What we have been up to!

We so enjoy the Provincial Parks in Canada but are glad to be back in the USA – at least for a while.

We returned to the US via the border in Calis, Maine, it was much easier leaving Canada than entering it- Canadian Border Patrol searched the entire RV and it took us over an hour, entering the USA it took us maybe 10 minutes.

The first campground in Presque Isle, Maine – Arndt’s Aroostook River Lodge, was such a nice surprise. Big sites and such nice people. The majority of the campers stayed there for the season so us coming in for four days was a bit unusual. One of the best parks for tent camping, nice secluded sites far removed from the RV’s with plenty of trails.

They tap their maple trees, over a thousand on their property, and use this huge machine pictured below to evaporate the liquid and make the syrup. They said it takes 40 gallons of sap to make approximately a gallon of syrup. This machine is about 3 feet wide and 10 feet long; the three pipes are vented through the roof. Of course, we had to buy some Maine Gold Syrup. It was and is delicious!