Well, we have finally made it to the USA. We came in on a ferry last night to Portland Maine, from Yarmouth Nova Scotia. It was a five and a half hour trip, but luckily we were on time and had little trouble getting through customs, even with the van. We could have been carrying anything inside – they didn’t look in it or ask anything about it. It was about 9.30pm when we got to our campsite just out of Portland so we set up and went straight to bed. This morning we got up and drove the 100km down to the outskirts of Boston ( after visiting a chocolate shop that had a 1700 pound chocolate moose!) where we are going to stay for four nights before we move on to Washington.
The weather has finally decided to warm up so we have spent the greater part of the afternoon at the beach just near the Hamptons, which is where many rich and famous supposedly hang out. Some pretty expensive houses built right down to the sand, but we still have by far the better beaches, even though this one had reasonably white sand. There were literally thousands of people up and down the beach, swimming in almost millpond conditions.
We are now into our fifth week of camping, certainly the longest we have ever been away. The car and van (and our nerves!) are still holding together pretty well, and we plan to take it a little easier over the next two weeks. We have been pretty flat out so far, but now we are going to slow down, go to the beach a bit more, and enjoy the last part of summer break.
(Blogged by John)
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