Steve's First Blog Attempt - 7/31/09

Steve’s Journal - Alaskan Adventure - 7/27/09 -
Bonnie and I have been staying in some amazing Provincial Parks, but they have NOT had internet access.
We’re trying to catch up on "the blog," so here’s a feeble attempt from Steve........
Day 1 - July 27 -
We departed Waterford at about 12:15 PM after Bonnie went to her doctor’s appointment and I went to the pharmacy. (Sounds like two old timers, doesn’t it!) We gathered up twenty slugs who were multiplying at amazing rates in Waterford and told them we were going on a field trip.
It was an uneventful journey through New Hampshire and Vermont and it only sprinkled twice! My big fear was going through customs. I remembered the last time we tried and Bubba almost got us busted for telling the border guard that his wife was a loaded weapon! I knew we had about 4,850 miles to go and didn’t want to spend a night in the slammer.
So, the Border Agent asked us all the questions - even about loaded weapons - and I was VERY polite. Then he asked me for our registration and I started to sweat just a bit. Then he asked us about weapons - including pepper spray - and the sweat increased. (For those of you who are wondering what the heck I’m talking about, Brian and Faye know that Bonnie’s big fear is bears, so they gave her a bear pepper spray for the trip.) All right. I lied! So what did the agent do? He mentions that tourists say they have no guns and other weapons and then the minute they check - viola! Then he has to arrest the tourist.
SWEAT!
Then, he lets us go.
Whew!
But not our registration.........
We drive 100 yards - oops! meters! I notice the absence of our vehicle registration, know we have 12,000 or so miles to go, and wonder out loud what we should do. Enter Wonder Woman! Bonnie says she’ll walk back to the booth and ask for what’s rightfully ours. ( I forgot to ask her if she wanted the pepper spray.)
Most of the way back to the booth she’s met by one of the agents who was earlier taking a smoke break - but that’s another story. He tells her that we can’t park there. She explains that we aren’t parking, we just want our registration back! He retrieves it and says he’s sorry, it’s a Monday!
And WE were worried!
So, Day #! We only drove 290.6 miles from Waterford to Riguad, QC, driving 6 hours and 10 minutes, reaching an elevation of1485 feet - BUT - we made it to Canada!!
Day 2 - July 28 -
We were a bit pokey this morning, so we didn’t get going until 9:40. I told Bonnie that wouldn’t do! She said she’d be up and running earlier from not on! :) All right. So I’m a kidder!
For the first 1/3 of the day we were just above river level, 250 - 300 feet. There were some wonderful fields of corn, among other crops. Then we headed a bit up hill and eventually reached 1064 feet. We passed hundreds of small "ponds" where we expected to see moose at every turn, but the stayed clear of us - probably the slugs warned them!
One of the highlights of the day was when a car slowed down beside us in Ontario. The driver pointed to her Red Sox "thingy" hanging from her mirror - understand that we do have a Red Sox spare tire cover on our camper. I flashed her the peace sign, the rear window opened and some young hands waved to us, and we were on our way! Red Sox Nation is WIDE!!!!
So, Day #2 - Drive time - 7 Hours. 392.7 miles
Campground - Elev. - 810' Highest Point - 1064'