FORGING AHEAD TO MAINE (10-12)

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After a day at the Falls and good nights rest we are ready to start the journey to Maine. The sun is shining, but there are clouds moving in.

Leaving the New York Darien campground, we had a few problems. When I stepped out of the RV the step broke. Guess I must be eating a little too good? Joe put a bungee on the step to hold it up for the trip. This item will get added to the growing “fix-it” list.

While Joe was pulling into the dump station he cut the corner short and tore off the mud flap on the right side. Now one more item to add to the list.

FIX-IT LIST


• Wiper blade motor
  
• Step
  
• Mud flap on right side
  

Okay nothing major has gone wrong, so we are on our way — a little late, but on our way. Did you know New York is a very long state? It took us most of the day to get to the Vermont border. We had planned to spend the night at Gifford Woods State Park and then head out for a fall foliage tour of Vermont.

By the time we reached the Vermont border it was late. While stopping to get gas we asked the attendant if there were any state campgrounds close by to spend the night. Her reply was priceless....”All of Vermont’s state parks closed Labor Day weekend.” Say what.... that was not in our plan at all. Okay so what about private campgrounds? They closed on Columbus day - fantastic. We should have known something was up when the other campgrounds were closing soon. Our luck has run out!!!

The GPS will have a list of Walmart stores and we decided that would be our best option. Rutland, VT was our overnight designation and Rutland has NO Walmarts. Then what about shopping malls? Yes and we found one and spent the night for free. First time I did not spending money at a mall. We now think of shopping malls as a place to spend the night instead of a place to go shopping.

Joe is not one to stop much so most of my pictures will be from the RV on the "move."

Entertainment - The New York scenery.

Question - Why are most old barns painted red?

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Photos

Red Barn
New York barn

View of NY from the RV
Here's the NY road

NY trees
View from the RV