We arrived in DC on Monday after an interesting drive. We did get an EZ-Pass and it works great driving through the Eastern states. Because we are pulling a fifth wheel we have our GPS set to follow truck routes and because we have propane on board, traveling through most tunnels is prohibited so we had to pay close attention and change routes along the way.

Our campground is Cherry Hill Resort and a nice large park. The park has a bus stop and the bus takes you to the Metro Trains then into DC. We had planned to go into DC on Tuesday and tour some of the Smithsonian but it rained all day and we just relaxed and stayed inside.

Wednesday, we booked a bus tour, DC After Dark, and it was great with a very good tour guide.

Here are some of the photos:

The Capital

Washington Monument

The Whitehouse

Our tour guide

Korean War Memorial

The portraits are of actual service people who served 

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument and Reflection Pool

Vietnam Memorial

World War II Memorial

Inside each victory pavilion is a sculptural canopy called a baldacchino. These baldacchinos are four eagles holding a laurel victory wreath suspended above an enlarged victory medallion set into the floor below. The eagle is the symbol of the United States of America. The laurel wreath is a symbol of victory going back to ancient Greece. So, the sculptures symbolize American victory in the Atlantic and in the Pacific theaters. The eagles have wingspans of 11 feet and are perched on columns 18 feet tall. Each of the laurel wreaths weighs 5,000 pounds and was designed by Ray Kaskey of Maryland.

This has been an interesting week in Bar Harbor. The weather has been great and the time with our camping friends enjoyable. 

One day my friend Don and I took an early morning ride to see the Bass Harbor Light House at early light and low tide.

Karen and I walked the town of Bar Harbor and had a great lunch at the Finback Alehouse. Another day we drove the Acadia National Park loop road with stops along the way including Cadillac Mountain.

 Sorry not many pictures do to the crowds and lack of places to stop with our dually truck.

The week was good but we became occupied with an inquiry we made about a new Cardinal 5^th wheel we have been following. The trailer had all the options including color and none of the items we did not want. The price came in well below the MSRP. I sent the dealer the information and pictures of our current trailer and the offer came back higher than expected. We continued to pursue the deal and finally made a deposit and bought a new trailer which was still at the manufactures plant going through testing and inspections. It should be delivered to the dealer next week and we hope to make the transition on September 12. We will be camped near the dealership for a week to do our first shakedown then head to Waco TX on our way to Arizona for the winter.

This is a nice campground in the White Mountain Region of NH. Quiet and peaceful among the birch trees.

Today my friend, Dennis, and I took a short hike to a waterfall.

Then after lunch Karen and I took a drive to visit some covered bridges and the town of North Conway.  

The bridges were nice but N. Conway was loaded with people and no place to park our large truck. We traveled through the small town at about 5 mph in traffic and had to return the same way to get back to camp for our afternoon coffee.

We had a good site at Evergreen along with several other members of our club. The next day we headed to Mexico, NY with two other members and the others went to Niagara Falls. The J&J campground in Mexico was a very nice quiet park away from busy roads. Then a nice drive on two lane roads in upstate NY to Lone Pine campground along Lake Champlain, VT. After we found a parking space in Burlington, VT we walked along Church street lined with outdoor eateries and shops, a nice walk then down to the waterfront park.

We walked Church Street after lunch, we should have waited and ate there.

Some days I feel like this guy!

One of several sculptures in the River Park 

The next day we visited a cider mill, Green Mountain visitor center with samples and took a tour of Ben & Jerry’s Ice cream factory with complementary samples of course!

We arrived today at Timberland Campground in Shelburne, NH and will be here three nights.

We had a good week at the FROG (Forest River Owners Group) rally. At this rally Forest River sends service people out with golf carts, tools and parts to do free work on about 800 RVs. We had a few things done over the last three years. This year they removed our large picture window that had showed signs of sagging and reinstalled it as good as new. We also had a spring break about 30 miles from the campground and a worker saw it so they replaced two springs, checked all the brakes and no cost to us happy campers.

We are now on our way to Bar Harbor with our first stop at Evergreen Lake Campground in Conneaut, OH.