Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Day 18 - Scranton, PA to Old Forge, NY

Mileage - 209e
Camp, Old Forge Camping Resort $25 or Nicks Lake Campground $18
Hamilton, NY
     Colgate University
Old Forge, NY
     Bald Mountain Trail 2 mi r/t
     Old Mill Restaurant

Monday, May 30, 2011

Day 19 - Old Forge, NY to Saranac Lake, NY

Mileage - 89e
Camp, Meadowbrook or Wilmington Notch Campground $18
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
     Adirondack Museum
     Blue Mountain Trail 2.2 mi one-way
Lake Placid, NY
     Olympic Center - Winter Olympic Museum
     Whiteface Mountain
          Toll Road
          Gondola (may not be open)
          Stag Brook Falls Trail

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Day 20 - Saranac Lake, NY to Glens Falls, NY

Mileage 150e
Motel
Au Sable Fork, NY
     Au Sable Chasm
Ticonderoga, NY
     Fort Ticonderoga
Lake George, NY
     Fort William Henry Museum
Glens Falls, NY
     Davidson Brothers Restaurant & Brewery
     Hyde House - Hyde art collection

Day 21 - Glens Falls, NY to Goshen, VT

Mileage 106e
Camp - Chittenden Brook Campground, Green Mountain National Forest
Arlington, VT
     Norman Rockwell's hometown
Manchester, VT
     Hildene, estate of Robert Todd Lincoln
Rutland, VT
     Vermont Marble Museum, Proctor
     New England Maple Museum, Pittsford

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Day 22 - Goshen, VT to Stowe, VT

Mileage - 135e
Camp, Gold Brook Campground $26
          Reservation made
Killington, VT
Woodstock, VT
     Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park
          Hiking
Waterbury, VT
     Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory
     Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Visitors Center

Friday, May 27, 2011

Day 23 - Stowe, VT to North Conway, NH

Mileage - 156e
Motel, Clarendon Motel $79
          Made reservation
Mt. Mansfield, VT
     McCarthys (breakfast)
     Toll Road $23
     Gondola $22
Franconia and Franconia Notch, NH
     Flume Gorge Visitors Center and boardwalk nature trail
     Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway
North Woodstock, NH
     White Mountains Visitors Center

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Day 24 - North Conway, NH to Gorham, NH

Mileage - 77e
Motel - Clarendon Motel
          Made reservation
Bretton Woods, NH
     Mount Washington Hotel
     Mt. Washington Cog Railway
Crawford Notch, NH
     Crawford Notch Depot
     Mt. Willard Trail 1.6 mi
Pinkham Notch, NH
     Mt. Washington Auto Road

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Day 25 - Gorham, NH to Bailey Island, ME

Mileage - 205e
Camp - Recompence Shore Campground
          Made reservation
Sebago Lake, ME
    Kettle lake cut in granite by ice pack melt
Freeport, ME
     LL Bean store - Slate floor
Bailey Island, ME
     Orrs Island cribstone bridge
     Mackerel Cove
     Land's End - statue honoring Maine fishermen
     Thomas Point Beach
     Giant's Stairs Trail

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Day 26 - Bailey Island, ME to Bar Harbor, ME

Mileage - 148e
Motel - Belle Isle Motel, Bar Harbor
             Made reservation
Bath, ME
     Maine Maritime Museum
Boothbay, ME
Waldoboro, ME
     Moody's Diner - 4 berry pie
Lincolnville, ME

Monday, May 23, 2011

Days 27 & 28 - Bar Harbor, ME to Cobscook Bay State Park, ME

Mileage - 151e
Camp, Cobscook Bay State Park
            Made reservation
Mount Desert Island, ME
     Bar Harbour
          Shore Path
          Robert Abbe Museum
     Acadia National Park
          Cadillac Mountain
          Mount Desert Oceanarium
          Wild Gardens of Acadia
          Thuya Garden (Northeast Harbor)
          Seal Cove Auto Museum (vintages 1895-1917)
Trenton, ME
     Great Maine Lumberjack Show

Schoodic Scenic Byway and Schoodic Point
Cherryfield, ME
     "Blueberry Capital of the World"
Lubec, ME
     West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, easternmost point in US
Campobello Island, NB
     Liberty Point

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Days 29 and 30 - Cobscook Bay State Park, ME to Baxter State Park, ME

Mileage - 223e
Camp, Roaring Brook Campground
Cutler, ME
     Bold Coast Charter, puffin-sighting boat trip $100
     Made reservation
          5 hours, 7 AM departure, reservations required
           Telephone the night before to reconfirm reservation (207) 259-4484
Baxter State Park 
     Hiking

Friday, May 20, 2011

Day 31 - Baxter State Park, ME to Madawaska, ME

Mileage - 256e
Motel, Days Inn, Edmundston, NB
Patten, ME
     Lumbermen's Museum
Fort Kent, ME
     Fort Kent Historical Society Museum
     Fort Kent Blockhouse Museum
Madawaska, ME
     Northeast corner of US

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Day 32 - Madawaska, ME to Dover-Foxcroft, ME

Mileage - 254e
Camp, Peaks-Kenny State Park $25
New Sweden, ME
     New Sweden Museum
Stockholm, ME
     Eureka Hall Restaurant (may not be open on Wednesday)
Van Buren, ME
     Acadian Village

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Day 33 - Dover-Foxcroft, ME to Errol, NH

Mileage - 260e
Camp, Umbagog Lake State Park $30
Greenville, ME
     Moosehead Lake
New Portland, ME
     1846-vintage wire bridge over Carrabassett River

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Days 34 and 35 - Errol, NH to Burlington, VT

Mileage - 151e
Motel
St. Johnsbury, VT
     Maple Grove Farm - maple syrup
West Danville, VT
     Hastings Store
Montpelier, VT
     State Capitol
     Wayside Restaurant - beef barley soup
Burlington, VT
     Shelburne Museum and Farms
          Steamboat Ticonderoga walking tour
     Church Street Marketplace
     Ethan Allen Homestead
Lone Rock Point, VT
     Dolomite (old rock) thrust over shale (new rock)

Monday, May 16, 2011

Day 36 - Burlington, VT to Ogdensburg, NY

Mileage - 184e
Camp, Eel Weir State Park
Isle Lamotte, VT
     Chazy Fossil Reef - oldest known coral reef in the world (black limestone)
Rooseveltown, NY
     Dwight D Eisenhower Lock on St. Lawrence Seaway
Massena, NY
     St. Lawrence-FDR Project
          Visitors Center
Ogdensburg, NY
     Frederick Remington Art Museum

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Day 37 - Ogdensburg, NY to Oswego, NY

Mileage - 141e
Camp, Fair Haven Beach State Park
Alexandria Bay, NY
     Thousand Islands International Bridge
     Thousand Islands Skydeck, Hill Island, ON
Clayton, NY
     Antique Boat Museum
Sackets Harbor, NY
     Seaway Trail Discovery Center
Oswego, NY
     Fort Ontario State Historic Site

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Day 38 - Oswego, NY to Niagara Falls, NY

Mileage 228e
Motel, Hampton Inn, Niagara Falls, ON $59
Mt. Morris, NY
     Letchworth State Park "Grand Canyon of the East"
Niagara Falls, NY
     Niagara Gorge Discovery Center at Niagara Falls State Park
     Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site
     "Discovery" Pass $30, Visitors Center
          Maid-of-the-Mist boat tour
          Cave of the Winds
          Trolley

Friday, May 13, 2011

Days 39, 40 and 41 - Niagara Falls, NY to Toronto, ON

Mileage 81e
Motel
Hamilton, ON
     Royal Botanical Garden
Toronto, ON
     CN Tower, 360 Restaurant
     Transit:  TTC $10 per day pass
     Royal Ontario Museum
     Art Gallery of Ontario
     Casa Loma
     Kensington Market area
     Edwards Gardens
     Toronto Botanical Gardens

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Day 42 - Flex day

Use flex day between 7/12 and 8/25

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Day 43 - Toronto, ON to Tobermory, ON

Mileage - 185e
Camp, Land's End Park $33
Tobermory, ON
     Bruce Peninsula National Park, Visitors Center
     Glass Bottom Boat Tour to Flowerpot Island

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Day 44 - Tobermory, ON to Sudbury, ON

Mileage - 143e
Motel, Knights Inn, Sudbury
Tobermory, ON
     MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry to Manitoulin Island, 7 AM sailing time
Manitoulin Island, ON
     Largest island on an inland sea in the world
Sudbury, ON
     Big Nickel and Dynamic Earth
     Science North
     SNOLAB - Sudbury Neutrino Observatory solar neutrino experiment
Wahnapitae, ON
     The Mogensen Moccasin Trading Post 

Monday, May 9, 2011

Days 45 and 46 - Sudbury, ON to Sault Sainte Marie, ON

Mileage - 189e
Motel, Days Inn $91
Sault Sainte Marie, ON
     Agawa Canyon Tour Train

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Day 47 - Sault Sainte Marie, ON to Nisula, MI

Mileage - 323e
Camp, Courtney Lake Campground $12
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Marquette, MI
     Superior Dome, Northern Michigan Univ - largest wooden dome
     Vierling Saloon
Negaunee, MI
     Iron Industry Museum
Republic, MI
     Open pit iron mine
     Van Riper State Park, alternate campground

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Friday, May 6, 2011

Day 49 - Hancock, MI to Green Bay, WI

Mileage - 215e
Motel
Iron Mountain, MI
     Cornish Pump and Mining Museum
     Majestic Pine/Roosevelt Mountain Ski Jump
Vulcan, MI
     Iron Mountain Iron Mine Tour
Norway, MI
     Piers Gorge
Green Bay, WI
     National Railroad Museum
     Chili John's

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Day 50 - Green Bay, WI to Oshkosh, WI

Mileage - 185e
Motel
Door County Peninsula, WI
     Sturgeon Bay
     Sister Bay
          Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant - sod roof
     Baileys Harbor
          Ridges Sanctuary wildflower preserve

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Day 51 - Oshkosh, WI to Lac du Flambeau, WI

Mileage - 221e
Camp
Oshkosh, WI
Eagle River, WI
     Carl's Wood Art Museum (chain saw art) - may be closed, as Carl has died.
Lac du Flambeau, WI
     Brown Ojibwe Museum and Culture Center

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Day 52 - Lac du Flambeau, WI to Duluth, MN

Mileage - 187e
Motel
Ashland, WI
     Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center
Duluth, MN
     The Depot - museum complex
          Lake Superior Railroad Museum
     Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center
     Skyline Parkway
     Aerial Lift Bridge
     Leif Erickson Park & Rose Garden - riverfront trail

Monday, May 2, 2011

Day 53 - Duluth, MN to Isabella, MN

Mileage - 292e
Camp, Superior National Forest Campground
Route 61 North Shore Drive
     Gooseberry Falls
     Palisade Head
     Lutsen
          Mountain Tram and Alpine Slide
Grand Marais, MN
     Gunflint Trail, State Road 12, Grand Marais to North Brule CCC Camp - 22 miles one way

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Day 54 - Isabella, MN to Kaetogama, MN

Mileage - 136e
Camp, Woodenfrog State Forest Campground
Soudan, MN
     Soudan Underground State Park
          Underground Mine Tour
          High Energy Physics Lab Tour