In comparison with our adventures during the first week, it seems as if the second week past by without any highlight.While traveling we are accustomed to undergo many new experiences but this week seemed to be a real quiet one, like a holiday should be sometimes.
As a rule we have travelled an average of 200 miles per day in such a way that we arrived at our ne
xt destinations between one and three p.m.From Lake Placid we drove through Vermont and New Hampshire to Maine and later to Massachusetts.
The autumn colors were at its best in Vermont and New Hampshire and while driving narrow roads, it sometimes looked like as if we were driving through a kaleidoscope as the colors altered constantly.
In New Hampshire we stayed overnight in Twin Mountain, a small town situated in the White Mountains and from there we headed for Bar Harbor, a town on Desert Mountain
Island. This island is connected to the main land by a bridge and is situated in the far North-East of the USA in the State of Maine. Here is the Acadia National Park, one of the first national parks of America.Bar Harbor is a fanciful little town located along a natural bay where two cruise ships were anchored during our visit. For that reason the main street was extremely busy with passengers but we were able to find us a good restaurant where we had the famous Maine lobster.
We made a trip through the park by bus. A strong Northern wind made the day freezing cold
and for that reason we have seen most of the park from the bus. Unfortunately, it seemed that at sea level, Autumn start a few weeks later than in the higher-level States, reason why the park appeared to be mainly green.After three days in Bar Harbor we headed in a Southern direction, and after a night in Freeport, Maine, we were on our way to Cape Cod in Massachusetts. When we passed the city of Boston, we decided to search for a campsite in the vicinity and to take a day to visit Boston. We found us a site in Middleboro and on Monday morning we took a train to Boston where we have been walking for hours along the historic
monuments.The weather has been good for the time of the year, sunny, little rain and reasonable temperatures.
We are aware that the report of this week is not as spectacular as the reports of the trip that we have made earlier this year but we are enjoying every quiet minute, because we know that during the coming months we can expect a lot of excitement in South America and South Africa.
