6 July 2024 - Doreen's Birthday and Last Day at Hilltop Campground

 Happy birthday to Doreen!  Kind of an uneventful day for her. We will celebrate more deliberately at our next stop!

We received heavy rain last night and it's "pea soup" here today. Last day here, so we headed into Calais, fueled the big ol' brown truck, stopped by the post office and mailed some old school birthday cards, stopped at the grocery store and bought fridge and pantry items, and then back to the campground to complete our pre-departure tasks. 

While in Calais we passed this interesting building with what appears to be an old, recovered advertisement for  "Dr. Thompson's Sarsaparilla.  Cures When Others Fail.  The Great English Remedy"

"Built in 1847, the Hill Brick Block at the corner of North and Main Streets is both much the same today and much changed." "(They have a) photo that was taken about 1900 and the building was filled with businesses on the ground floor, lovely apartments overhead and a third floor occupied by Dr. Thomson Medicine Company and Laboratory."  This is an example of the many other areas we have visited and how no matter how long you stay you never see it all.  Always a reason to come back!

We've thoroughly enjoyed our stay here in the Down East area of Maine and our time with Chick and Joanne McCoubrey.  We love being able to sample the local cuisine and beverages!  As with all of our military comrades, our friendship runs deep.  We are so thankful we are able to travel and spend time with our great friends!

Tomorrow we will pull chocks fairly early and head over to Bangor on Route 9 and then south to the Portland area and further to Scarborough and Bayley's Camping Resort for the next five nights!  Estimated 250 miles, about 5-1/2 hours for us.