No hangover this New Years Day, on the road by noon.  Very little snow in Pennsylvania, none in Virginia, hopefully we have finally left it behind!  Seen a sign, turn left for Norfolk, reminds me of Navy days when we said,  "We are the girls from Norfolk, we don't drink, smoke, Norfolk!"  What a sight ,a group of Harleys
out for the day on Jan 1st, we are getting warmer.  Found the Wal-Mart in Raleigh,North Carolina, run out of propane in the middle of the night, hooked up the spare and bought a new bottle for $20.00 at Wally World,in the morning, $34.00 in Chester! We want to really thank the followers for their comments, nice to know someone is watching!  Trish went out for her first smoke of the morning, and the Jehovah Witness's got her,right there in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Trish can't wait to eventually get to Louisiana, where she becomes "Miss Trish", what is that about, age,wisdom,respect ??????
In South Carolina at noon,saw our first palm trees beside a sign to Myrtle Beach!
Staying two nights at a military campground, doing the laundry, resting up for Georgia!We were able to clean up all dishes, Trish re-organized all the cupboards,I cleaned the camper outside, it was filthy with Northern slush!  Hundreds of Canada Geese on the lake at Sunset!      

Slept in a Ski-Lodge in Vermont, charged up the camper battery, then two nights at Wally-World, Binghamton, New York, then Mechanicsburg, PA, next day into Virginia. "VIRGINIA is for LOVERS", So spent New Year's Eve under the covers, we did go to a nearby restaurant, but were back in bed before the Midnight hour!  Experienced snow for about one half hour in New York, have had great weather, head out today for North Carolina, cold weather, but none of that damned white stuff!  Really enjoying our new thermal coffee mugs.  Jimmy Flynn sez the best invention ever, was the "termos bottle", keeps hot stuff hot and keeps cold stuff cold, but he always puzzled, "How does it know which is which"

We left Amherst, Nova Scotia early Friday a.m. ,as planned. Got refills at Tim's near Moncton in the new thermal mugs we got for Christmas from son Rob and Darlene. Lunch was pizza and cheesecake from Karen's fridge!  Hit the Sunshine near Saint John,held it until St.Stephen.Seen many deer coming out to enjoy the sunshine!  Bought gas as soon as we crossed the border, then of course drove half a mile and gas was six cents cheaper a gallon, happens to us all the time in the States! All along the #9 hwy in Maine we noted no one had power,lots of work crews along the road!  Parked in the Brewer Wal-Mart, slept well until the back-hoe and trucks started removing mountains of snow from the parking lot.  We left at 2 a.m. and found a quieter place to sleep, the Farmington cemetery, as pictured above!  Gas 16 cents a gallon cheaper in New Hampshire, box of wine four times cheaper then home, five litre box for 11.99, thirty beer for 22 bucks. Seen our first hawk this p.m. Settled in a motel in Vermont for Saturday night, truck camper plugged in, nice hot showers, sure beats last night in the camper. Camper is filthy, filthy, but rain tomorrow, will probably wash itself before we hit New York State!

Driving through the ice & snow in Maine & hope not to see it again !

Shoveling out the camper it's Christmas Eve, put the camper on, we are ready to leave. Christmas dinner tomorrow with my youngest Sis.  Definitely an occasion we did not want to miss. Then a few drinks with Cathy & Brian, take it easy on the liquor & wine  Boxing Day with my grandchildren and son, supper with my daughter we will have lots of fun.  Friday the 27th  we're off to Maine, First night at a Walmart come wind, snow or rain !

Ten more sleeps here in snowy Chester, than Trish and I will be "on the road again!"  We leave Boxing day and hope to hit Florida for New Year's Eve!  Four months of fun in the Sun, from Florida to Texas and points in between, we hope to blog most every day, depends on the free wi-fi and where we stay. Thanks to those that take enough interest to follow us, we love your imput!

Boy, you never know where life is going to take you, we went for a quiet, quiet week- end to Phinney Cove on the Bay of Fundy, Saturday morning my daughter says "Let's go into Digby and meet the people who own this cottage!"  An hour later we are at the Wharf Rat's Rally, 25,000 motorcycles and about 50,000 people added to the small town's population, it was great, had a few beers with guys that wore Veteran patches, no problem to start up a conversation, because most Cdn vets went through Cornwallis, the base is only a few miles from Digby.  Sat. night, Sunday & Monday were very peaceful on the Bay, great food, great friends, played cards, tossed sewer washers, collected stones from the beach, beach fires, enjoyed the fog and rain, and demolished a few 24's!  Phinney Cove is not far from Paradise, Nova Scotia!!