Traveling back from Nova Scotia...

plan to stop once i hit maine on I-95. Where would be the best spot to settle in for a night after we cross the canadian border. good food and beer is a plus. thanks!

Traveling back from Nova Scotia...

As soon as you cross into Maine you will be in the town of Houlton. If you do not stop there you will have to travel another hour or so to reach the next town of any size that will have lodging and another hour after that to reach the first ';city'; which is Bangor.

Unless you have more time you want to drive I would just stop in Houlton. There are only a couple of choices for lodging and I can not really reccomend either one as I have not stayed there. As far as food goes it may sound funny but we really like the food at the truck stop restaraunt there, the Irving ';Big Stop';. The first time my brother wanted to take us there we were skeptical but the food was excellent. They have a very large menu choice and I would have to describe the food as like a really good ';home cooked'; meal.

The restaraunt as well as a couple others and both of the hotels are located right off the I-95 exit in Houton.

Traveling back from Nova Scotia...

We always cross at St. Stephen/Calais ME (usually faster and less traffic). There%26#39;s a great Chinese restaurant in Calais (which we often eat at) and a pub or two, which look cute, but we%26#39;ve never stopped in. Can%26#39;t help you with lodging though......we always keep driving further on into Maine or town to NY.

You certainly could cross over in Calais/St. Stephen it would certainly be shorter distance wise and probably about the same time wise. I just did a quick comparison of the two routes. From the Nova Scotia/ New Brunswick border to the Maine/ New Hampshire border on I-95 it is about 511 miles and 9 1/2 hrs via crossing into Maine at Houlton and is about 473miles and 9hr by crossing into Maine at Calais then going to hit I-95 in Bangor. The time I think would actually be about equal because you can make a little better time then the map programs say if you use the interstate route. The choice is yours, if you are driving to and from I would go a different way each time just for a change in scenery.

If you did chose to cross over in Calais there is indeed a really good Chinese restaraunt there. As for lodging I would reccomend the Calais Motor Inn.

guys,

thanks for all the help!! i think we will go down through

calais, as there isn%26#39;t really much in other spots! i%26#39;ll check

out that chinese resteraunt for sure!!

thanks a million!