After taking 2 hours to cross Maine and make it to New
Hampshire, we swapped over driving. I was a little unsure how I would go but
with a km it felt completely natural (a part from the parking). It was such a
beautiful day and with the windows down and music blaring it was a great start
to our road trip.
Along the highway there are numerous pit stops that have
walking tracks or lookouts. It is
absolutely breathtaking to take a turn and see raging rapids with huge
boulders, old rickety suspension bridges or lookouts above sweeping plains.
Everything was so green and the trees merged over the road so every moment
looked straight off a postcard. It was one of the prettiest drives I have even
been on.
Upon leaving the highway we began to see these moose signs
that signal moose crossing ahead. To us
Australians this is a foreign thing so we would try and get a picture, but
would be too slow every time. So when we saw the next one and there were no
cars behind us I decided to pull into someone’s driveway and Sarah ran up the
road to go take a picture. Then I jumped out to take a picture of her taking a
picture, which then turned into me dancing on the highway! All the while there
were two old people looking out their front door wondering what the heck we
were doing. Sarah waved but thought it might put them at ease if she explained
what we had been doing. So we both walked down and met the Adam’s. Within
minutes we had found out their entire life story which they actually told us
three times due to them both having dementia (bless their little cotton socks).
They were so adorable and so happy to just be talking to people- especially
Australians that they gave us blankets they had crocheted. I couldn’t say no
when she offered and she was so happy to give them to us. Then they wanted to
take a picture but their camera wasn’t working so we promised to send them a
picture we took. It was such a random experience but it makes me so happy to
have made them so happy!
Back in the car we made it to Lake George around dinner time
and decided to drive straight to the town to get something to eat. It’s a very touristy/summer place with lots
of stuff to do for families. Close to town we pulled into this giant 10m Uncle
Sam statue and a 8m Santa Claus… again so random. We worked out they were in
front of a theme park and I thought it would be wise to try and sneak in. Due
to it being closed everything was locked up, but the back gate was wide enough
if I climbed up half way and jump through. Mid way through this operation,
while trying to confine my fits of giggles I reconsidered my choice of climbing
through as how the heck was I to get back over! So stuck halfway with Sarah
laughing at me and taking photos I decided to jump back the way I had climbed.
You may call me a scaredy cat but didn’t want to end my trip in jail.
We then safely and legally made it to Lake George which was
gorgeous. We had dinner in an Italian place on the main street right near one
of the best putt putt golf places I have ever seen. We decided to get a tub of
ice cream for dessert and eat it near the water, where we stumbled upon a town
fair that featured sing-a-longs with a band asking us to repeat
hiedi-heidi-heidi-hi etc. It was great fun!
After days like these I look to myself and go did this
really just happen- random things always seem to happen and they turn into the
best adventures! YOLO
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