We
have done over 5000 miles and we have had to put in a litre of oil.
There is an annoying electrical problem.......twice now.... Without
reason the battery has discharged. We started the car this
morning.... Drove a hundred meters... Went for a shower... Came
back.... Flat battery!!... Weird! There is room for another battery
so well buy one as a spare!! Minor problem we can always use
batteries! A nice man from the national park bought his car along an
jump leads and started us this am.
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This
hen of the wood mushroom was a whopper
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The
leaf color is still lovely down here as its a bit later than where we
were. 44deg N our furthest north.
The
Moose are eluding us. They get some sort of tick which causes them to
scratch off their fur, then they freeze to death in winter so numbers
are down. They still hunt moose for meat and heads to hang on the
wall! There is also a referendum coming to try to stop bear baiting
and trapping. They call it hunting to bait bears with food then trap
them and shoot them!! The two camps are strongly opposed to each
other. Don't ask me how that could be called hunting!!
Gun
shops are amazing.
As
we headed south we came upon Camden....so we sort of got stopped
again ... So many interesting boat yards an ship builders an harbour
masters to talk too! Lovely old houses and nice coffee
Good
lobster too. We ended up camping there 3 nights. Our longest stop to
date bar New York. A Shaker furniture showroom and workshop
caught my eye just north of Lincoln so we went back to vistit.
Windsor Chairmakers. windsorchair.com.
Huge old barn
with people making handmade chairs and tables mostly ...but lots of
stuff. The Two farm houses have been joined together and added to
with a lovely big exhibition space at the back also filled with their
furniture. So many beautiful timbers to work with.
Camden was a really nice little town with great artsy atmosphere, a nice little town dock and very nice restaurants and very friendly people.
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From
Camden we Stooged south another 100 odd km to a campground near
Freeport Maine. Tomorrow we will explore Bath.
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For
Sale for around $250,000. So Cheap here.
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