Saturday, Aug 13 Today is a significant day for us: Caleb’s birthday - #37! We trusted Halie to take him out to eat to celebrate! It was also notable as we begin to work our way South, and toward home. Click on this link to hear Pippa Joy sing Happy Birthday to Caleb https://youtube.com/shorts/Qm3qyYJ4RQ8?feature=share Leaving Main, our trip today took us through New Hampshire into Vermont . . . via secondary roads – at times rough from winter/ice upheaval and sometimes nice and smooth. I am starting to want a nice, fast, smooth, boring, Interstate! On top of that, we got off track a little as the GPS tried to route us through Canada, and we don't have our passports! Quickly back on track it was all OK as we routed out our own path using the paper map! We pulled into Newport, Vermont, Prouty Beach and Campground, at 2:30. The countryside leading to Newport had a very interesting grand chalet of some sort to spark our interest. Our campsite sits high above Lake Memphremagog and overlooks the beach below while the town is spread out in the background. There is sparse grass and very sandy soil, and much of that sand is tracked into the camper. The weather is near-perfect at 72 degrees. There is great WIFI! Here are some pictures of our trailer set up above the lake and views from our front yard! We drove downtown and ate at the Warehouse Restaurant – Tom had macaroni/cheese and brisket, and I had chicken wings. We arrived back at the campground as the sun was setting. It appears that most people camping up on this bluff walk down to our end of the campground where the beach meets the water to watch the sun set in the west. Aug 14, Sunday Our location was so nice, and there were no major tourist attractions in the area, so we played close to home today. From our campsite a path led out onto a walking path and then onto a boardwalk, and back onto an asphalt path. We walked that for awhile and then returned to the Silvermine. In the late afternoon Pippa had a bath – she had gotten so dirty from the dusty, sandy soil. We then did a drive around the town of Newport to a point where we could see our campground across the lake. There were some pricy shops and a restaurant that were on the water but nothing of great interest.. At the campground we fixed a supper of Sloppy Joe sandwiches and Roosevelt beans and fresh watermelon. At 7:45, as the sun was starting to go down, we took our chairs out in front of our trailer to watch the evening show. Our view was very good, but I sure do wish that had been our Airstream parked in that particular campsite as the sun went down.
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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