June 7-8 Belfast, ME

Nance, Mary, and Rick just before we depart Burlington

After a very restful Saturday in Burlington CT enjoying my brother's hospitality and home, we were back on the road to Maine.  Our antique car tour of Maine was to begin from Belfast, a costal town about 40 miles short of Bar Harbor.

The Mercedes continued to run well with just an occasional glitch to let us know she is a 40 year old car.  Our push stuck mostly to interstate highways, starting with I-84E,  I-475 and I-95 N.  Thanks to it being Sunday, traffic around Boston was minimal.

As we entered New Hampshire and went NE along the coast, changes were evident.  Streams, estuaries, and oceans could be seen and smelt.  Boats and their paraphernalia started to show up on and off the freeways.  We finally made it into Maine after a short traverse of New Hampshire.  I felt the trip was complete.  Even if the Mercedes blew up, we were still in Maine and could coast to wherever we wanted to go.

This is the view from ours and any room in the Fireside Suites

We were in awe of the tour host hotel in Belfast, the Fireside Suites.  The three story hotel forms a gentle arch facing a green canvas of pasture grass.  The grass spills into the vast Atlantic ocean of Belfast Harbor.  Every room in this hotel enjoys this view, not a single room is available without it. 

Many of our friends from years of VMCCA touring have collected here.  No doubt, the blog will be in hiatus for a week or so.  There are too many to meet and reconnect to have time for blogging.  But I will be back, perhaps with some updates of tour highlights.  We will be in this paradise for two days.  Then, we will move on to Bar Harbor, about 40 miles from here for the remainder of the tour.