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Published: October 7th 2017
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When we last blogged we had visited Concord where the first shots of the American revolution were fired. The next day we headed to Boston or as the locals call it “Baarstan”.
For those who have refreshed your knowledge of American revolutionary issues based on our blogs you will be aware that Boston was the centre of all things revolutionary. (For those who have not brushed up please do so at your convenience). In the centre of Boston they have laid out a walk called “the Freedom trail” which passes most of the sites of interest in the middle of town but one which they didn't cover which we fell over by mistake whilst looking for a car park was the site of the TV show Cheers.. “A little known fact Normy is that this wasn't actually where they shot the TV series but the inspiration for it” but it did require the photo.
Meanwhile back on the revolution trail…we passed by a grave yard which had the graves of Samuel Adams and Paul Revere and a number of other Greats.. we then passed the first school house in Boston and the first Starbucks for the day!! Coffee!! We
stopped here for sometime.
We walked all over Boston covering about 8 kms in total which wasn't to bad as it was about 24 degrees and quite hot and sticky. The trail finishes up on a place called Bunker hill which has a memorial tower (similar to Washington memorial in DC) to the men and women who lost there lives in the first pitched battle of the revolution. The good thing about this tower is that you can climb to the top of it in a spiral staircase..OH joy 294 steps. Unfortunately Steph decided to stay on a park bench but insisted I “knock myself out” so 294 steps and thanks to a low hanging stone lintel I just about did that too!! Owww! (Another Ron for the collection so far).
We finished our day in Boston and headed north to a beach town called York beach. Now when you arrive at a camp ground in USA the last thing you expect to be told is “don't be too worried if the lion wakes you with his roaring”??? This is also the problem with camping too close to a wildlife park and yes at 8am right on track
the roaring started…weird!
We had a good look around the area before heading north to a national park called Acadia which is at the top of Maine. The drive up there was spectacular with little fishing villages and beautiful houses punctuating the drive. (Almost poetic ..eh) as we were heading up we noticed that the colour of the trees was starting to change to yellows and reds so it looks like we have timed our run just right. All the locals are upset because they say the colour change is not good this year but for the uninitiated it looks amazing. One local said “Nah it's just perfect if it gets any later it doesn't last long so you have arrived just in time”
Acadia national park is basically a rugged coast line with a one way road which runs right around the outside and is criss-crossed with hiking trails. We spent the day driving and hiking around the park looking at amazing coastlines and admiring the fall colours which have just started here and they looked amazing!! They have red squirrel in this park which we had not seen before (mainly grey squirrel up until now) and
they make quite a chirping noise like a little bird so I spent sometime chasing them around the bush trying to get the David Attenborough photo opportunity.
We ended the day by driving to the top of the local mountain here which is called Cadillac mountain and got a view of the whole park and surrounding area. It was an amazing day finished off with a roaring campfire!! (Sounds like a “Famous five” novel eh!)
The next day started our six day journey through the New England area starting in northern Maine and heading towards upper New York state passing through New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts. We are hoping to catch the “leaf fall” but as I said earlier apparently it is not a good year for it…Well bless my cotton socks if this ain't a good year for it I would hate to see it when it is. WOW!! The scenery so far (and we are only in upper Maine) is amazing!! The colours are so vivid or reds, greens, yellows and all shades in between that we keep having to pull to the side of the road and stop in awe of the beauty. We
have arrived tonight into a small camp ground in lake Cupsuptic (say that with a mouth full of weetbix) and after setting up camp went for a walk along the lake front. This is ideal Moose area and we have seen a lot of road signs saying watch out for moose but so far we haven't caught sight of one. However when walking along the waterfront we did hear the distant squeak of an Elk so there is definitely some wildlife somewhere nearby…maybe tomorrow we will see moose??
Anyway I will finish this now and get it loaded so that you can keep up with where we are.
So until later on in the week…..
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