A New Hampshire Morning

Hello Family,

I've been lucky enough to see a great deal of this vast country from Washington eastward to Maine. Today or tomorrow I'll stick my toes in the Atlantic at Bar Harbor.

Traveling across the country and seeing the beauty of Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Vermont, New Hampshire and finally, Maine has been a once in a life time experience. I have photos from all those places which I hope to add to this blog or to the family site. That will have to wait until I'm home because getting a good Internet connection on the road has been problematical.

I also spent 4 days driving across Ontario and Quebec Canada. The parks were empty. In 2 of the 3 places I stopped in Canada I was the only person in the entire park. Spooky but nice.

Today I have an appointment with the head of the Norridgewock Historical Museum to see the displays and later visit the oldest cemetary, both of which feature much with the Weston name. Joseph Weston was buried in there in 1777 only a few years after he and another man founded the village of Norridgewock. It's going to be an interesting day.

I'm in a campground outside Skowhegan, a couple of miles from Norridgewock. This town, larger than the other, also is repleat with Westons in its history. The photo is of the main street as it looked yesterday.

Ours is truly a vast and wondrous country and I've met a wide variety of people, all of whom have been pleasant and helpful. While I've visited some interesting cities,lovely towns and quaint villages, they really don't compare, for me, to traveling through the wide open and mostly empty spaces of the great western states.

I'll have more to say and report but that's it for this time.

Grandpa