Lovely morning and great weather all day. Headed west towards Maine. It hit home how big the Bay of Fundy really is, when we saw the mud in all the bays with low tide far east of St John.
Our GPS tells us where every Honda Dealer is as we pass. Most on the east coast have been a combination multiple Honda product dealer cars, bikes, etc. St John has a slightly different dealer. A bit surprised to see the Harley Davidson emblem, with the Honda wing, as well as all the others. 
Border staff were good to us as always as we headed across into Maine. A young woman, perhaps still training as we chatted her and then another staff came to chat, no issues though. Headed through without any delay.
Used both freeways and backroads to make miles and still see some of the country. Many many mile of road and trees and a few, um mountains, yeh, Appalachian mountains.
Stopped for lunch at a lovely picnic area with a little river. Deer flies were a bit of an issue. Or some other bugs, as we discovered welts later in the day on our necks. Definitely bug bites.
Drove past Maine’s largest solar array. Yep its big.
Found a visitor centre in Rumford with state maps, yay! Unfortunately they didn’t have much for motels with restaurants close by, so we continued on.
Bethel, Maine is a wonderful little town apparently with a strong ski village economy and now working on making itself a go to place in the summer. This can be costly for a travellers like us. Fortunately we found a tiny motel in the centre of town with gorgeous baskets of begonias, how did I not take a picture of it, I dunno. Adorable rooms and reasonable at $70. We remind ourselves of the difference in CAD to US dollar, when we hear a price we must add 30% to come close to the amount charged on the credit card.
Apparently the good weather in the area is to end with heavy summer storms as we get closer to Niagara Falls. Will try to make miles, before it hits.
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