham hills, an area dominated by hardwoods, with some white pine. Maine is the “Pine State” but the down east area is mostly hardwood.
We spent most of a day in Freeport. LL Bean takes up a block and has every item that Bean offers, with a spectacular presentation. What a store!
We enjoyed our daytrip to Bath on the Kennebec, Wiscasset, and Boothbay Harbor.
Bath is an old shipbuilding port and Iron Works town, with striking 19th century architecture. During WW II, Bath launched a new Navy ship every 17 days.
Wiscasset is a quaint port for fishing, shipbuilding, and lumber. We see lots of Civil War monuments in Maine. Wiscasset has a monument to their 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, for their commended service at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Boothbay Harbor was an interesting community with the Aquarium and the Botanical Garden. Here we saw a fourteen-pound lobster, along with other Maine marine creatures, at the Maine State Aquarium. Two tides a day here can vary 50-60 feet, between mean-low and mean-high. Tomorrow, we head on up the Gulf of Maine. toward Bar Harbor.(that's Baa Harba!)
 Below is Plymouth Rock.  They can't prove its THE rock but one thing is for sure, it was here when the pilgrims landed.  It was carried there by a glacier.  The next photo is a replica of the Mayflower.  Its a beautiful ship.  Then the 14 pound lobster at the Maine State Aquarium which was shaking in its boots when Bob looked at it.  Finally the beautiful Maine coast on a gorgeous day.  Just like the all the pamphlets promise.

Well, we couldn’t wait, so we had Maine lobsters, in Massachusetts, with our new friends. Now, we’ll just have to have more lobsters in Maine. Life is hard!
It’s raining in New England and the temp was 46 degrees this morning. Very nice sleeping weather after all that lobster last night. We depart this morning to travel up the Maine coast, along Highway 1. The Atlantic Intracostal Waterway ends at New York harbor, therefore we’ll pick-up the “Great Loop” route at the Erie Canal.
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In the Boston area, we have visited Cape Cod, Concord, Lexington, and Boston.
At Cape Cod, we enjoyed the beach, people, places and things on the Cape.
The Cape Cod National Seashore Park has a fine Visitor Center, old Light House, and a comprehensive museum.
At Concord and Lexington, we revisited our Colonial and Independence history. It was like going back in time. We also visited the old colonials and poets at the cemeteries.
Boston was busy and crowded but we enjoyed touring around the attractions and we went aboard the USS Constitution.
Saturday night was a cookout and music with the Gale County Band at Circle CG Farm in Bellingham, Mass. Loads of Memorial Day fun!
Today, we’re visiting Plymouth Rock. We are enjoying our travels with new friends that we met in Washington. They’re traveling the eastern seaboard too, so we’ll be seeing them on up into Maine. Can’t wait to get those “Maine lobsters”!

We headed through NE Pennsylvania, across New York to South Windsor, Connecticut, for a superb visit with (Terry’s uncle) Bud and Carol. Bud has a spacious country place just minutes from Hartford, the state capital. It surprised me to find farms and agricultural business so close to the urban area. Bud (a fix anything guy) has a large shop and enjoys working outside, so we did some needed repairs and welding on my rig. (Thanks Uncle Bud!)
Yesterday, we all met at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort for lunch and some casino fun. The Mohegan Sun Resort is the largest(land wise) Casino operation that I’ve seen, with the Earth, Wind, and Sky casino complex, hotel,  golf, and numerous distractions. Afterwards, Terry and I departed and cruised on over to Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, the reconstruction of a historical ship-building village. This place has all the buildings, shops, docks, ships, and facilities that were a part of the old maritime industry.
In the early evening, we pulled our rig on up to Bellingham, Massachusetts for a camp site and visit in and around Boston. Warm days and cool nights make travel very comfortable for us and our dogs.
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Bob

Above:  Bob, Jack, Daisy and Sam with FDR and his dog at the FDR Memorial Washington DC
Eating philly cheese steak sandwiches in Philly
Stairway to the second floor of Independence Hall in Philladelphia where our Declaration of Independence was born. 

(Above:  Cathedral in Philadelphia, Liberty Bell with Independence Hall in background, Amish farm in Lancaster CO Pennsylvania)
Recently, we have made our way along the Eastern Seaboard and the Atlantic Intracostal Waterway, enjoying the people, places, and sights. We visited the old costal settlements in Northeast Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. We had a terrific week in Washington DC, sightseeing and enjoying the spring weather.
A visit to Baltimore and Northeast Maryland provided us with a historic tour and some famous Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes.
Philadelphia was like going back to 1776 and the birth of our country. Of course, we visited the Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, and all the historical monuments. At Benjamin Franklin’s gravesite, people annually toss tons pennies on the grave. I don’t quite get the correlation with “A penny saved is a penny earned”!
So much history AND we had those celebrated Philly Cheese steak Sandwiches for lunch on two occasions. 
Leaving Philadelphia, we traveled west to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the heart of Amish country, for a fascinating visit, joining friends from Texas. We enjoyed the Amish country and made a point of better understanding the Amish and Mennonite lifestyle. An interesting observation was the horse and carriage barn on the WalMart parking lot. Yes, WalMart is a popular shopping venue for the Amish!
Today, we’re heading over to Connecticut for a visit with Terry’s uncle and family. Last nights RV campsite was on the Delaware River at the Pennsylvania/New York, state line. After heavy rains last Thursday, the river is running very fast/high.
We have not quit the boat hunt, just taking a side-trip! Bob