Travel Blogs from Bangor, United States
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JOHNNY AND ADAM'S FIRST DAY OF HITCHING
... and I were glowing to see each other 240 miles later in "Bang-eh." (Sorry, my Boston accent came out again.) "Bangor," I should say, found my pals a little dejected. Apparently, their last ride had been a very negative experience. A guy named ...
Bangor, Maine
April 12 The first stop today was the Whaling Museum. There were two skeletons of whales there: Kobo (King of the Blue Ocean) was the Blue whale and Bob (not his real name) was the humpback whale. We learned a lot about whales and whaling. It smelled of ...
Escaping winter?
... We picked up a coupon travel book at the Maine visitor center and scouted out motel options. We opted for the Econolodge in Bangor, thinking we could become familiar with it prior to our July stay with the motorcycle gang on the way to Grand ...
Jun 26, 2009
Sudden trip to Outer Mongolia (a.k.a. Upper Maine)
... good East/West highways here. Only North/South ones. If you look up the driving directions from Glens Falls to Bangor, the path looks like a drunk planned it out. It weaves North and South the entire way, gradually making its ...
Bangor, Maine - 2nd July 2007
We left Boston in rather a rush, we were trying to book somewhere to stay in Bangor and it was proving a little difficult. We found a place called Howard Johnson (HoJo's), a hotel chain. It was pretty basic but was a double bed, own bathroom ...
Quincy, IL to Bangor, ME
This was an IFR leg from Quincy(KUIN) to KBGR(Bangor), approximately 1033 nm (great circle). IFR flight plan had over a dozen waypoints, but once airborne and maybe 75 nm along the route, ATC gave me GPS Direct to a VOR on my route in New York some 700 ...
Day 6
... , HF Radio (High Frequency), flight planning, get the charts from Jeppessen and and and. Our first stop is the maintenance facility in Bangor. No we cannot install the HF, but we can assist you with it, is the answer. Seems the layers have even been up ...
Mehr Brei als Beere
... Traumpaarung gehandelt. Quizfrage: Was ist noch langweiliger als ein typisches WM2010-Durchschnitssspiel? Ein verregneter Stadtrundgang durch Bangor natürlich. Also ebe! Schliesslich fand ich dann auf der Webseite des Spanischen Fernsehens Aysl, ...
Day 5
... into Glenn Falls and run for the toilet. Lucky me I managed. Low clouds white mountain tops, amazing but we land. We continue towards Bangor. Lufthansa 423 just took off at Boston I guess and we are on our way on top of the cloud layer again. The layer ...
arrived in Bagor Maine
arrrived in Bangor at 335pm after leaving Prescott Valley at 100am so are very tired had a connection in Detroit, we went for a early supper at a texas road house and will travel to Bar harbor for a 3 night stay. Plan to tour acadia national park ...
In the USA !
... and labelling the photos, revising the flight plan, resubmitting EAPIS, sorting out fuel in destinations in Northern Canada and checking with Bangor that we could stay the night if we did manage to get away. As it turned out, the Halifax weather ...
Nightmare through Boston
... awful bad. Only had 331 miles today, so very doable. Got to a gas station right on the freeway and decided to program in Bangor, Me. We had already programed in Boston, but I suggested further, so Chris would know where to go after Boston and not ...
Fredericton and Bangor
... amused himself by sorting through the food in my coolers. "You can't bring the oranges or the smoked meat into the United States. We have to confiscate it." Well, there goes dinner! AFter crossing the border, I headed through the mountains towards ...
In the good ole, USA
Arrived in Bangor Maine, USA, late Monday afternoon. A 700 mile direct route from Goose Bay Canada, took almost five hours in a headwind. Had some documentation "issues" which took a bit of time to sort out. It seems the advice I was given from the ...
Down on Maine Street
Light travel day today. We drove from Rye to Bangor, Maine with our friends the Martens. They’re flying to Illinois tomorrow and we plan to head for the Canadian border. We made a side trip today to Bar Harbor. Drove around Mount Desert Island and ...
Eurotrip 2005!
Greetings all! This is Jon and Denise. As all of you know, we are off for the trek of a lifetime! 2 weeks of traveling in the cities and towns of Europe. We'll keep you updated from this email adress, and feel free to write and contact us. As George ...
"Maine"ly Sunny
... large fields of wild blueberries. Maine is famous for its 81 million pounds of blueberries it harvests each year. We arrived safely in Bangor Maine and stayed at a fabulous Country Inn by The Mall. The room is on a corner and we have windows on two ...
Quick stop--thank goodness
Bangor, Maine Stop over in Maine to refuel. We were only there for a couple hours, but long enough to look out the airport windows at all the snow and be glad we weren't staying ...
"The Greater Bangor Area" a photographers dream
... . It's amazing what can be captured just walking through town. To See more pictures from the Greater Bangor Area visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Nehemiah/389564424444335?fref=ts Photographer Information Name: ...
On the road
... John and on into the states at Calais (after shopping at the duty-free store). Weather was good for driving and we arrived in Bangor at about 6:00pm. We stayed at the Whitehouse (Best Western) and had a great and cheap dinner at Dysart's. Off to bed ...
Hurry Up And Wait...
" 'twas the night before Cali, and all through the house was a man on a mission tryin' to get the fuck out... Is everything packed? Am I well prepared? A couple of shots... and I won't seem to care. As long as I've got my phone and ID, I'll party like ...
Stephen King's home and 'Pet Cemetery'
Don got to see Stephen King's home in Bangor and visit Mt. Hope Cemetery that inspired King's 'Pet Cemetery.' ...
Moseying thru Maine
... the day. This lighthouse was built at the direction of George Washington and is the first lighthouse built by the United States. Built between 1787 and 1790, the lighthouse is one of four remaining colonial era lighthouses that have never ...
Short night, long day
... most of the day until the last hour coming into Maine, but I had expected scattered thunder showers. The road twists a lot near Bangor. I was acutely aware of this today as I would be headed toward sunshine for 5 minutes and then a curve would take me ...
Lobster.. in Maine????
... We had really wanted to see that but unfortunately ran out of time and because all the motels were fully booked we ended up going back to Bangor to spend the night! This is were we found out that the boys are not allowed to share a room in the motel so we ...
Bangor ?? I didn't even kiss'er.
... Prince Edward Island. Managed to stay ahead of the rain - clear skys the whole 320 miles. Quick pit-stop at Maine Public Broadcast Network and now roughing it in a Bangor bunker with AC, Wireless inet, Cable and a six pack of ...
June 22
... unsure of a turn (no sign saying which way to go for my highway, I chose right) so to celebrate I took the wrong exit at Bangor. Or well, I took the right exit, but the wrong direction. I answered my question about where the 395 ended (the exit I took ...
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