Today’s mission was to drive from Harrington, Maine to Randolph Center, Vermont, a distance of some 320 miles. For our motor home travel, if you factor in stops to refuel and walks for Miss Poppy, on average, we cover about 50 miles in an hour.

We head out of Harrington at a decent hour. The weather is overcast, the rain is spotty and we are traveling on not so great roads. For some unknown reason, we decide to change routes and travel on interstate roads (motorways) in order to reach our destination. Usually, we travel city to city on non-interstate roads as it is a far more interesting way to see the country rather than heading along a boring freeway!

What an error we made! We add three hours to our journey and encounter an 11-foot high bridge in Brunswick as we try to find a rest area for Poppy! Our motor home needs a clearance of 13’ 2” minimum, so, we pull over, unhook the Jeep, Mike undertakes a three-point turn on a pinhead, re-hook the Jeep and re-trace our steps!

We arrive at our RV park at 8.30 at night, take a wrong turn in trying to find our parking slot and end up in a field! For the second time in a day, we unhook the Jeep, Mike undertakes a three-point turn, this time in a field, and we find our way to our site which has fantastic views over a lake but, at this stage who cares, as its pitch black and even Miss Poppy is asking for a large glass of Chardonnay!