Sunday, September 28, 2008

September 28, 2008 – Pumpkin Patch Campground, Hermon, Maine

We drove about 5 hours north and east to this really nice campground near Bangor, Maine. There aren’t so many trees here, but the sites are nice and level, plus we have full hookups, including cable TV and internet for under $30 a day. We’re really roughing it!

It rained off and on (mostly on) the whole way here and is still raining. We had planned to go to Bar Harbor, Maine, which is on the coast and part of Acadia National Park. We changed our plans though, because of the tropical storms and Hurricane Kyle. The way it looks, it should quit raining here tomorrow and the storms are moving northeast of here. We’ll drive to Acadia either Monday or Tuesday, depending on the weather.

We’ve been switching back and forth between eating out and staying in and cooking. When we were sightseeing in the Boston area, we mostly ate out, trying the clam chowder, clams and fish. This evening we went into Hermon and tried lobster. We both felt it was highly overrated. It’s too much work for what you get. I think we’ll both be sticking with the other sea foods.

Larry’s head hasn’t bothered him. It looks like a nice clean cut, not at all inflamed. The doctor had told him yesterday that he could shower and wash his hair yesterday evening if he wanted, but he waited till this evening to shampoo. I applied the ointment afterward and it looks real good. I keep thinking it should get sore, but maybe there is enough blood flow in the head that it will heal quickly. It’s quite a gash though, about 3 inches long.

That’s all for this evening, no pictures again. We saw lots of color in the trees on our way here, but it was really raining and foggy, so we didn’t take any pictures. It’s almost 8:00 here and the Amazing Race will be on soon, so we’re settled in to watch that tonight.

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