Plage Murray Beach - Provincial Park

 0618-2025 46.17747, -63.97891

You should have seen the custom officer's face when I told him I going to visit "Saint" Edwards Island while I am camping at Murray Beach. I made it to the At the Canadian border. He asked so many questions, he didn't even give me time to correct myself! Maybe if I would correctly said "Prince" Edwards Island, he might not have made me itemize the contents of my refrigerator.  Looking at me hard, the officer said "Where did you get the eggs?" "Roaring Acres Farm in Connecticut" I responded. He told me to park the van and go inside. Entering the building, looking for the group W bench, I thought the next question will be do you now Todd Thedell, but the pretty lady at the desk just asked my name and said I was good to go.  
So I entered Canada, jumped on Hwy 1 and headed east. I stopped in Fredericton for lunch at Tim Hortons, in Canada Tim Hortons is as popular as McDonalds is in the US, but they have good coffee. After lunch I found a Micro cache in the parking lot and earned my New Brunswick Souvenir. 

I arrived at Plage Murray Beach - Provincial Park and checked in at the office. Site 101 was right on the edge of the loop, only a short walk to the beach and the North Atlantic. My spot for the next 2 days. The view out the van door pretty nice. 

In the morning I packed up and drove to Cape Jourimain and took the 7 mile bridge across the bay to Prince Edwards Island (PEI), there was a virtual cache and a couple traditional caches in the park at the end of the

bridge, Earning the PEI souvenir, I paid the toll and went back across the bridge then headed to Nova Scotia. Just across the province line, I found a peanut butter jar cache in a tree behind an old church.  

I visited a nearby park, right near the water, found 2 small caches and walked  around enjoying the beautiful weather. 

It was still early afternoon by the time I got back to site 101 and set up. Plenty of time for a long walk on the beach and in the ocean. Although I was looking forward to visiting Quebec, I could have stayed here for a week. 

👀 NB-NS-PEI👀

New Hampshire - Maine 2025

 0615-1825 

Just across the bridge over the Connecticut river, I found a quick guard rail cache to earn the New Hampshire souvenir. I set the GPS to the Home of Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer's Almanac in Dublin NH where there is a Webcam Cache.

It was Sunday, so they weren't open so I was able to park in view of the camera and take a screenshot. 

The rest of the drive through the country side went by way to quick and I stayed off the turnpike. Before I knew it, I pulled into the Maine Welcome Center rest stop where I earned the Maine souvenir finding the 3 rest stop hides. One of them was a quick puzzle where the final was a little bird house inside the Welcome Center mounted on a post 

The campground I stayed at was north of Portland near NAS Brunswick, where I was stationed in 1984 - 1986.  The base is no longer in service, now it is an Executive Airport. I drove by the hospital where Danny was born then headed to Winslow State Park.  

My space right by the water and there was a nice winds coming off the sound.  After setting up I walked down to the cache hidden at Stockbridge Point. Sat for a while enjoying the sea breeze and the watching the sailboats return to port. Most of the spaces that were full had seasonal campers, people that reserve the space all summer. But the row I was on were by the night. 

The next day I rode Jaguarundi into town, found a nice trail by the YMCA. Locked the bike up and hiked to the end of the trail which reminded me of the trails in the NW where they use treat planks to maintain the trail. After that I rode down the main street to a roadside stand and had la lobster roll for lunch.  

When I first planned this I was going to go all the way to Canada after 2 days in Maine, but I decided that would be too far to drive on one day. So I booked Peaks-Kenny State Park for the next day. It was only 2 hours away and closer to Canada.  

I arrived in time to hike down to the lake and hunt the geocaches there. The lake had a beach that was full of families enjoying the niice weather. 

Making to Maine means that I have found a cache in all 50 states.  Instead of turning around and go back, I will get to work on the Canadian Providences, I already have British Columbia, but that is it. My route takes me to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island. Then instead of going back through New England, I will go through Quebec and Ontario. That leaves Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon. These will take more planning and maybe a few trips. 

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👀 NH-ME photos 👀

MA-CT-RI -VT 2025

 0613-1425 

Friday morning I left Glimmerglass State Park angling down New York.  Found my first cache "Hancock Hijinks" just across the state line in Massachusetts  at a small parking area. 

Continued SE entering Connecticut and checked into the Roaring Acres Farm, but didn't set up. I proceeded into town (Windsor CT) to Nifty Laundromat and did a load of cloths. Found my first CT cache while waiting for the dryer.  Shopped at the nearby grocer and returned to the farm. 

My night at the farm was very peaceful. This is the only place so far that I lit a fire using the portable table top fire ring. I was able to visit the Alpacas and when the sun went down they all gathered near the fence. Im the morning I bought a dozen eggs.  

I really did have a plan for Rhode Island, just get in, find a cache and get out. I do not want to get too close to crowed cities. Hawkins Pond just over the state line on highway 44 where I had a nice walk around the pond and found a nice ammo can cache to earn the RI souvenir. 

 A few minutes later I was back in Connecticut heading north towards Vermont where the plan was to stay at the Guilford Northbound Welcome Center Rest Area. I made good time and was in the RV parking area by 1300 and found the biggest Trackable Hotel right there in the rest stop. 

  There was also another regular cache and a adventure lab with a bonus cache. Geocaching complete, I hunkered down for an evening in a parking lot. In the morning I waited until after 7am to leave, into New Hampshire and onto Maine.  Photos 4 in 2 days