I knew that the day after I picked up the RV was going to be a big holiday in Canada and that everything was going to be closed.  So thats why I stocked up the day before and I figured I would spend this day getting out of Canada.  I woke up at 3 am and started to drive to the canada/us border.  Not much to see from the Highway and not very many towns along the way.  I got to the border around noon.  The border guard asked ALOT of questions and came inside the RV to look around.  It probably looked pretty suspicious a single guy in this big 30 ft RV.

Anyway I got the OK to pass and entered the US into Maine.   After about 30 minutes of driving in these cute little towns in Maine I saw the sign which read we had reached the 45th parallel.  I couldnt believe it.  I had always thought Maine was way up north, but here we were equidistant from Salem Oregon.  Te influence of the proximity to the ocean is very obvious.  Big piles of Lobster traps around here and there.  Every restaurant offering Lobster rolls or some kind of seafood.  I even saw McDonalds advertising a Lobster Roll for $7.99.  I wanted to do some driving around to see some of what Maine is all about so I took Highway 1 along the coast and drove around thru the small towns.  I stumble upon Arcadia National Park.

I decided I would try to find a campground in the park and spend the night.  This is a big wildlife area with several different park areas on serveral different islands off the coast of Maine.  I finally get to the RV park I was going to stay at and they want $ 55 for one night.  It seemed a little rich for just 8 hours of sleeping time so I chose the parking lot at the local IGA store to spend the night.

Tomorrow, off to visit with Midge and pick up Ben.