Gas is over four dollars a gallon in New York State, now I   understand why Nova Scotia bases their gas prices on New York Port something or other,, then they can get more taxes from us! Dropped right down again when we entered Pennsylvania. We stopped in Whitehall ,New York, on Lake Champlain, can you believe this,the birthplace of the US navy,Whitehall is on a river leading to Lake Champlain where the US built the first ships to fight the British from Canada, a navy battle took place on the Lake! Seen a neat sign, "Camping without beer is just sleeping outside!"  That's us tonight, We asked where to get beer or whisky before coming to the campground, they told us 30 miles in one direction for beer and 50 miles in another direction for alcohol, see, we told you we only go on back roads! When we were getting our propane filled, the young guy said he heard us ask about beer and whiskey, he told us if we were interested we could get Marijauna in a house across the street!
We visited the Baseball |Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Cooperstown is twinned with Windsor ,NS, The Birthplace of Hockey! The cheapest sunglasses in the Baseball Hall of Fame were $80.00, but a automobile safety inspection is only .99 cents, yes .99cents. The highways called Parkways run along side the Interstates,Trish calls theintetstates runways, because everyone is flying! None of that for us!

Live Free and Eat Fries

New Hampshire, the no taxes state, a burger joint had their license plate motto in the window "Live Free and Eat Fries"  A forty ouncer costs $11.00 , 12 beer only 9.95.  No seat belts required, but can't stop that damn buzzer in the truck! Near the end of the day, we treated ourselves to MacDonald's new Cherry Berry Chiller, we had most of it left when we pulled into the Wal*Mart parking lot in Lebanon, N.H., we got out the whiskey and changed them into Cherry Berry Thrillers, some good! We seen a hawk diving into the Conectticut River this morning!  Brunch in Rutland, Vermont, blogging and heading for the Empire State, looking for a real campgound tonight!

on the road again

On the road again, stopped in Oxford, Nova Scotia , Blueberry Capital of the World, Karen gave us a mini-tour of the plant, last year's berries were being brought out of the freezers and processed, it is quite an operation, then a great supper at Karens, early to bed and hit Tim's in Sackville by 9 am.Saw a butterfly in New Brunswick.    Crossed the border , then hit the higher spots in Maine, Crawford, Mexico, Banger and Peru,camped on a beautiful lake in Amherst, Maine.The Haase Helper worked well, Brian made us a bit for my drill that helps us level the camper, without a lot of arm twisting!        Friday was a hat day, showers not operating in the campground, too early in the season!

Hooray, hooray, it's the 1st of May, outdoor screwing starts today! Well, it used to, but too damn cold this week, below zero every night lately, and that wind from the West makes the days very cold, even with the Sun.  Tomorrow, we are on our way to the Southern States, stopping in Amherst to see my daughter Karen as we usually do, then across the border Thursday morning. It will be Wal*Mart parking lots for the first few days, probably have to drive a while to find our first campground that is open this time of the year. Hope things warm up, while we are gone for a month! Hello to all our followers, we like your company & comments!

Yahoo!

We may be leaving a little earlier for LA east, thats Louisiana, Leesville to be exact,probably May 2nd!
We plan a liesurely drive, stopping in Cooperstown,NY, (baseball hall of fame) and Graceland, and many Wal*Mart. parking lots!. Let's see? Sixteen days to drive 2000 miles is just about 125 miles per day, now that's liesurely! We will miss the Western Shore Annual Flea Market & Fish Fry, but there is always next year.  We will also miss the Grand Opening of the Galley Restaurant, we wish our friends Ben and Jeff all the best, hope you are as successful as Ben & Jerry's!

healthy & happy

As we said on Valentines Day the plan is to hit the highway to Louisiana for the month of  May, we never blogged all winter because Paul was waiting for results of health tests, well, we can safely say now that he has no heart problems,after an ultra sound, no hernia, no cancer and the hemmoroids are gone. We are ready to travel, so thought May, with Trish's birthday, Miss Lucy's birthday and Memorial Day all in that month, we would wait until then, hope all our followers will enjoy our daily blogs during our travels, some things we plan to see on the way and on our return are Graceland, Cooperstown(baseball hall of fame) but most of all we look forward to Leesville on the LSU porch & pool.  

were back

Valentine's day, we just made a major decision, we are going "on the road again" ,going to Leesville , Louisiana, , leaving on 8th  May and returning on June 8th, the plan is to spend Trish's birthday, Miss Lucy's birthday and Memorial Day in LA.  We are so excited, it will be two years ago that we attended the Memorial Day celebration in full Legion uniform,. Look forward to once again representing Canada at  Leesville Post 145 of the American Legion, Trish and I will drink from  our Saints 2010 glasses, we won that night that the Saints won the Superbowl.  "What a Party". Free beer, Jagerbombs?, food up the ying,yang! We will never forget the conga line that lasted for over an hour!, Every time you passed the bar some one tried to put another free drink in your hand!  Yahoo, we want to put you on  notice, party time, Louisiana, here we come!