June 19th, Tuesday – Lubec to Mexico, as in Mexico, Maine

It was with a bit of reluctance but also with a good bit of expectation as to what we were going to find around the next corner that we said goodbye to Sunset Point RV Park in Lubec, Maine.  Indeed, it was time to live  out our motto which in part is to boldly go where we have not been before. However, we didn’t see any need to rush since, as always, we never plan to drive more than 3 hours and/or about 200 miles at a time.  Today that changed a bit out of necessity.

As is our normal practice everything was packed away, slides in, jacks up and tanks dumped and we were on the road by 10 am.  The plan was to head to a Walmart in Augusta, Maine.  We would spend the night there and then make our way to Meadowcrest Campground in Vermont.  Each segment of the trip was only supposed to take 3 to 4 hours.  Notice I said supposed to.

First item of business, was getting out of Lubec.  Route 189 in front of the park is a really nice road.  But then you come to Route 1 going south.  Can you say dirt road, two segments each, both about 1 mile long.  Then, after you are through with that, it’s potholes and washboard for about an 1 hour.  Thankfully, it does finally become a decent road.

As to what went wrong.  We got to the Walmart in Augusta in about 4 hours, taking into account stops for fuel and food.  Remember I said that each segment of this trip, meaning from Lubec to Meadowcrest was supposed to take about 3 to 4 hours each?  Once we got settled in at the Walmart, Barbara punched Meadowcrest into the GPS and said something like wow we have a long trip tomorrow, almost 6 hours.  What?

Let’s try Google maps.  OK, about 4 hours.  Let’s tray Waze, OK about 4 hours.  Let’s try our phones, OK 4 hours.  What’s with the GPS?  Long story short we still had a lot of daylight left so we decided to head a few hours further west in order to make tomorrow’s trip the 4 hours it was supposed to be.  That, my friends, is how we ended up in Mexico at another Walmart.  Tomorrow, all the map programs finally agree the trip should take no more than the 4 hours we were expecting.  Sweet.

That was the extent of our day.  We were once again blessed with an absolutely beautiful day for travel.  Clear blue skies, none of the rain nor storms from the day before, and abundant sunshine.   Traffic was light and we only hit two construction zones on Route 2 heading toward Mexico.  The day could not have been better.  We trust your day was just as great.  If not, why not, remember you cannot control what life brings your way, but never forget, how you react and act is your decision.  In closing, a thought for each of us to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before