Through the mountains we goooo...

Every once in a while I get into a blog mood again. Don't know why I go back and forth, but I do. This post is going to be about our travel's so far, that being Sue, Bob and Sara Archambeau and myself. We landed in Thetford, Vermont at the Rest N Nest campground, just north of Norwich, Vermont. Norwich is where King Arthur Flour is located and that is the reason for our trip. Sue wanted to take baking classes at KAF because it is her favorite cooking company. She became overwhelmed with joy when we went into the Bakery Shop yesterday. We just stopped by to make sure we could find it and Sue was in heaven. I bought some Pumpkin Pancake mix and Chocolate Chip Cookie mix. Wonder if it'll be better than Sue's homemade? Probably not.


So going back to the beginning, we shoved off from Hastings, Michigan around 5 pm on Wednesday the 8th and stopped driving the motorhome around 10 pm in Woodstock, Ontario in a WalMart parking lot. Slept in our yucky-ness that night and were already looking forward to showering at the campground. Got up early the next day and drove through Canada, crossing the border back into the United States around St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. We passed the Falls on the highway just before Customs. Going into Canada was fairly easy, just a couple questions and off we went. Into the United States, the customs people were searching every car and we were in a motorhome. They came up into the RV and matched the licenses/passports with the people and, once again, Sara and I were called sisters. They didn't know which license was who's. They didn't give us any trouble, though. Good! Cause I get nervous in those situations and I looked like c-r-a-p. So we kept driving, stopping on and off for the dogs and bathrooms and food. I have to say, traveling in a motorhome with friends AND dogs is quite amazing. Sophie, the scardy-dog, should have been medicated before the trip became, but she hasn't been too much trouble. Maggie has been excited for everything this trip has to offer and they both have been very good puppies.

Captain Bob did a very good job driving us through Canada, construction, mountains and really scary bridges to get us to the great state of Vermont. Co-Caption Sue did a very good job navigating until we got to the camp ground...then we needed some help from my handy GPS on my phone, which has saved us multiple times. We were able to find Enterprise for the rental car, Walmart in New Hampshire, King Arthur Flour and, of course, our way back to the campground. They were very thankful, of course.

So, since we've been here (just after 9 pm on Thursday) we have been settling in and kind of exploring. Yesterday, Friday, Sara and I decided to walk to the post office, "just a mile down the hill on the right," the campground manager said. So we start walking down a hill which very quickly turns into a MOUNTAIN. We keep going down and down and down until we realize there is no way we are getting back up this hill. Then, we finally reach a town. Post office anywhere to be seen? Nope. We had to search a little ways for it, but we found it! Then, we decided to call Sue and Bob and ask for them to come get us. Turns out, they don't have any cell phone signal at the campsite. So we had to call the same guy that gave us the bad directions and ask for him to relay the message that we need to be picked up down the mountain. I will say, despite the epic fail on our parts, it was a very scenic and hilarious trip. And it's always better with a best friend by your side :)

Vermont is SUCH a beautiful state. Rolling mountains, called the Green Mountains, which is very appropriate because of all the evergreen trees covering them. New Hampshire's state motto is Live Free or Die, which is also appropriate considering they don't have tax on most of their products. The price on the item is the price you pay. That's always nice! Where we are staying is only a matter of a couple miles from New Hampshire, so I'm sure we'll be seeing it again, soon.

So far, I've been through Michigan, Ontario, New York State, Vermont and New Hampshire and on Wednesday we will be taking a day trip down to Boston, Massachusetts! What a vacation. I will be sure to update this with more tales from the motorhome. Over and out!