In the early fall we took the Avion to Maine for a few weeks to see some color and check out a bunch of places we've been wanting to see. We spent time on the coast as well as a bit of time in the woods, camping at 8 different locations that included campgrounds, boondocking, and some moochdocking. Our route took us to north to the Canadian border near Calais and we drove most of Route 1 along the coast between there and Portland. Some of the highlights included a stop at West Quoddy Head, the eastern most point in the US. Buying lobsters right off the boat a couple of times, and one time cooking them at campsite in a torrential downpour - our new awning is working great and proved it's worth that night! Checking out the giant Trolls at the Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor - definitely worth seeing! Stopping at a lot of beaches to check out the rocks, including some that sing! And camping on some public lands along a river and finding fresh moose tracks within a few hundred yards of our campsite - unfortunately no moose sighting though. Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor were much too busy for us largely due to a pair of cruise ships who's passengers were overwhelming the small town, especially after being in the woods. The first part of the trip was a little early to see much for fall color, but on our last few days the leaf peeping was great! We also had two chance encounters with other vintage rigs during this trip. At a campground near Boothbay we ended up on a site next to a 1964 Avion trailer named the Red Zeppelin, it was great to meet it's owners and very cool to see. We also ran in a nice couple with amazing looking mirror polished vintage Streamline at Jasper Beach, this trailer was similar to one we saw at Sampson a few weeks before but a shorter model. Just before the trip I installed a new system that allows us to charge the campers house battery off the alternator while driving, it worked really well for a trip like this where we drive some at least every few days. All in all this was a great tip and also proved out the reliability of some new things that we recently completed on the Avion during our longest trip so far, driving 2,200 miles.
