We all headed out; all seat-belted into our seats and a toddler car seat and a baby seat. Thank goodness there were no dogs allowed on this trip as there would not have room for humans! Also having a family van allowed 6 of us to travel comfortably for 11 hours from Ottawa, Ontario to Ogunquit, Maine. The weather was perfect for travel almost the whole way. It was mostly overcast with some sun in the afternoon. Except for a torrential downpour in, of course, Montreal. And we were on the jammed Autoroute when it was particularly full of puddles. Spectacular sprays of water from the water on the road, like a Niagara Falls.
We made frequent stops for Cal's feeds and pit stops for us. Unfortunately the world was trying to cross the Quebec to Vermont border and it took us an hour to get across the border. The lineup was phenomenal but we made it. Ashley had made sandwiches and potato salad for the trip and we picnicked our way to Maine. We had lots of junk food to munch along the way too. I am not sure how many packages of red licorice we scoffed down during the day, but it was the munch of the day.
Jason did the bulk of the driving and I did the last three hours through New Hampshire to Ogunquit. We missed a lot of the scenery driving in the dark, but we will see it on the return trip. There were signs for Moose Crossings, Bear Crossing and Deer Crossings and we only saw a couple of deer.
The vacation house is huge and lovely and there are even two beds in two other rooms that we don't need to use so this place could easily take another couple and a child.
There is a huge great room that consists of a living/dining/kitchen area that could easily hold 30 people or more. Avery has lots of room to skip around. Really it is the way to stay with kids a hotel room would be tiny. There is a big deck outside also and a front yard. It looks like the neighbourhood road is all half acre lots at least. We can't see the neighbours and each house fronts the road on its own. There is mature bush with lots of huge trees, some coniferous and deciduous and everyone's place is nicely landscaped. A very nice place with maybe 9 houses on a long winding roadway.
So a good trip down. We made it!! The kids were good and we stopped often. Maybe just a couple of meltdowns.
We made frequent stops for Cal's feeds and pit stops for us. Unfortunately the world was trying to cross the Quebec to Vermont border and it took us an hour to get across the border. The lineup was phenomenal but we made it. Ashley had made sandwiches and potato salad for the trip and we picnicked our way to Maine. We had lots of junk food to munch along the way too. I am not sure how many packages of red licorice we scoffed down during the day, but it was the munch of the day.
Jason did the bulk of the driving and I did the last three hours through New Hampshire to Ogunquit. We missed a lot of the scenery driving in the dark, but we will see it on the return trip. There were signs for Moose Crossings, Bear Crossing and Deer Crossings and we only saw a couple of deer.
The vacation house is huge and lovely and there are even two beds in two other rooms that we don't need to use so this place could easily take another couple and a child.
There is a huge great room that consists of a living/dining/kitchen area that could easily hold 30 people or more. Avery has lots of room to skip around. Really it is the way to stay with kids a hotel room would be tiny. There is a big deck outside also and a front yard. It looks like the neighbourhood road is all half acre lots at least. We can't see the neighbours and each house fronts the road on its own. There is mature bush with lots of huge trees, some coniferous and deciduous and everyone's place is nicely landscaped. A very nice place with maybe 9 houses on a long winding roadway.
So a good trip down. We made it!! The kids were good and we stopped often. Maybe just a couple of meltdowns.
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