13 August 2022 Trenton ME to Salisbury MA

 The drive along the eastern side of Maine took longer than we expected. The drive from Trenton to Bangor had really bad stop and go traffic that ended just before we got on to I-395. Only reason we could see was due to a traffic cop on the other side of the road by an Army/Navy store that was having an event. But it had traffic backed up for 9 miles! Once on I-95 south, the drive was pretty easy. We had trouble finding a place to pull over for lunch because the rest stops were closed. When we got down to the Portland area, I-95 turned into a toll road. The first toll station was only $5.25 but that was all the cash we had on us. The next toll station ($12), we offered our credit card, but they don’t allow use of credit or debit cards. The booth guy just waived us on through. The next toll booth ($16.50) just before leaving Maine, would also not take a credit card and there was nowhere to get cash, so we had to fill out a form to receive a voucher that we will have to pay by mail. Very out dated system. Then we were surprised by a toll booth for the less than 10 miles of traveling through New Hampshire. They also would not take credit cards but had a way that we can pay on line. It would be easier if NTTA had a agreement with EZPass for toll exchange. Just across the border in Massachusetts, we exited I-95 for our next campground. We are staying at Black Bear Campground ($60 per night with GSC) in Salisbury. This is an old camp ground in a forest. Maneuvering the Wanderer through the narrow tree lined roads was a bit nerve racking with trees right up against the road, but turned out to be fairly easy to get into our site. While hooking up we noticed that Phase 1 of the campground AC was only 109 volts while Phase 2 was 119 volts. Probably due to a lot of 30 amp loads on phase one from the weekend crowd. The park was very full and many of the sites appear to be seasonal folks that come in for the weekend. There were so many trees that getting satellite TV was impossible. They do have a analog cable system but the quality is pretty bad. There WiFi is by a third party (WiFiNow) that keeps kicking us off the net every 20 minutes. We did not feel like cooking, se we drove down into the town of Salisbury and picked up a pizza and beer to bring back for dinner.