[Trip Day Two: Tuesday, July 14th]
I slept horribly in the camper. I felt really nauseous when we got into the super squishy bed and it wouldn't go away (must have been all the cookies). I got up twice afraid I was gonna lose it before giving up and moving to the front (back?) of the camper where the couch was. I lay down with a blanket and instantly fell asleep there, just waking up every 2 hours whenever Pete moved in the bed on the other end because the whole camper moved. I think there wasn't enough air where the bed was and the chemical smell from the toilet was making me sick!
Anyway! We got up early and got our complimentary coffee in front of the office before hitting the road. We drove up to Port Kent because Pete thought it would be fun to take a ferry across Lake Champlain to Vermont, and since he's from Kent in England, he picked this one. I was very very nervous because I get very very seasick and it seems to get worse as I get older. I felt seasick on a small riverboat a few months ago. A river!
We parked in the line and had 45 minutes to roam around in the drizzling rain and fog and cold air to take photos and let Tyson stretch his doggie legs. Once on the ferry, I decided to just stay in the car since we were parked in the center (it was a pretty small boat, too) and just try not to move my head too fast. I made it and amused myself with the GPS showing us over water.
We arrived in Burlington, VT and walked around there for a bit to find a place for food where we could sit outside with our dog. It was soooo touristy and typical college town and the sandwich shop I stopped in wanted $7.50 for a sandwich so we left, figuring we'd get food at a small place away from the tourists. We drove northeasterly and enjoyed the beautiful Vermont countryside, hoping to see moose like all the signs promised. And then voila! There were two right there!! No males, unfortunately, but I think a mama and her baby (I say that only because a male with antlers would be most impressive). I had Pete turn the car around and they stayed there and posed for me as I took a bunch of not-so-good shots. We were totally excited!! :-)
On we went, stopping at some roadside pizza/burger joint on the way where I ate a really bad burger while looking at some cows. We ended up camping in Island Pond, VT for the night at a private campground. Our site overlooked their lake. We set up and relaxed. And then it rained. And rained. It poured all night long so we both slept badly and poor Tyson was miserable. We kept expecting to get wet! In the morning the rain stopped and some large bird of prey forced us out of the tent by circling the lake making a huge racket with the most annoying sound in the universe, stirring up all the crows in his wake. Ugh. It was time to pack up the wet stuff and get to Maine.
