Tuesday, August 12, 2014

8/12/2014 Maine, Moose Accident, Canadian Border Crossing

Mount Katahdin Background
Uncle Bill's Log Cabin
Aug. 10 and 11 - We left Connecticut and headed on 95N to Bangor, Maine then followed Route 152 West to the small town of Ripley. We visited Debra's Uncle Bill and wife Gayle at their beautiful log cabin located on a hill top off a dirt road.  Their porch view is of Mount Katahdin which is the highest mountain in Maine.  Uncle and Gayle will meet up with us again shortly in Nova Scotia.


A few days before we arrived in Maine, my cousin was driving near Bangor and came upon an accident.  At first she thought she was seeing things.  A car hit a moose, and as often happens the moose ends up in/on the car and both moose and passengers perish.  In this case the driver miraculously lived!!!!  Moose weigh almost twice as much as a horse and caution signs are everywhere on the highways in Maine and Canada.


 Aug. 12 - Route 95 takes us to Canada and the Trans Canada Highway.  Last year when we made this trip in the RV (with 24 other rigs from our Excel RV Club) we were waved through at the boarder with no problem.  This time I knew it was going to be interesting when their first question was "where do you live" - in the RV, "what address do you use" - South Dakota. Seeing that the truck and RV are registered in Montana (for tax benefits); we were pulled over and both truck and RV were searched.  Can't really blame them, our lifestyle is a bit sketchy.  They were very nice about it and upon finding no contraband we proceeded to Nova Scotia.










                                                        

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