Yesterday was a planned driving day all day...from Bar Harbor, ME to NYC. We did plan in a stop Portland, ME, to see the Portland Head Lighthouse. We packed up in the morning and made pretty good time getting on the road. We took our time, stopped for lunch and gas, and made our way to Portland. We were a little nervous about parking at the lighthouse, but saw a nice parking lot and headed in. We were wrong about the nice spot. There was a dead end, no parking signs, and concrete barriers. The resulted in detaching the trailer, a 3-5 point turn around, and the guys waiting patiently for the rest of us while we explored the park.
We got back on the road to New Jersey. This ultimately resulted in a long line of RV frustrations. Our mapping systems would only send us through tunnels which weren't allowed for RVs. We rerouted and rerouted and ended up having to go quite a ways out of the way to find a path that would get us there without incident. At one point, we ended up on a state route that had a sign posted AFTER we were on the route that no vehicles over 8' were allowed. So frustrating. We stopped for gas and saw on open Park N' Ride parking lot. We made dinner and may or may not have had a spontaneous dance party to get us ready for the rest of the journey. We did get a funny look from a driver retrieving his car. We headed back on the road...apparently down an exit only path. Oops. Oh well, we made it back on the road and we resumed our journey. For the last several hours, Curtis drove and Jason navigated us through highways, small towns, back roads, and a few complicated twists and turns to get us back on track. We pulled into our RV park at Liberty Harbor in NJ around 1 AM. The computer system was down and someone was already parked in our reserved spot. We felt bad for the security guards left to sort this out. They helped us find another spot and we settled in for the night. The brightest spot at this point was the promise of sleep and the sight of Lady Liberty in the background. It was a long day, but we were excited for our adventure in NYC.