Well, today was my last full day in Maine. Mom drove out to my cabin with me, and we swapped out charge controllers on my solar-electric system. I plan to use the fancier one in my bus, since that is where I spend most of my time lately. We got there, built a fire in the cookstove, and then walked up the hill to Oma und Opa’s new house. It was very cold and rainy. Gramma babysat the pups while we returned to the cozy cabin to perform the swap. When we were finished, we rounded up the pups and the pie Oma made for me, and drove back to Augusta. Tomorrow morning I’ll get everything ready and head for Upstate New York.

Well, this is a fun map that I found while browsing Fiddleheadz. I will try to keep it updated as I continue my travels. Maybe someday soon it will be worthwhile for me to try the World Map! I can only hope that I will get to do some world travelling.

Well, today for fun I drove Mom’s truck out to my Fayette land and got waypoints for my corner markers. I used my new Garmin GPSmap 60cs, which is more accurate than my older Garmin eTrex. The map was created on a free version of TopoGraphics, so it’s not of the highest quality. Hopefully Richard can help me create a higher quality image with his GIS software. I’m hoping to use the waypoints to get a rough estimate of acreage.

I couldn’t wait this year, and we all agreed to open presents early (Dec 23rd!). One of my present from Mutti was a complete Geocache kit. It is a Rubbermaid container with a notepad and a slew of “Maine” theme items (it’s in the house, and I can’t remember them all specifically). My plan is to hide this cache in the Adirondak Mtns in New York on my way through there next week. So far, I’ve never hidden a cache. I have located caches in Florida and Maine. You can check it out at Geocaching.com. My screen ID is cash_to_cache. Mutti’s ID is mamm_cache_elliot (I think).

Well, we arrived this afternoon around 2:30, and actually got the Blue Bird to fit in mom’s small driveway. I actually measured first since it didn’t look like it would fit. I’ll get some pics tomorrow. I was busy washing laundry and myself all afternoon after I arrived. It is around 15 degF right now, and my little propane heater does not seem like it will keep up. I’m heading to Home Depot tonight to pick up a second one, and get the pups some bones for doing so well on the long trip. We’ll probably stay until the 26th, and then be on our way south again, via West Virginia.

Well, no new pictures today. I didn’t think of taking the camera out while travelling. I stayed last night at the South Carolina welcome center, and tonight I am staying at a rest area on the north side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel, on the Eastern Shore. Tomorrow I’ll try to take some pics to post. The pups are happy to be travelling with me for a change, and we’re staying nice and warm at night with the new propane heater.

Here’s a test of pictures on my blog. I actually switched to the WordPress blog from bblog because the picture plugin was too flakey. Hope this one looks ok. Continue reading »

This is a test for my newest blog software. We’ll see if it’s easier to use than the BBLog