week 24

guzzy roadtrip south - day 5

Yesterday was a fairly low-key day.  We just drove straight to our next campground and were in bed super early.  We stayed at Cahokia RV Parque in Cahokia, IL.  What we didn't realize when we picked the place is that it's pretty much a suburb of St Louis.  The campground offered a shuttle to downtown but we were both too worn out - plus I've already done all the St Louis sightseeing from past visits and Sean was just there last week for a work day trip.  The area was a little sketchy and the campground wasn't anything to write home about but the people were super nice.  It did have a cute BBQ joint right on the premises which we hit up for dinner.  Not too bad!

Unfortunately, we haven't hit any warmth yet and still had to run the furnace and even broke out the electric blanket!

guzzy roadtrip south - day 1

It's that time again - for the semi-annual trek south for the winter.  You're probably thinking, "this seems late".  I would agree.  We had a lot of people that have been wanting to visit for the fall foliage so we decided to make that happen this year.

Also, we had plans to participate in the bed races in Bar Harbor at the beginning of November.  Life got in the way and that didn't happen but gave some other friends an opportunity to visit anyway! Their departure ended up being the same day as ours and so we got to have passengers on the beginning of our trip.

Our first stop was the Bangor airport to drop off one of our guests for her own trek back to Chicago.  Then we headed to Portland to drop off the rest for their trek back to Kansas City.

Any time you drive to Portland you have to stop off at Big G's for a hearty meal.  Since it was so early, this time it was breakfast!  YUM!

The rest of the trip was boring - Sean has been getting sick and I'm completely worn out as I had a work trip right before we left.  We ended up taking turns napping while the other drove.  This should be our longest day of driving for the trip which meant we didn't get to our campground until super late.

We stayed at Shady Grove Campground in Denver, Pennsylvania.  It's nestled in the middle of a neighborhood.  It appeared to have quite a few people that park their rigs there full time.  The people were super nice and we were able to get a good 10 hours of sleep!  Sean's starting to feel better and I'm not as grouchy - it's wonderful what sleep can do and we're ready to trek on!

Come back to find out where we're headed next!

migration north - day 8

today we headed to littleton, new hampshire
via the back roads of vermont
i like to say that today we ate our way through vermont
first stop was ben & jerry's
the tour wasn't that great
but the taste test of a new flavor at the end made up for it
and because i haven't shown duke in a while
here he is doing what he does best

i was sad to see this in the ice cream graveyard :(

next stop was cabot cheese
i highly recommend this tour!
plus being able to taste all the cheeses made it even better
cuz i love cheese!
when we left cabot we made a wrong turn
which when you're driving a 30 foot rv
doesn't make it very easy to correct

so we ended up down a lot of narrow, dirt roads

before we finally reached the "highway"

our campsite welcomed us with this

perhaps we are headed to maine too early this year!

migration north - day 3

today we headed to slidel, louisiana
to feed the dangerous, man-eating alligators...
marshmallows!

since all our activities to date
required duke to stay at the rv alone
we took him for a walk through the french quarter
after our swamp tour

this included all the tourist stuff
like hurricanes

and beignets

and crawfish

selfie september (aka birthday month celebration) - day 25

selfie september (aka birthday month celebration) - day 11

lobster, lobster, lobster

there are two things maine is not lacking in
cute little coastal towns

and lobster

now combine the two

and you have the best festival idea!

they even have lobster trap races

you won't go away hungry
in the least
checkout how much lobster they went through this year

in case you're not into lobster (freak!)
there's a little something for you, too

i enjoyed all the eats
and local crafts
and of course making my men pose for silly pictures!

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