Ahhhhh, another day for traveling down the road…..what new adventures will occur??? What new problems will raise their ugly heads??? Will this be an easy trip??? All of these questions were going through my mind as I went through the morning rituals after barely getting out of bed this morning at 6:30.……
As soon as the dark, rich French Roast coffee was finished….I took my travel cup full of the steaming elixir with me outside and began checking the pressure in each of the eight tires that keep the truck and TheHowserHouse rolling down the highways. Everything was perfect….and then I began getting the rest of THH ready for the unknown number of miles that we would drive today……..we had decided to go as far as we felt like driving today….not push for X amount of miles, but just drive what we wanted to drive.
We pulled out of the campground about 8:45AM……drove through the busy town of Ellsworth and then bumped and bounced the next 23 miles to Bangor where we pulled onto the first of many interstates that we will drive on to get to Misery. Those first 23 miles were just as bad as any roads we have driven on during this entire 5000+ miles over the past six and one-half weeks……..that road was absolutely horrid!!! And I thought Misery had some terrible roads……..well, I believe Maine beats Misery!!!
Soooo, down the interstate we drove to the tip of Maine, where we crossed into New Hampshire for just a very, very few miles…..and then into Massachusetts. We bypassed Boston by about 50 miles....and soon headed to the western side of Massachusetts, on our way to the state of New York. After one very, very close call……one of just barely escaping the fatal happening of being squeezed into a kind of Oreo cookie. We were on the far right lane of a three lane interstate..…and then two very large semi’s came barreling down the ramp at just the exact time that another vehicle with a utility trailer attached to it decided to pass me. Yep……we almost became the cream of the Oreo….as the semis were not going to give an inch......and I LAID on the horn…..and thought we had had it, but those semi’s must have hit their brakes with full force, because we managed to get past them before they roared onto the highway….behind me!!!! WHEW……just wasn’t out time to become creame(d)!!!!!!!!
Soooo, that took about 30 minutes for both of us to recover from that extremely close call…..and the 1st Lady then began to look in the Trailer Life Guide for RV Parks/Campgrounds that we would be close to before too much more driving. Finding one, she called and we did get a site....and a pull-through at that. I kept thinking of our good friends Pete and Jane who had stopped overnight just a few miles from this very place and what a HORRIBLE experience(s) they had there....warning me to NOT stop at the Jellystone Campground in Sturbridge, MA. Soooo, we selected this one which is just a few miles west of the one they overnighter in a week or so ago.
Being escorted to a site…..and pulling in, I quickly discovered that the power post was way, way, way to far away from everything I needed to attach to!!! So, we requested one a couple of slots away….but, told them we would have pull through the “wrong” way in order to read the damn power post!!!! What the hell were they thinking when they designed this area of the cg????? And, believe me….this place is HUGE!!!! Granted most of the sights are permanent rv’s with built-on patios and with landscaped lots…..but there were a few for us nomads that wander down the highways and byways of this great country!!
Well……we did get all umbilical cords attached…and soon the a/c was working well, the tv could pick up about 10 stations on the antenna…..and Life was good and relaxing once again……AHHHHHH! We enjoyed some wine for a while as we just kicked back and enjoyed the Life which is soooo great with this type of Lifestyle. A bit later we took a walk around the cg......and then realized we had underestimated the size of this park…….it was REALLY, REALLY HUGE!!!! And....the owners are certainly enjoying a monthly income that must be very nice.....there are sooo many permanent rv’s here.
Returning to THH….we fixed a light supper...and then found an rv park about 327 miles or so from here on the western side of New York state just outside of Corning. We wanted to stop there to see the Corning Glass Museum……we were there in 1977 when Jeremy was only about 8 weeks old!!!!! It was wonderful then....and I hear it is even better now.......hope we can get our butts there before it closes.
As to posting this and the pictures from the past two days..….It will have to wait because this place does NOT have any Wifi……SHAME on them!!!! We are not in the woods of Maine or northeastern Canada……but in western Massachusetts….civilization.
And so.…another day has almost expired......and with great luck, we didn’t expire ourselves this afternoon. Soooo, what can I say, but…….
LIFE IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!…..And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
THURSDAY:
Well, the Corning, NY Museum of Glass was on our minds this morning as we were up and moving an hour earlier than usual. We had 340 miles or so to drive today and still try to get in to the Glass Museum in Corning……so, we didn’t take long getting ready to pull out of the campground in Monson, Massachusetts..…..leaving there a few minutes before 8am.
The drive was a bit tedious, to say the least, as we skirted Albany, NY….and there was no Welcome Center as we came into NY state, so the only maps we had was the Atlas we have had for a couple of years and it just doesn’t do the job for showing maps of the cities and their belt highways. Mapquest we had....and garmin was not accurate again this morning……so, as I said, it was a bit nerve-wracking, but we did make it without a problem.
We arrived here in Corning, or should I say Campbell, about 10 miles west of Corning arriving around 2:00pm….and after getting settled into the Camp Bell CG, we went back to Corning and spent the remainder of the afternoon and up until 8pm at this fabulous museum!!!
This place needs to be on everyone’s list of places to visit!!! The collection of glass objects of all kinds from the Egyptian times to the present day contemporary vases and sculptures is just beyond words. The colors, the styles, the pieces from Europe, including the Venetian glass that is made on Murano Island out in the bay of Venice, and all of the other wonderful glass objects…..WOW!!!!!! Overpowering to say the very least!!!!! We loved it. And….the exhibits of the things Corning has invented and done are just outstanding……”hands on” types of exhibits that are not only for children, but more for adults…..another big WOW!!!! I find it difficult to put all of this into words……..it is one of those places that you have to see to just believe it….OK????!!!!
We returned to the cg and THH……exhausted and ready to relax a bit….and, the WIFI is terrific!!!! Managed to post a few pictures from Bar Harbor…….might give you a taste of what it looks like there…..gorgeous!!!
A tiring day, but it ended with such an awesome evening at the Corning Museum of Glass!!
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!….And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
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