Wednesday night we slept under the Wal*Mart star in a town called Bethlehem, a little early for Christmas, we didn't see anything out of the ordinary! We also saw saw two hawks , Trish's angels! Many Amish buggy's slowed our progress in Pennsylvania. Saw a very large harvester, harvesting sunflower seeds, they are very black, shriveled and no petals, standing about four foot high. Cold and sunny again, six days in a row! Wonderful weather for travelling! Finally turned sharp left to the South yesterday, travelled West for a long time! Celebrated with some NS Blueberry wine and my daughter's luscious lasagna, no one makes lasagna like Karen, meat,cheese & spinach, meat ,cheese & spinach, layers and layers! Brian and Cathy, think of you when we sit at the WineSippers table each night! Brian and Dale, think of you when we eat the venison meat loaf day after day, Kraft Dinner tonight! Linda, Trish thinks of you as she travels with no bra, no make-up, no jewellery and when she strains the potatoes over the toilet bowl!
Met a Korean Vet in Granby, Conn, gave him our branch ribbon and pin for his bar!
Bethlehem had two Wal-Marts, we went to the one under the Eastern Star! We are more than halfway to Leesville , see you soon, Lucy and Andy ! W e are in Trish's favourite state, Virginia is for Lovers and tomorrow is Paul's birthday, and it looks like we may get storm-stayed Saturday. Boy, Oh Boy!

Another State, another Wal-Mart,and another very Sunny day,that's four in a row, travelling through New York and Pennsylvania today, Wednesday! A cop stopped me for erratic driving, someone behind us called him, I confessed, told him Trish was reading the map wrong and I changed lanes quickly, he said OK , have fun in Florida! Just crossed the Hudson River, over Bear Kill Mtn , seen a flock of swans in the river. Hi, this Trish, I was not reading the map wrong, Paul just doesn't like a woman telling him where to go!

Sleeping, shittin', shaving, shopping and saving, all at the Wal-Mart in Manchester, New Hampshire! Couldn't find any free electricity in Chester, NH, so settled in Bedford, suburb of Manchester for the night. Propane heat got us through a mild night! Back in Bangor, we talked to a guy about free elec., he pointed out an abandoned building , said he watched a guy all summer, plug his wheelchair in there and had a nap, while recharging. There was a cover over the plate when we checked it! Darn!
We have had three sunny days so far, we will have tans before we reach Florida!
Bought a 40 pounder of Glenfiddich and Cdn Rye for $44.00 in NH. The Cdn rye was $9.50!

Making our way through Maine, will be in New Hampshire in an hour, then no seatbelts required, cheap, cheap booze, Looking for a bottle of Crawford's Scotch! Trish took a small bottle of water from Front Harbour and hopes to dump it in the Pacific ocean in a few months. The only toll we ever pay is at the Saint John bridge, it's 50 cents and I usually just go right through!, this time a guy came running at us across three lanes of traffic, made me back up and cross two lanes of traffic so he could charge us 75 cents for a recreational vehicle. Gas right across the border is 17 cents a litre cheaper, that's including the exchange. Then of course, as soon as we filled up, we started seeing stations selling it even lower. $2.75 at the border and we seen as low as $2.59 a gallon (US) before we reached Bangor, stayed in Bangor last night, plugged in at an Irving Stn near the delivery entrance. There's UI, then there was EI, Trish and I are on IE, (illegal electricity). The beer truck showed up for a delivery at 5 AM, so we were on the road early! At dusk we watched for Moose, but instead almost hit a herd of turkeys crossing the hwy!

Our road trips always start with a Tim's, today was no different, two medium double,doubles and the new large tin to make our own in the States. Last year when we went to Texas we had a Tim's each morning thanks to Karen giving us a camping perk, plan the same this trip. We are in Amherst this evening and it is damn cold. Cross the border at Calais ,Sunday sometime!

This is a special post for Lucy and Andy in Leesville, LA.......We leave tomorrow, can't wait to get to your place and see your new home. Do you think Santa will find us there ? LOL
We will keep you posted by your e-mail where we are and what day we will be in Leesville. Send me your phone number to my email and we will call you as soon as we get into town.

Tomorrow, Saturday , 12 Dec 2009, we are finally going to be on the road, staying in Amherst tomorrow night then crossing the border on Sunday, heading for Leesvilles, Louisiana in time for Christmas. Hello to all our followers! We are taking donair meat, solomon gundy, dulse, maple syrup and other delicacies not all that well known in LA. Looking foward to that first drink at Post 145, American legion!