784 July 24-25, 2022 Presque Isle, Maine

We were up early and finished our morning exercise.  We packed the RV and left Millinocket before 9 am.  It was Sunday and the traffic was light.  We are also on a road less traveled.  We took 95 N to its end in Houlton.  From there we took Route 1, a scenic highway on the border of New Brunswick and Maine.  We saw hayfields and rolling miles of potatoes.  There were new potato stands all along the way.  We passed through small towns and rode past farms and houses.  All of the houses had tractors and snow plows and wood piles.  This is a remote area.  There were signs reminding drivers to share the road with cross country skiers and other signs to share the road with snowmobiles and moose and ATV’s and Amish buggies.

We arrived in Presque Isle before noon.  Our first order of business was to work on getting a prescription filled.  We also shopped for supplies.  We intend to drive into Canada on Tuesday and we aren’t sure what resources will be available when we get there.

We were able to get camping for just one night at Arndts Aroostook River Lodge and Campground.  We rested and then drove into town to try and get a Canadian map.  We struck out and returned to the RV.  It was hot and we were tired so we really didn’t do much of anything for the remainder of the day.  I don’t even have pictures to share!

We slept well and woke up to rain on Monday morning but as soon as the rain stopped, I was out walking.  I walked through beautiful fields of wildflowers.  Further south, all the lupine has gone to seed, similar to this.

Here though, I was able to find some purple lupine.

As I got closer to the Aroostook River, I could smell the sweet fragrance of wild cucumber.

Simply pretty.

Fuschia fireweed.

Joe pye weed.

We still had some things to do before we left town.  We went to the bank and got Canadian currency.  When we got back to the campground, we checked with the office and learned that the people coming into our site have been delayed by a day, so now we have a place to stay tonight!

We made a reservation at a campground on the Saint Lawrence River in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec. I spent a long time this afternoon on the ArriveCan site. We need proof of vaccination to be able to enter Canada. We might also be randomly chosen to do COVID screening. I think everything is in place for a smooth border crossing. We shall see tomorrow!

Dinner tonight was at the Irish Setter Pub because Mainely Mexican was closed for carpet cleaning. Our food was good and we had great service.