Ouray, Colorado

This was the most Amazing Day!  We left the East Denver KOA about 8:30-900 a.m..  We figured we'd miss the traffic.  Getting out onto I-70W was not a problem and we started heading to Denver.  When we got close, the traffic started backing up.  Not a pretty site! We started driving real slow but not actually stopping.  I could see the mountains in the distance.  They were hazy but I could see the shapes were jagged and high.  I was getting excited!  We drove by Vail and by the Colorado River.  Here are some pictures of what we saw on the way.

The mountains were beautiful!

It took us about 3 hours to arrive in Ouray and what a joy that was! We were greeted by Jerry and Jane with such anticipation of excitement.  That day they took us to Red Mountain.  And then they took us to Bear creek Falls...

These mountains are so majestic!  The pictures do not do justice to the massive mountains.   Now Jerry has a 4-wheel jeep and he can make that thing a 4-wheeler!  He took us places we'd never be able to imagine.   That first day was so exciting, but we were tired and needed to eat.  Jane made an awesome supper of Flank Steak, Corn on the Cob, and potatoes.  Jerry started a fire and we sat with our drinks and talked into the night.  Then Jerry said we had to leave the next day at 6:30!  OH BOY!  We were ready to go.  

This is such a beautiful place.  Can't wait to see so many more places here!  Keep watching and you'll see lots of pictures!

Our Interim summer time travels

Hello to my faithful followers..  I know you have wondered where I have been and why am I not writing in my blog.  Due to some repairs that needed to be done to the RV, we were not doing much.  We stayed with my sister, Pat, in Indiana for 3 weeks.  Bless their heart, they thought it would only be 1-2 weeks and it went on and on..
When we did get our RV back, we headed to Victoria's house in Savannah.  Well, they just rented another house in Metter, GA.  Its close to Statesboro and that is a good size city.  During the week there, we mostly visited and did some wedding dress shopping for Cahriana.  We had a really good time, but when it was time to leave, we were ready to get going. 
We went to Orange Beach, AL and met our oldest daughter, Michelle, and her family, Mike and Paul and Jon,  their sons.  We have a timeshare there and actually parked the RV across the street from the timeshare.  We actually got to go  into the ocean the first night and then were evacuated the next day.  The kids followed us in their car and we made different stops along the way.
We drove to Hanceville which is north of Birmingham as Jon goes to college there and we would drop him off there on Thursday.  We all did go to the Zoo there and it was wonderful.  No smelly animals.  It was great!  On Wednesday we stayed inside and played Phase 10 and Mexican Dominoes. 
Thursday Michelle and Mike dropped Jon off at the college and we all headed to Clarksville, TN.  We parked there and ate lunch at a great BBQ place by the campground.  We then quickly drove to St. Louis to see the Arch.  Burl and I had been there, but  the kids had not seen it.  Paul was really impressed.  He is 9 and all boy!  We were afraid the sights would not be good, but when we went up the sun was out and we saw so many neat sights.  After we came down from the arch, we visited the museum which was Paul's favorite thing! I was so glad to show them something they'd not seen.  We took pics outside the museum and outside.  When we drove home we got inside the RV and the RAINS CAME DOWN.  Lightning and thunder and all!  We played dominoes again!
The next morning we headed to Columbia, MO.  We drove downtown Columbia and ate at Applebees.  Do you know there are 3 colleges in that city of 110,000 people!   The people all seem to be avid sports fans.  We then came back and played Phase 10.
NOW, I know you are thinking, how b o r i n g!  But you are wrong.  We only get to see these kids every few years.  We had some quality time and Paul will always remember living in Grandma and Grandpa's "moving house". 
Today, they went on their way back to Dallas while we haeaded to Oakley Ks.  My first impressions of Kansas were really good.  There were hills, and cities, and greenery.  About 1/2 way through, it was brown fields, wind turbines and lots of wind.  LOTS of WIND!!  Do you know what that does to an RV... SCARY!    I have to say I was SO HAPPY to finally get to Oakley, which is a drop in the hat.  Campground is really very nice!  We are heading to Strasburg, CO tomorrow.  We talked to our friends, Jerry and Jane, in Ouray, Co.  We have decided to drive to Strasburg, CO tomorrow and then on Tuesday head to Ouray.  It will be a long day, but we are so anxious to see our friends and start our new life.  We'll head to Williamsburg, NM on the 11th.  We need to be there by the 14th of Sept.  Now THAT will be exciting! 
Thank you ALL for reading our blog.  We love you all!

Quebec City and Countryside Tour

   Looking for parking is not fun in Quebec.  We had to park in a garage ($17.00 a day)!  We were picked up by a small bus to bring us to the main pick-up place.  Our first leg of the journey was a city tour.  The guide spoke pretty good English.  It wasn't a full tour so Rae, Burl and I each had our own seats, which was nice to take pictures.  The guide told us the history of Quebec.  We saw the government building, the Citadel and the war spots.  We saw where they fortified the city so no one would be able to overpower Quebec again, as they had done in the past.  We saw the most famouse hotel (most photographed) in the world.  The Chateau Frantenac.  Very beautiful and didn't have time to go inside and check it out.  There are lots of Horse and buggy riders in Quebec City.  It sounded like fun until I realized the guide is turned around talking to the patron while the horse goes on.  How does the horse know when the light turns RED??  No thanks.. I'll stick to busses!
We had lunch at the "Shack".  When we were seated it looked like a window was in front of us.  But after sitting there a minute, we realized the window was open and we were just about on the sidewalk as we ate our dinner!  People walked by, smelled our food and came in.  We should have gotten a discount!  It was really fun though.  Rae was trying to take our pictures together, and the waitress felt sorry for us and took the picture with our cameras.  She was young and knew us "older" folks weren't as adept to self portraits as these younger kids are.  I'm sure they were in back of us laughing their heads off!!
When we finished our lunch, it was time for our countryside tour.  We drove to the Montmorency Falls, which are higher than Niagara Falls (83 meters) , but not near as wide.   We took a gondola up the mountain to see the top of the falls.  When we got to the top, guess what?  It started RAINING!  How different!  Well, that wasn't going to stop me! I waited it out for a few minutes as the rain was really pouring down.  But I got tired of waiting and headed out to the falls.  It was a long walk but worth it!  They were so beautiful!  And the mist at the bottom was spectacular.  When looking down at the falls, with the rain pouring down and finally the sun coming out, .... I saw a rainbow in the bottom of the falls.  Beautiful is not good enough to describe what we saw.  Now I am really anxious to see Niagara Falls  the week of July 7th!
When we all were ready, we went across a long bridge to the Isle of Orleans which is totally different from the city.  There are farms, strawberry fields, hills, barns, horses etc.  Very country, but at the same time, there were Million $$ houses on that island!  We also went to a chocolate factory that had Ice Cream and coffee.  Eveyone was thrilled with this place.  I walked along a side street to see the coast line of the St. Lawrence river running through this area to meet up with Quebec City.  It was a quaint area with lots of history and liveliness.
We were then off to Maries.  Now Maries is a small house in a small town.  She makes homemade bread and Maple Butter.  For $1.50 we got a very large slice of homemade bread with Maple Butter slathered all over it.  It was delicious, but very sweet.  My teacher friends would love it!  Too sweet for my taste but I enjoyed that sample.  Rachel bought both the bread and the butter.  We ate the bread, and the butter is for her kids.  While we were there, two (2) busloads of kids came in.  They were from America (some PA bus company) and were so Rude and Obnoxious!  I wanted to start speaking German so they wouldn't think I was part of their American group!  It was embarrassing.
Then next place was a copper making place.  A man started the company 50 years ago.  He died 5 years ago at 83!  His 3 daughters, wife and 2 employees work at this Copper making store.  The daughter told us the history and explained how the copper items are made.  They made pictures, jewelry, figures etc.  It was so fascinating to see.  He also make the life of Christ in copper pictures.  Mary being told she was pregnant, all the way to Jesus leaving the diciples after rising from the dead.  The picture depicted the scripture at the bottom... It was very moving to go through 3 rooms watching the life of Christ, in Copper. 
The next place which was our last stop was Saint Anne de Beaupre' Church.  What a HUGE church!.  People come from all over the world to this chuch as it has been said many people who were crippled, or some severe sickness were healed in this church.  There are crutches and canes etc as you enter, showing how people came with the items and left without them.  Quite fascinating.   Rae and I walked all over the place there.  Burl did his own thing while we read all the enscriptions and stories about men of past times, including saints of the faith.  Rae walked outside and we couldn't find a way back in; then found a door and went downstairs.  Why?  I don't know.  But we found a beautiful chapel for people during the week.  It was so beautiful, charming and quaint.  Then we were trying to find our way back to the sanctuary.  I found an elevator so we pushed the button.  When it stopped, 2 men with communion crackers were getting off.  NO ONE SPEAKS ENGLISH!  So we just got on the elevator hoping to go up. BUTTONS - WHERE TO?  I'm feeling like I'm in a scary movie and a monster is going to jump out!  Finally the elevator goes up!  Thank GOD!  The door opens and we are on the side of the altar in the sanctuary!  Weird...   There is so much in that church  and outside to see that it would take a full day to explore it all.  We had an HOUR!  When all the people assembled back on the bus, we headed back to Quebec City.  It had been a long day, but so interesting and full of history.  There is so much to see in Quebec and surrounding areas, that it would be a month before you could feel as though you know where it all was.  I thoroughly enjoyed our bus tour and our time in the city.  The driver took us to our car and we head home.  Again, we slept really good.  I still see so many pictures in my head.   I have to get the pictures off my camera and on the computer.  I'll have pages of pictures following this blog.  Hope you are enjoying our time seeing this beautiful country.  You know, Canada is so beautiful and so much history lies there.  However, USA has everything I know and believe in.  Guess I'll stay right here and see our beautiful America.  
Talk to you next time from somewhere in America!

The Beginning of Quebec City, Quebec Canada

To get to Quebec city would be 4 long hours driving in the Rain.   Have I mentioned that it has rained the whole time we were in Canada.  OK, it did not rain in PEI until we were leaving!  I didn't have much sleep the night before, so during the ride I went to the couch and slept.  Yep, slept for 2 hours!  When I woke up to loud French music, it was still raining!  Rae said there was a lot of fog on the highway and it was a good thing I was sleeping because I would have been a nervous wreck.  God is good.  He knows how I am.  There was such a great anticipation for Quebec City but at the same time wonderment about the language barrier. 
We finally found our campground which was very large!  We had a corner lot so got to see who was coming and who was leaving.  Due to being late in the day, we grabbed a quick hamburger at the "restaurant" on the grounds and then headed to do our laundry.  Very old machines and it took forever!  When we were done, we drove to Walmart.  There were 2 within a 15 mile radius of our campground.  It was extrememly weird hearing the lady talking in French over the intercom. And this one was like our "old" Walmarts with food in different places around the store.  It seemed very compact and hardly any room to move around.  We got our stuff and got out of there.  Too crowded and confined for me!  When we got back to the campground, we fell asleep quickly.
The next day we were going to Saint Jean Port Joli, which is the town Rachels parents met and married.  Her mother and grandmothers were all baptized in the same church there. 

We took the scenic route to Saint Jean Port Joli, which means we followed the St. Lawrence River all the way.  It is very large! 

Throughout this entire day, it poured!  We were so wet!  We took Route 132 N so we could see all the little villages and the beautiufl churches.  We stopped at a restaurant that made their own cheese and bakery goods. 

Rachel and I bought cheeses to go with our wine and crackers.  Burl bought us a blueberry muffin.  That muffin's blueberries were so juicy and sweet, it must have taken 15-20 minutes to eat it.  It was that good! 

   Burl and meThen we stopped at a rest stop to have a pottie break.  There was a path that brought us right to the St. Lawrence River edge.  We took pictures of course.

                                                                  Rachel

It was cold, windy and rainy, but we still enjoyed ourselves.  Rae, because she was seeing the places her parents grew up.  Us because its an area we have always wanted to see.  We were all happy. 

                                        We stopped at a wood carving place.  Oh.. there are SO MANY wood carving places.  This was one of the carvinWe gs outside one store.  A Duck with a Rifle!  Adorable! 

Rae bought some presents at some of the shops here.  I wanted to, but remembered that we will be in New Mexico during Christmas! 

We saw inside the church, and it was so beautiful.  Rachel was so happy to be there even though the rain continued to pour down.  I was happy for her.  It was a very good day!

On the  next day we decided to check out Quebec City, on our own.  We left for the city and mind you, it has rained every day since we've been in Canada.  We drove to a downtown market where they have food, wines, flowers, jewelry, donuts, materials, cutlery, etc.  Rachel bought some great wine and a couple pretty rings.  Then we decided to find the "old" Quebec.  With our GPS we found it!  We parked and walked to the Visitors Center.  A very nice young man showed us tours available.  He spoke really good English too.  After looking, listening and chatting we decided on an 8 hour tour to many of the great sites to see in Quecbec and around the area.  The SUN finally came out!!!  But the rain followed, once again!  Rachel made beef stroganoff and it was great!  The sun cmae out again, so Rae and I walked around the park.  No Internet as the camp blocks the internet unless you buys it from them.  We were not going to get facebook the whole time we were here.  Oh well, we'll stay busy and I'll write in my journal.  Thats how I remember all this stuff.  It was a great day but tomorrow would be even better!!

New Brunswick, CANADA

Shediac, New Brunswick

The ride to Shediac was a long ride. Pretty easy and then we came to the border.  They asked us all kinds of questions and then  had us pull over to the side so the Partrol guys could check out the RV.  The inside people checked our passports and the guys did the RV.  All was well.  The guys told us we had a beautiful rig.   The trip to Shediacwas okay but just really long.  Rachel rode in the front as I don't sit well; I need to get up and down all the time.  It took longer to get there than what we had thought.  We finally made it there, but we were late.  The woman was kind and gave us a good site.  The RV park looks like a trailer camp!  Not dirty or anything, but all scrunched togethere.  We felt like we could look inside the next trailers windows!  We went out for supper, came back and went to bed. 
On Friday (6-22) we decided to go to Nova Scotia.  we stopped at the Visitor Center and I bought a

T-shirt.  The information lady gave us a mp of a scenic tour along the coast.  The first part of the ride seemed to be all farmland and trees.  It seems we saw a LOT of trees in Canada!  We just drove and drove until we stopped for some gas.  It is $1.24 a liter.  We found a cute spot to eat lunch.  It was a pond with lots of grass.  After a quick lunch I went outside to talk to Rae.  She told me this was a frog pond and all the noise was from the frogs. 

We then continued along the ocean.  We saw so many curches that had graveyards all around them.  The church could be little but a huge graveyard. Some of the graves were so old too.  It became a joke where we'd look for a church to find a graveyard!  I even took a couple pics of the churches with the graveyards.  Along the way, there was a bad wreck where the people said we should turn around and go another way.  Didn't they see GEORGIA, USA on our licence plate?  How do we know where to go except where the map told us.  We are talking not a lot of major roads.. we could get lost there and no one would find us!  So we waited.  As we were finally passing the wreck, (it was really bad) a woman yelled at me to keep going!  Then I realized I had my camera in my hand from taking pics of the churches.  She must of thought I wanted a picture of the wrecked car and maybe a body.  Oh well. 
When we finally got home, it was late and it had been suggested to eat at a place called Lobster Deck.  So we decided to try it.  Hard to find a parking spot (good sign); walk up and order like Captain D's; go grab a seat in the building or on the "deck" that was closed in with heavy plastic for the rain and cold.  They call out your number and you go get the food.  OMGosh!  The amount of food was ridiculous!  I order Fish & Chips - 2 HUGE pieces of fish with FF). Rachel ordered sea scallops (21 in a small size); Burl ordered Poutine (french dish with cheese, beef and french friees and grave over all of it.) he loved it!  The food was totally awesome.  We decided that the next night we'd come again and Rae and I would order Fried Clams & FF to share and Burl would get Fish & Chips.  I would highly recommend that restaurant to anyone who wants seafood.  Awesome food and service.

Saturday (6-23) we got up at 5:45 and had to leave at 6:15 for PEI!  We had a tour at 9:00 and it was a 2 hour drive.  We drove really fast with no traffic on the road.  I guess they slept in!  The tour guide, Erik, was from England but moved to PEI 5 years ago.  We walked to different place and tried foods etc.  The first stop was at the Lobster Restaurant where they actually have live lobsters there to see, touch and learn about.  The owner explained everything about lobsters and I even touched one!

  Then he showed us raw oysters and asked if there was anyone who wanted to try it.  One young girl and Burl ate it.  Really really gross!!!!  From there we went to an Olive Oil place where you taste the different oils.  I liked the Basil oil, but not too many others.  We waited while other people, like Burl, checked out all the oils.  There must have been about 20-25! 





From there we went to Anne of Green Gables Chocolate Store.  They were actually making Chocolate covered potato chips.  And they are delicious.  I tried a few and then bought a container.  Really really good!  Then we went to COWS Ice Cream.  They are nationally known.  I never heard of them but there are a few in the USA.  Many in Canada.  The ice cream was indescribable!  A full taste and so very creamy.  We got a taste and I wanted more!  From there we went to a place called Poffertjes (poff er chuz) which is Swedish and they make the little sweet puff balls.  They were so good.  One lady came in and bought 10 and put them in a cup she brought. Fthen on to an Irish Pub where they make their own beer for their pub.  They don't sell outside of the pub..  It was pretty good beer, too.  The across the street to another pub; but this one was created in the Irish section of PEI.  Everyone told him a pub would not make it, but here it is 30 years later and the pub is one of the livliest around!  They serve Guinness Beer which is not allowed usually, but he has it shipped from Ireland! At this pub they also served each of us mussels.  Burl ate his, Rachels and mine.  I'm not eating slime!  The last stop was PEI Liquor.  This is 3 ladies from North Carolina.  The main lady's dad was a distiller and moonshine etc.  She came to PEI and opened a distillery and created flavored liquor.  For instance, Blueberry Vodka; Potato Vodka; and Evergreen Gin.  It took them about 3-4 years to perfect what they wanted.  Tastes were offered but I was not too interested. 
By the end of the tour we were tired.  So we headed back to Shediac.  To leave the island we had to pay $44.00!  You can get on free, but have to pay to leave!  We crossed the Confederat Bridge which was built 15 years ago to take the place of the ferry.  All it did was Rain!! 
The next day, we would head for St. Basille, NB on our way to Quebec.  A very long drive with lots of Rain, Trees and more Rain and Trees!  We did meet a couple at the campground who were very sociable.  We visited, had drinks and talked about owning an RV.  Early to bed as we had a full day to reach Quebec.  Now THERE is a city! 

Our Maine Adventure!

Maine is such a beautiful state.  We were excited to get to Bar Harbor (Bah Hab bah as Yankees say).  Rachel was in the co-pilot seat and I was standing and running from window to window so not to miss a great pictures.  I took so many of trees!  Guess I like them.  When we were outside of Bar Harbor, we saw this beautiful bridge coming up. I mean HUGE.  Burl pulled over and of course about 4 other cars followed us.  We read about the bridge and then took pictures.

From there, we headed to our campsite.  We had a view of the ocean but when we were there to see it, it was all muddy and rocky.. low tide. 
The one thing we were wanting to do was go to Acadia National Park.  So early the next morning we headed out.  The park is outside of Bar Harbor but so easy to find and the people are so kind.  We had a demonstration by a park ranger telling us all about the park and how to see certain things.  My big things were Thunder Hole and Cadillac Mountain.  Cadillac Mountain is the highest mountain on the eastern seaboard.  It also is the first place the sun rises on in the East.  The day was cloudy and cold.  I guess we should have waited but we were all anxious to see this place.  We started driving up the mountain.  They had certain routes you take for different things.  I knew we couldn't climb because Rae has a bad knee and back.  So we drove but it was so beautiful.  We kept making Burl stop so we could take pictures.  There were some gorgeous bridges.. not your plain old bridge, but with design and texture.

 And the Trees!  They were a light green and with the light coming through them, they were so beautiful.  I took lots of pics . 

We stopped at Thunder Hole but the guy said the hole is really big when high tide comes in.  It wasn't high tide!  Just my luck.  But I did see some splash.  this picture is looking straight down into the hole

  As we got to the top of Cadillac Mountain, we had to really search for a parking place.  Packed! and it wasn't sunny and warm!  It wasn't what I expected, but it was a beautiful site.  The rock was flat at the top so that you could go to the edge and look out... forever!  The cloudiness made is a little spooky..  It was really windy and cold so needless to say, we didn't stay long.  Even forgot to take pics of us up there!  Dumb Dumb! 


On the way down we pulled over for one more view of the beautiful water and islands.  We were parked in front of a stone wall and all of a sudden a sea gull flew right down on the rock in front of me.  I was still in the car.. guess he thought we were having a snack.  Instead of food, I took his picture! 

He sat there for about a minute, then literally jumped to the rock in front of the car ahead of us!  Adorable.   When it was time to leave we decided to eat.  We stopped at a place that had fried clams.  Ugh... they were not that good.  Big disappointment. 
The next day we drove down around the southeast and southwest harbor.  Just a nice ride running along the ocean.  Stopped a couple times to take pictures of the rocks and waves.  Very comforting to me. 
It was time for us to leave beautiful Bar Harbor, but our time there was so enjoyable.  We were heading to Canada and that would be a great experience...

We are heading to Maine!

I remember Maine!  When I was a kid, mom and dad and my cousin Kitty and I went to Sebago Lake in the summer.  There were such great memories there and I often think of all the enjoyment I had in Maine.  So as we planned this trip to Canada, I was sure to be in Maine a few days. 
When we left with the RV, we were excited and anxious to get to our new destinations.  Driving up to Sebago Lake for the night was an interesting drive.  Our GPS seemed to be "off her rocker" and brought us all over the place.  Even with tolls, the GPS lady was "kooky". 
We were finally on the road headed to our campground and found what we thought to be our campground.  It seemed to be the right one, so we started to drive in.  The entrance seemed kind of narrow but we went in and, THEN realized we were in the wrong campground!  Now understand, we pull our car along behind our 40' Motorhome so it isn't a breeze to just turn around or definitely NOT back up!  We went to the office and explained we were in the wrong camp and needed to get out.  She pointed the way and Burl started around the corner.  We were all inside and heard .... crack... crunch... !  I yelled STOP!  Jumped out and checked out what was going on.  Well, it wasn't good; not good at all. 
On the corner there had been a HUGE wood planter in the shade and we didn't see it.  It tore off  the door that covers the electrical wires (the one we just paid to have painted and put on while in Ellijay) and it scraped the heck out of one of the doors.  The door that holds our lines for water etc.  I was sick!
The young man that worked at the campground got a large piece of machinery and dug out the plant holder so it wouldn't do any more damage.  We unhooked the car and I backed the car out and waited for Burl to get the RV out of that campground.  I was sick to my stomach!  Burl is so great.. he tried to talk about other things and not get mad and all that.  We  went into the next campground which was Naples Campground and it was wonderful.  We were placed in a pull-thru right next to the showers and bathrooms.  Good thing too, seeing we couldn't get the water hose out.   We had to use the facilities but that was okay.  It was a great campground and the people were wonderful.  We have even talked to them about possibly coming to their campground as 'work-campers' in a couple years.
We set up and headed to Rachels grandsons house about 20 miles down the road.  We visited there and saw the family.  They have 3 little children and it was a joy to see the new baby who was 5 weeks old.  As the evening set, we headed back to the RV.  It was chilly but not too bad.  (little did we know!)
Bedtime came quick as we wanted to get out early to head to Bar Harbor.  When we woke up, it was 8:00 a.m and 46 degrees!! Those night shades in the RV sure do keep the light out!  So we bathed in the showers the campground provided and used their bathrooms.  Thank God those people keep the bathrooms really clean!  We finally were ready and headed out ... on our way to Bar Harbor. 
The beginning of the trip was very long, especially when the GPS lady took us all around Robin Hoods barn!  We finally got on the Maine Toll Road but at least we were headed in the right direction.  We did stop off the road at a rest area that had food, gas and information.  We got a lot of books and information on the rest of our trip.
Up until now I had been excited, but reading the information on Bar Harbor and seeing what was possible to see and things to do, I was like a kid in a candy shop! We found out there was a "scenic route" to Bar Harbor and we took it.  It was wonderful.  I couldn't sit in the RV, so I let Rae sit up front with Burl.  I was up and down, taking pictures of anything I saw out the window.  Trees, water, sky, bridges, anything!  It was great! 
So here we are, at Mt. Desert Narrows Campground in Bar Harbor, ME!  What greets us as we enter, but a swimming pool!  We drive to our site and what greets us?  The OCEAN!  Yep, we have an ocean site!  I probably took 20 pictures of the ocean (low tide) and just smiled.  Its so beautiful.  We set up (Burl did finally pound open the door that held the water hose) and pulled out our chairs and tables and sat and looked.  We then walked down to the ocean, talked with people in the park, then sat down with a glass of wine, and watched the ocean.  How more perfect could a day be? 
Tomorrow we head out to Bar Harbor, Arcadia National Park etc.  We don't leave until Thursday.  I'll slowly put pictures up but right now... I'm tired!  Rae is already in bed and Burl is watching TV.  AND.. its Really Really COLD!!!   Heat is on... blankets are on the bed and warm pj's... Night all....