Vermont and Southern Maine

 Then we finally left New York and moved into one of our favorite states, Vermont.

Delicious hand made ice cream

Vermont is known as “The Green Mountain State” which is apt in several ways. Firstly the name Ver Mont is French for Green Mountain! Secondly the state is very mountainous. Not gigantic mountains but very picturesque. Lastly there are trees everywhere and so everything is very green.

See what I mean about the Green Mountains?

We have had many family vacation here when the kids were growing up and my sisters and Barbara’s brother have visited here on vacations. We have been thru on our fulltime adventures in the past too, so know it well.

Vermont is the home of REAL Maple Syrup

We were trying to decide whether to stay around Burlington and we had intended to meet Ralph and Crystal in Burlington VT, but at the same time we were also trying to get a Thousand Trails stay to help offset the cost of the membership.

Maine lighthouses are our favorites

 As it turned out we could get one week in at a TT campground in Wells Maine starting in a couple of days, so the plan became a couple of nights at the Elks Lodge in Brattleboro VT then a week in Maine followed by?? 

Just our regular drifting around! But the distances aren’t vast so just a couple of hundred miles would cover it.

To our surprise the TT park in Moody Beach ME was quite nice, at least in the new section we managed to get into. The sites were spacious and level with 50amp power and all the amenities.  The town of Moody Beach was nice too.

Craft beer seemingly everywhere.

Traffic was a nightmare though on Rt 1. It is very much a vacation destination for the population of Massachusetts, the border being less than 20 miles south, and Rt1 although pretty, it is just 2 lanes wide with many small towns and 25mph speed limits.

LOBSTAH! As its pronounced in Maine

No big deal as long as you keep your cool and enjoy watching the tourists cutting each other off and getting irate!

There were lots of places to explore and magnificent coastal views to be had. Having a week in one place we broke out the grill and the chairs.

Of course we had a mission. Make the Lobster an endangered species! We ate as many as we could but prices have almost doubled this year. With the hammering businesses took last year it’s not surprising.

A Lobster sticker for the RV

Another chance sighting of a billboard saw us in the theater watching “Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville” which was a very nice change of pace.

The set for Margaritaville.

We explored all around and visited several Elks Lodges to add to our collection of the special pins (Badges) that each lodge have custom made.

Fort Western Augusta ME

Eventually we had to move on. The long term goal was to go to Rockland ME then on to Harmon ME where Escapees Chapter 2 are holding their annual Lobsterfest Rally. Escapees and Lobsters, what else can you ask for?

The State Capital Building Augusta ME

On the way we stopped at the capitol of Maine – Augusta and another Elks Lodge, a really nice lodge with DARTS! They also had a nice oatmeal stout which made life pleasant. A side trip to Booth Bay Harbor reminded us that the tourist trap towns should really be avoided.