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Ep 49: Arriving in Northern Maine & Exploring the Canadian Border // RV Life
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3 жыл бұрынWe're thrilled to be back in Jason's home state for the summer! We explore our new "hometown" of Houlton and the Canadian Border that runs next to it. And Jason takes a trip down memory lane. Can't wait til Canada opens back up to travelers again! BTW, you’ll always find links to the places and resources referenced in our videos in the description below! ⬇️
Come explore RV life with us as we live and work on the road!
CAMPGROUNDS we stayed at in this video:
▶︎ KOA Journey-Canadian Border: koa.com/campgrounds/houlton
PLACES AND LINKS referenced in this video:
▶︎ Houlton, ME: visitmaine.com/places-to-go/a...
▶︎ Canadian Border Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster...
▶︎ Teresa's Corner Cafe & Bakery, Presque Isle, ME: / teresascafe
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@louislavoie1238 7 ай бұрын
Maine, my beloved southern neighbor. Please never change.
@scheare 3 жыл бұрын
7:08 "Shrubbery is sufficient." lol
@CircuitRidinRV 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@lizdrouin1104 3 ай бұрын
Oh yes...whoppie pies. The best.....
@nancymoore8949 11 ай бұрын
I was born in Huntsville, Ontario but spent some of my high school years on Manitoulin Island. Best years of my growing up! In the winter we had to take the snowmobiles up to the crossroads to catch the bus. You did not miss school for roads not being cleared! Thanks for the memories!
@CircuitRidinRV 11 ай бұрын
Same for my husband and snowmobiling to school! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.
@dalesaucier 8 ай бұрын
I grew up in Fort Fairfield and picked lots of potatoes. I would frequent Condons Bakery, attended NMTC (NMVTI during that time) and spent many tanks of fuel cruising the main drag in Presque Isle from the McDonalds and turned around at the Shop and Save. My sister still lives in Mars Hill.
@CircuitRidinRV 8 ай бұрын
Wow, we love that you've been to Condon's Bakery! Thanks for sharing.
@marksewell7027 2 жыл бұрын
Hello from Woodstock NB. Just minutes away from houlton! Great videos!
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
It was so funny, we kept googling things to do in the area and we would see all these great things and then realize they were in Woodstock, and we couldn’t cross the border! Oh well, we’ll get there someday. Thanks for watching :)
@dennis3351 Жыл бұрын
I drove up to Allagash, end of the road once.
@SomeplaceOrAnother 3 жыл бұрын
Nice place to stay for the summer 😁👍
@CircuitRidinRV 3 жыл бұрын
We are loving it, thanks for watching!
@dennistyler9852 Жыл бұрын
And Florida in the Winter…
@petercharron3268 3 ай бұрын
Darn… so good to be back where you grew up.. you’re making me feel guilty. I was born in Eagle Lake in 1949 and we left our home in Fort Kent in 1953. Got to go back.
@rosalandeen6553 2 жыл бұрын
Awwwwww love this video. I'm from Caribou. Moved to Southern Maine. Nothing like going up home. Literally nothing like it. I love when you get to "the county " more 4 wheelers in parking lots then cars. Lol. Love Northern Maine!!! No place like home💖💖💖💖💖
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
We hope to get our own 4 wheeler some day. Thanks for watching!
@TravelingTreasureFinder 3 жыл бұрын
ok - this video made me smile and giggle and I just loved it! So many nuggets - the moose, the amazing campground, the scenery, the shrubbery border (Hilarious), the 4 wheelers, the baked goods... I can see why you love it there! Video is spot on! Enjoy!!
@GoodLifeHighway 3 жыл бұрын
Good life Highway agrees 😊
@CircuitRidinRV 3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
@roberthurley1685 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome home ... I live in Vermont but my people were from Bangor, ME.
@lovinwildlife2150 Жыл бұрын
I'm soooo excited my husband and I found your video!! We are also looking to buy land in Northern Maine, we LOVE Houlton too, we watch Andrew Moores who sells real estate up there in Houlton, have you seen his videos? Where are you guys from? We are in Northeastern CT. I can't wait to see what lot you end up with. Thanks for sharing the wonderful video with all of us.
@moonbeam7030 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed your travels.
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!
@Mr.chickensoup 2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@TheINFJChannel 2 жыл бұрын
This is so cool. Thanks for the video! I'm from the NH Whites but looking for land in Penobscot or Aroostook County. See, I'm an introvert lol. Can't wait. 🙌 ~Sadie
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
That’s great, good luck in your search! The NH Whites are beautiful, but Aroostook county is home for us :) Thanks for watching.
@dennistyler9852 Жыл бұрын
We Summer on the other side of Northern Maine near Jackman. Even though we don’t understand French, enjoy the radio stations that play French and English music… You can see how happy you two are…peace.
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
We have been getting more into francophone Québécois music lately! Thanks for watching 😊
@ocean1233 Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to go back up North
@hawkeye924 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the FIDDLEHEADS!!! They are normally harvested APRIL-MAY. My father picked potatoes for his father (Grandpa) and was paid $0.01 per barrel (55 gallon).
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
We LOVE fiddleheads!
@wmanadeau7860 Жыл бұрын
Got 25 cents a barrel when I started as a kid in the mid 60s, it was up to 35 cents when I moved away 5 years later...
@kamion53 2 жыл бұрын
I expected to be more forrested, it's quite an open country.
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Rural Maine is very heavily forested. But around the towns there tends to be more farmland so it looks more open. If you watch the videos of our Maine land 50 acres that we bought (Ep 50 & 51), it is totally forested. Thanks for watching!
@dermottmcsorley8641 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you got to see the scale model of the solar system along Rt 1.
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Yes we drove by it several times, and we also went to UMPI to see the big sun! Thanks for watching :)
@ffv1607 2 жыл бұрын
You forgot something. Where's the MOXIE???
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Jason does enjoy Moxie from time to time. Me, not so much :)
@ffv1607 2 жыл бұрын
Another thing you forgot. The County's biggest export. It's young people. :( Sign me PIHS Class of 1978 and UMPI Class of 1982. Interested in knowing the address of your cousin's store and if it might have gone by other names in the past.
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, though we've noticed a growing trend of younger people coming back to the area (or coming there for the first time). The town of Houlton is doing an amazing marketing campaign to draw younger families to the area. Jason's cousin is at Teresa's Corner Cafe & Bakery, 299 Main St, Presque Isle (link in the description of this video as well). Her cafe was started in 2010. Jason's grandmother owned Condon's Bakery in the late 1970s & 80s at the location where the current Riverside Inn Restaurant is now by the railroad tracks. Thanks for watching!
@ocean1233 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video 😊
@hawkeye924 Жыл бұрын
Maybe in 2024 you should take a look at the Madawaska, Maine to Canada. New Customs Center and Border Crossing. Also, the Fort Kent, Maine, USA to New Brunswick, Canada is relatively new.
@jomac841 Жыл бұрын
Hello from Moncton New Brunswick :) it’s nice to see some love for the Maritimes! Thanks for sharing ❤
@lisacondon Жыл бұрын
We're planning a return trip to NB, NS and Newfoundland next year :) Thanks for watching!
@thesentinel8974 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Thank You
@gingertwerk472 2 жыл бұрын
I’m from Gorham but this looks really cool
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
We used to live in South Portland years ago, so we are familiar with Gorham! Thanks for watching :)
@npwalker6780 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Love Maine and hope to discover more of Aroostock.
@aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 жыл бұрын
Trees and more trees on 95!😁I used to live in Houston . Great area.
@fasteddylove-muffin6415 2 жыл бұрын
New subscriber, thanks for posting. This is a really great video.
@jeffreyduplessis 5 ай бұрын
I am originally from Van Buren, ME and now live in Idaho. You are lucky that you did not get stopped by the US Border Patrol while you were driving the border, especially when you stepped out of your vehicle and technically crossed into Canada. Last year I visited the Fort Fairfield Country Club while it was closed on a rainy day. I remained in the US parking lot and also drove a road along the border minding my business. I did get stopped and was questioned by the US Border Patrol. I guess they're doing their job and can't be too careful.
@CircuitRidinRV 5 ай бұрын
Yep, we have driven that road along the Fort Fairfield country club as well and had to turn back because of border patrol. And there are cameras all along the road where the Canada border monuments are (where we got out of our car). I’m sure they are watching carefully, but we have never had anyone approach us on that road in several visits. Thanks for watching!
@nenettesilver 2 жыл бұрын
I dream of owning a lake house in Northern Maine. I wish I an free to travel like you guys do.
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you can get up there one day. Thanks for watching!
@embozsairaam5980 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing from srilanka 🎉💞
@ricardobonilla4785 Жыл бұрын
Me gustó el video, no hablo inglés pero me gusta la geografía, hermosos paisajes en la frontera con Canadá. Saludos desde miami, florida.
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
Gracias! :)
@SpoingusUnreal 7 ай бұрын
¡Ven a visitarnos alguna vez y descubre nuestra naturaleza!
@kongphirom 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video 🎉
@joet.sports5114 Жыл бұрын
What a great video...living in Southern California, the northern parts of Maine have always fascinated me. I've been to Portland once, but no further...I always thought I'd like to do a week in Caribou... ;)
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
Hope you make it up there someday, it’s beautiful country! Thanks for watching :)
@joet.sports5114 Жыл бұрын
@@CircuitRidinRV Thank you!
@justinbeard2024 6 ай бұрын
i am living in Freeport, and i love Freeport, but i am too poor to buy a house here with things being like 500K, looking toward Houlton, Presque Isle and Caribou, can you tell me what is the drug problem like? im talking full time living there in a house....crime seems very low but i am concerned about being near the border? You guys look like your having a great time!
@chickie3376 Жыл бұрын
I live in southern Maine but my husband’s mother is originally from Easton. Hubby’s cousin owns a big potato farm there that he inherited from his dad fairly recently. I don’t want to publicize the name but it begins with “F” We haven’t been up there in a few years, but we recently bought a camper and want to bring it up. I found your video while searching for camping spots around Presque Isle, even though I think hubby’s aunt will let us boondock in her driveway in Easton.
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
Very cool, thanks for watching! We ended up buying 55 acres of woodland south of Houlton and are currently developing it into a summer camp where we can park the RV for a few months each year. I have some other videos on our Maine land development if you’re interested. Hope you can make it north with your camper!
@chickie3376 Жыл бұрын
@@CircuitRidinRV I’m sure we will. I just showed your video to my husband and he said he’s pretty sure one of his cousins is friends with your cousin Teresa. I know I’ve heard her talk about the restaurant before. What a small world! His cousin is from Easton, then lived in Mapleton, and is now in Mars Hill. We’re tentatively planning a trip up there the end of June. My mom in law was born and raised in Easton, and my father in law was from the southern border of the state, where my husband was born and raised and we now live. We’re about 15 min from the Piscataqua bridge in your video. 😊
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
@@chickie3376 yes! My husband grew up in Mapleton :)
@aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 жыл бұрын
Moose are not your friends!🤨especially near the road, very unpredictable. We could pass for sisters, amazing. Even though I’ve never seen you in PI, you’re way younger, I’m still 😮 shocked. I live in Caribou. God bless.
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@AdamB12 Жыл бұрын
Where was that border crossing? I think it's Town of Orient? Glad you like The County! Born and raised in Maine myself.
@CircuitRidinRV Жыл бұрын
The crossing that we stopped at with the little building was Houlton. Thanks for watching!
@AdamB12 Жыл бұрын
Yeah the one at 4:38.
@danieltyce7406 2 жыл бұрын
Is Holton resident here. Welcome
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel, thanks for watching!
@christinestickles9521 Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the county
@canadianmike711 2 жыл бұрын
#exploreNB
@henryfurlott2222 2 жыл бұрын
Actually, Maine really belongs to Canada, so we should grab it while the US is distracted and sending stuff over to Europe!!! Haha. No, actually the US is the best neighbour anyone could ask for. Canada has done well by this (and I hope we've helped the US in our small way).
@CircuitRidinRV 2 жыл бұрын
I found it interesting to read the story of how the Maine border got drawn at the old Fort Kent! There were different opinions that led to the Aroostook War, and they finally met somewhere in the middle. You can see that in my Ep 53: St. John Valley Scenic Byway video. We love our Canadian neighbors! Hope to get over there this summer. Thanks for watching :)
@louislavoie1238 7 ай бұрын
*cough cough* (insert french blabbering)
@davidwebb4904 2 жыл бұрын
For that border violation, you CAN go to jail. If some bureaucratic box ticker decided to do so.
@NotYourMamasChannel Жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking. I don't think it's a big deal, but if some rookie border patrol agent found out about it he'd flip his lid.
@christopher9727 2 жыл бұрын
John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
@adventureguy4119 2 жыл бұрын
Jesus is lord
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