Kit and Carol on the Road

We stopped early this afternoon in Bangor, Maine. The wind she is a whippin’. We thought we were heading away from it –the forecast was for high winds in the Adirondacks and Green Mountains after all—but no such luck. I am watching the dust swirling around the campground. (Later the dust is replaced by a Downpour!) There is not much to report today—we just drove Highway 2 from New Hampshire to Maine. It’s a lot like driving Highway 2 in Washington between Everett and Gold Bar. We didn’t find any small towns we could comfortably stop in.

Yesterday, however, was pretty spectacular—a perfect day in New Hampshire: sunny, no wind, and 70 degrees. If we get the wireless to work I’ll post some photos. We set off to go on a hike recommended by our camp host but the bridge was out and the road was closed and we couldn’t get to the trailhead. So we picked another hike—a loop to Arethusa Falls and back on the Frankenstein Cliff trail. (the name should have told us something). There are lots of rocks in the trails (New Hampshire is the Granite State) and also tree roots making even the level parts tricky. Not much was level. The falls were really cool, and there were some fantastic views on the trail—but coming down the last mile of the Cliff trail was very slow going. The whole loop was 5 miles with something like 1500 feet of elevation gain. The worst part was that both Kit and I got stung by bees. Mine kept me awake much of the night the pain was so bad. Kit’s has swollen up and is red and painful. I guess we will live.