Finishing Up the Maine Course, Swinging by New Hampshire, and Coming Full Circle Back to Massachusettes
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Bob and I had spent the better part of the last two day in the state of Maine (with a brief interlude on Canada’s Campobello Island), and for good reason. Since I had never been in this relatively large state, there was much to see. On Monday, July 16, 2012, we spent the first half our day finishing it up. We had stayed in Augusta the night before for a very specific reason: to be near the state capitol. Frankly, I was a bit glad that the first tour wasn’t until 9am as I would have a chance to sleep in even if only for a little bit. Bob and I got up and had a pretty hearty breakfast at the motel consisting of scrambled and hard-boiled eggs, sausage, blueberry yogurt, and toast, and then hit the road, arriving at the Maine State House a little before 9am. Read the rest of this entry »
Considering our late night the night before, Bob and I managed to get up relatively early, get ready and head out for our second day in New York City, on the morning of Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Readers of this blog will already have some idea of the types of things that were on our radars for the day. Needless to say there are lots and lots of things to do in New York City, but most of the things I was focusing on during this first visit had to do with either the entertainment industry or Presidential/historical sites. And a little bit of sports I suppose. It was just a bit after 8am as we began our day, heading from our hotel on 46th street toward the subway stop on 42nd street, Bob opting to stop at McDonalds for a quick breakfast on the way. 
We saw the sun on the morning of Sunday, July 15, 2012, before almost anyone in America. Well, we would have if we hadn’t slept through it. Bob and I were in Lubec, Maine – which is credited as being the easternmost town in the contiguous United States. But aside from the sunrise, we had already seen everything there was to see here. But there was more to see just a little further east. Of course to go further east meant that we would have to leave American soil, and since we had our passports handy, that’s just what we did. But we started with a bit of breakfast continental style, mine being especially full of blueberry (a muffin and yogurt), and then a little bit after 8am, we checked out and headed into Canada.