Hello New England....

After leaving Canada behind we crossed the border into Vermont.  Probably sounds like a little bit of a cliche, but it was unbelievable how things started to change and resemble home.  The roads became narrower, the countryside greener and we drove through lots of small villages - very unlike the America we've experienced everywhere else.

We have apparently now become "leaf peepers" that's what they call people who are in New England for the fall colours - sounds a bit nerdy if you ask me,  I'd prefer "tourist"!

The fall colours are definitely on their way, a fair few trees in Vermont were changing, beautiful reds and oranges it was definitely like you see in the photos.

The leaves are starting to change a bit...

We didn't stay in Vermont for long as we were heading for northern Maine, that's where the colours reach their peak first and we wanted to visit Baxter State Park in search of moose!

After a longish drive, we arrived in Baxter State Park for a bit of primitive living - sleeping in the car, no rubbish bins and no flushing toilets or showers (in fact no running water at all in the park - well, unless you're a ranger and then you seem to get special treatment - talk about one rule for one, one for another...).  We spent two days taking short hikes in the forest to see waterfalls, ponds (lakes in our book) and generally have a bit of a chill and some early nights.  We were hoping to see some moose as they are apparently rife in the park - not these two days though.  The rangers reckon they're not in their usual haunts as the bull moose are out chasing the ladies as it's rutting season and the ladies are running away!  Good on ya female moose, make them run!

Feeling a bit grubby and in need of a scrub we headed off to some creature comforts and Acadia National Park for more exploring...