Tag: Maine
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Our Last Night In America
It’s been a wild ride this week. Up and down a section of interstate through West Virginia that most certainly was designed by a roller coaster engineer, potentially record-setting heat, endless miles of roadwork, a reoccurring slow tire leak and a couple torrential downpours accompanied by thunder and lightning. But at the end of each…
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Maine or Bust 2022: The End or the Beginning?
Tomorrow we pack up our memories and say goodbye to Maine, a state we’ve dreamed of visiting for years. How lucky we were to visit beautiful Acadia National Park before the real crowds of summer arrive. Friends Jeannie and Jeff came up to spend our last day with us at our cozy cabin. After a…
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Maine or Bust 2022: Cadillac Mountain Redo
The sun was out and Cadillac Mountain was waiting for us. It was a great day for a hike and since we lost our reservation to drive up, we chose to walk to the top. The Cadillac South Ridge Trail was described as a moderately challenging 6.7 mile out and back trail. We felt we…
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Maine or Bust 2022: Rainy Days And Mondays
We had a Monday reservation at 9 a.m. to drive to the top of Acadia National Park’s Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the North Atlantic seaboard. We awoke to pouring rain and a forecast of much more to come. Needless to say, we nixed the mountain drive. Armed with Google maps, we opted for…
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Maine or Bust 2022: The Northernmost Point
We’ve reached the northernmost point of our trip and are comfortably settled in a spectacular log cabin overlooking the Mt. Desert Narrows body of water. We have plans to visit Maine’s Acadia National Park and hope to get together once more with friends Jeannie and Jeff…but other than that, we may just sit and enjoy…
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Maine or Bust 2022: Main(e) Memories of Freeport
From our front porch we could see the finger of land across the water hiding Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park. Curious, we drove around and found a trail to explore, looping through the grounds and offering views of coastal tide pools, towering forests and an occasional wildflower. Taking advantage of another beautiful day, we thought…
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Maine or Bust 2022: Room to Stretch
After 84 days living exclusively in our trailer, Minnie is in storage, having earned a much needed rest, while we enjoy some room to stretch. We scheduled these next two weeks months ago when our (Reg’s) plan was to tent-camp across the entire length of U.S. Highway 20, the 3,365-mile road that stretches from Newport,…
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Maine or Bust 2022: We Crossed The Line
First stop in the state of Maine – a short, 2-night visit with friends and former California neighbors Jeannie and Jeff at their lovely coastal home. Although the weather wasn’t looking good Friday morning, we donned our raincoats (just in case) and set off on a path through the 295-acre Beech Hill Preserve, hoping to…
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