Day 47. sept 22, 2013

Drove to nearby Orchard beach, ME.  It really reminded us of southern beach towns like Myrtle Beach or Daytona Beach.  Condos, ocean-front motels, amusement park, junk food.  All off Highway 1.  

Picked up some marinated calamari for dinner at a seafood shop.  Lunch in a brewpub in an old mill.  Drove through New Hampshire and now in Brattleboro, Vermont close to where our daughter went to college.

We have been lucky by not having any car problems.  The only issue has been with the bike rack on the back of the camper.  First, one of the bikes poked a hole in the car's spare tire.  Then, a bike knocked against the spare tire and broke the metal that attaches the spare tire.  Now, we just found that the bike rammed into the back of the camper, probably at a sudden stop, and gouged a small hole in the camper.  Duct tape for now.  

We are heading toward Washington, DC, where I will be presenting with my Mayo colleagues next week.  We are trying to get there by avoiding the congested NE USA, by going west, then circling around.