Apr 30, Hermon, Maine

On the road again, continuing our Northward trek toward Canada.  Today we will get to Pumpkin Patch RV in Hermon, Maine.  It is laundry day today and we are needing to do some projects prior to crossing the Canadian border. 

Apr 29 -Davis Frame, Antique Alley, Jackknife

We are on the road again heading first to Davis Frame to get a tour around their shop and see their timber frame model home. It was definitely an adventure going to Davis Frame!!  We pulled off the interstate in Vermont to get fuel and that was the beginning of our GPS going wacky.  The GPS took us down the wrong way on mountain roads and wanted us to cross the river on a covered bridge that was only 10’ high. We are over 12’ high.  BIG PROBLEM!  

We are also 65 feet long, and now we need to turn around on mountain roads.  Well, Peter is amazing and pulled into a long laneway and I stood on the main road to block traffic so he could back onto the road and get turned around going the correct direction.  In this process we jackknifed the motorhome into the trailer, denting the trailer and scratching up the motorhome, but we got turned around and we are all safe!  It is times like this that when pressure is high and my attitude is not where it should be that I get that sick feeling in my stomach.  I am so thankful that I have the Lord to rely upon because I need Him so desperately each day!  

Our arrival to Davis Frame, was late due to our GPS detours, but Jeremiah gave us a great tour around their shop and seeing their timber frame model home was so very lovely.  

After Davis Frame we went on to New Hampshire to Antique Alley.  It is a road with 500 antique dealers in 40 miles.Then we put on some more miles and found a place to park on the side of the road at the beginning of Antique Alley.  We got the car out and drove the 40 miles of antique shops in the Jeep.  We all had a blast looking at old stuff and found some great deals too! 

Onward to camp at a Sam’s Club parking lot tonight.  (Like a Costco)

At one of the antique stores

Apr 28 -Sugarbush Farm, VT

Today we headed to Sugarbush Farm.  A farm that makes maple syrup and cheese in Vermont. We missed the sugar season by one week.  But, they still had all the lines from tree to tree and we were able to go through the building to see how they make the syrup.  One of the best parts was  sampling the cheeses and syrups!  Yummy!

Click to enlarge the pic, especially the thermometer, it's quite hilarious.

Vermometer

Apr 27 -Teen Challenge, travel in MA, NH, VT

Today we attended church at BCC, Bethany Community Church in Bellingham, MA. We were greeted warmly at the front door and were guided by one of the ladies to where “Kings Kids” was taking place. All of the lead Sunday school workers were in ornate Imperial costumes from around the 1700’s. Genesis was introduced to a girl her age and we then proceeded to the main sanctuary.

Teen Challenge had about 16 men at the church that were singing in a choir and telling parts of their life stories. The most memorable was from a 26 yr old named Caleb who had grown up in that church, memorizing scripture and attending the Christian school at BCC.

Caleb spoke of how the last time he had been on stage at the church was when he graduated high school and how he then fell into the wrong crowd, started smoking marijuana, and then doing harder drugs. This led him down a path of armed robberies. He had been released to Teen Challenge but will be sentenced this Thursday regarding the gun charges. He knows that the sentence he deserves according to the law is 100 years because he committed crimes with a weapon while he was still on probation. God has already worked in Caleb’s situation and he is now facing 6 years. All this for a young man who is now married with a two yr old and a two week old. 

Caleb apologized to the church and the pastor for speaking out against them in the past and how the Pastor’s forgiveness had helped him become the Christian he is today. Taking responsibility for his actions by turning himself in and finding out that he had not even been a suspect. The burden of his deeds had become too great to bear.

We  left the service thanking God for his goodness to us and for His forgiveness for the things that cause struggles in our lives.

After church we packed up and drove out of Massachusetts  through New Hampshire and into Vermont. We are staying at a KOA campground that doesn’t open for the season until next week!

Apr 26 -Catch up day

It is a Blog catch up day, cleaning and relaxing as it is raining today.  Peter and Zane went antique looking.  Emphasis on looking as we do not have space for more antiques after our visit to Pennsylvania.  :) 

Edit. 

Peter and Zane both came back with treasures, Zane with an old coke crate to use to display Matchbox cars and Peter with a pair of leather and wood ski poles that were given to Zane, who gave them to Peter. Its a long story.