Day 767: Bowdoinham to Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Ben

Shabbos was sunny and beautiful at Merrymeeting Field in Bowdoinham, Maine, ironically the first flyable day since we arrived. Mid-morning, we walked into town to see the town parade that was part of Bowdoinham Days. Before bed on Saturday night, we watched the fireworks from our RV.

This morning was rainy once again, so unlike last time we stayed here, I didn’t get any flying in during our visit. Thanks for hosting us again Mark!

We packed up and headed south to Old Orchard Beach, where we will be spending Rosh Hashanah with our Portland friends Baruch and Elise, who now live in Sharon, Massachusetts, and their neighbors Burt and Alice who hosted us in their driveway when we stopped over in Sharon. We were slated to park in a driveway of a building owned by Neal, who lives in Old Orchard Beach, but in the end his brother Alan invited us to stay at the campground he owns, so we drove over there and settled in:

Thanks Neal and Alan!

We finished preparing food for the holiday, some of which we will take over to Burt and Alice’s condo rental and Baruch and Elise’s Hotel as we will be having meals together:

Happy New Year from Old Orchard Beach, Maine!

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location. The blog will return after the holiday, which concludes on Tuesday evening.

Day 765: Baking and Biking at Merrymeeting Field

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Ben

Continued bad weather here at Merrymeeting Field is preventing PPG flights. We managed to have a productive day of homeschooling today, and Trish did some more baking:

I went for a great ride on the rural roads of Maine:

As sometimes happens, the weather turned perfect just in time for Shabbos. Hopefully this good weather will hold and I can fly on Sunday:

Good Shabbos from Merrymeeting Field in Bowdoinham, Maine!

Day 764: Airstrip Homeschooling

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Ben

Unfortunately, the weather today was not conducive to flying, at least for someone as weather-cautious as me:

Trish did some baking and craft work:

We had a great day of homeschooling, and I caught up with my Quicken. All in all a great day!

Day 763: Moncton, New Brunswick to Merrymeeting Field, Maine

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Ben

Today we said goodbye to the Moncton Casino after replenishing our gas, propane, and DEF. We stopped at the information center in St John, New Brunswick to dump sewer and fill fresh water. We then crossed back into the US in Calais, Maine. Unlike our entry into Canada from the US, the US border agent poked around the RV for a bit before letting us proceed. On the way to Bangor we had a gas station incident when the nozzle trigger was somehow already engaged so when the latch was flipped to start the pump, the nozzle sprayed diesel everywhere for a second or so until I disengaged the nozzle trigger. Good times!

In Bangor, we were planning to pick up a couple packages at our friends’ house, but at 6:30pm UPS still hadn’t delivered, so we had dinner in a supermarket lot. By the time we were done the package had arrived:

We continued on, stopping at Walmart to buy groceries before arriving at Merrymeeting Field in Bowdoinham, Maine. We stayed here four weeks ago on our way up to Canada, so we’re thrilled to be hosted here again! The weather doesn’t look good, but hopefully I’ll be able to get in a flight or two like I did last time we were here.

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.