Awake: 6:40am Temp 60 sleep 7+07 early morning rain, then cloudy
overnight @ Salisbury, Massachusetts.
We leave the Black Bear Campground @ 9:06am; it was easy off, easy on for
I-95. We stay in the exit lane of I-95 for the New Hampshire tourist
information center, our 1st stop for today. Kathy loads up on brochures &
a N.H. map. Back on I-95 & a short time later, we stop & pay the New
Hampshire toll of $3.50, our 2nd stop. Not too much later on I-95, we make
another stop entering Maine to gather more brochures & a road map; our 3rd
stop. Shortly after getting back on I-95, we stop @ the toll booth for
Maine & fork out $2.40; our 4th stop. Then after many miles northbound on
I-95 upon exiting, we make a 5th stop to pay another toll of $7.00. From
here we travel on I-295, Coastal Route 1 & Route 27 without any more
tolls. I must say, since entering MA, the interstates have been very
smooth, scenic & a pleasure to travel on. We arrive @ the Shore Hills
Campground in Boothbay, Maine @ 12:56pm.
Today’s travel: 2+42 time 120 miles 16.7 gal used 7.5 mpg
48.5 avg speed
Rain caught up with us as we were heading northbound making many stops, so
out comes the umbrella when walking to the office to check in. We are
assigned a parking site & given a map for directions. Unfortunately, I
didn’t look close enough on the map & missed the 1st turn toward our
camping area. Backing up with a tow car attached is a no-no, so we
continued on down the road to a crossroads area, detached our Suzuki &
Kathy helped guide our turnaround to head back in the correct
direction….all in the rain with no umbrella. We like the camp site we were
given for our rally.
7:20 dinner: Swordfish, brown & wild rice, mixed salad & toast.
Double feature Satellite movies tonight: “Not as a Stranger” with Olivia
de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Charles Bickford, Gloria
Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lee Marvin, etc. Mitchum marries nurse de
Havilland who supports him through medical school despite oft-strained
relationship. 1955. Interesting story with….that twist you might expect.
“The Defiant Ones” with Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel,
Charles McGraw, etc. Engrossing story of (2) escaped convicts…one black,
one white….shackled together as they flee from police in the South. 1958.
Don’t take any time outs during this movie…it’s unpredictable!
Travel high temp=63 Lights out: 1:00am
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