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Maine Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Maine, United States
A great visit with classmates and friends
We left the FMCA Rally and got on the I-89 across Vermont and into New Hampshire. Another one of my classmates, Nancy Shanklin Matthews, lives in East Hartford, VT just before the NH border, but she and her husband, Ted, met us for lunch ...
Blizzard 2006!
The mild weather of January gave way to a blizzard in Feburary. I learn about the joys of plowing, shoveling, snowblowing and trying to find the Sunday NY Times in 12" of snow at the end of the driveway..... I STILL LIKE ...
wekeela
... always love you! it was soooo funny. after the beach we went to the pond to say goodbye to brad as he had stayed in maine for a week so he could hang out with everyone. wednesday was chilled out as most of the kids are away on trips, so in the last ...
Portland, Maine
... . Sunny with some clouds. We saw a squirrel. Some of uneducated thought it was a beaver, a mongoose, or a raccoon. Another bus ride (3 hours) took us to Portland, Maine. Hopefully we can go to the Maine Mall. Reporting Lauren, Cori, ...
Summer 2011 Family Road Trip!
We depart on our Family Road Trip today! Heading to Prospect Mountain Campground. ...
Looking for Lobsters
... get frozen custard. Tonight we are eating lobster for dinner - I hope I get a claw! INTERVIEW FIVE Andrew Davis Langdon Portland, Maine Age 9 Where do you live? Falmouth, Maine Who do you live with? Mom, Dad, little brother (Nic) Why do ...
White Water Rafting
... the river to record our adventure. You can purchase movies and/or photos of our trip. We will spend three days in Maine's most picturesque wilderness enjoying the solitude, the Perseids Meteor Shower, the moose, the hiking trails and our meals of lake ...
Portland Maine
Friday we drove to Scarborough, just SW of Portland. This is a huge RV park with 747 campsites. Friday afternoon we rode our bikes all around the RV park. Saturday we drove to Portland with hopes of seeing the Custom House, but it was ...
Day 18, Tuesday, August 12, 2008
... ride. OK folks ... here it comes ................ WE DID IT !!!!! We completed the Four Corners Tour !!!!! We arrived in Madawaska, Maine (http://www.townofmadawaska.com/), at 5:45pm. We rode 326 miles from Montreal to get there. We again did our ...
Late summer and fall in Maine
After five months in Europe we returned to the United States to take a 3 month break at our cottage in Maine. We flew from Milan, Italy to Atlanta where we spent a week catching up with frriends. From there we drove to Kentucky to visit family ...
Arrival in the USA
Hi everyone, this is just a quick one to let you all know that i arrived in the usa safely and made it up to maine - as you can imagine i was a long day of travelling but after a long sleep i feel much better. i will write loads once i have regular ...
New assignment
Hello ! Due to the civil unrest and continued chaos in Haiti, my departure was delayed for a third time. I decided to request an alternate placement and have received news that I will be departing for Senegal West Africa on March 15, 2005. ...
Portland Farmers Market
We were woken up by Big Eli saying to Little Eli, "it's time to get up, it's 5:59!" A quick roll out of bed and packing of the car and before we knew it, it was time to wander over to the Gould Academy Dining Hall for breakfast. Big Eli, Lily and Mia ...
Portland, Fishing and the Devil's Den
... between them in an hour and a half, we headed home. Claire had prepared Steak for tea and we watched some crazy Maine-accented comedian, hadn't really noticed the differing accents of Americans until now. They mostly sound the same-ish but just have ...
The Maine Man
On Friday, the plan was to go and spend some time with another cousin, Claire and her family over in Scarborough near Portland, Maine. Marie and Van had kindly offered to lend me the use of their Explorer for as long as I needed it. This is a 4x4 petrol ...
3 Peaks and 3 Beers
... truck for the short drive back to the Shifrin house. It was a wonderful walk and great to get out in the Maine mountains and remember the different scenery and environment provided by northern New England hardwoods. The only complaint about the walk was ...
Goodbye Pemaquid, Hello Harrison
... a group photo for us. We then departed in dribs and drabs as we were all making our way to Maple Springs Farm in Harrison, Maine for an afternoon snack and a tour of the grounds that had produced all of the vegetables that Mark was selling at his stall. ...
Ladies Day Out
... Brett stayed home and played with the kids, they loaded up and headed out for the day. Their destination was the Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor. While there, according to reliable information, they enjoyed a lovely walk around and explore of ...
Rattling About In A Vacuum
... on triangular-shaped patch of land guarded by two great boulders that give way to a cloudy brown pond and all the unfiltered nature that Maine has to offer. I pull and leave it, so happy to be done driving, so ready to relax with the moon, which ...
Amie and Mike Wharff
... . It may seem an unusual time to have a wedding, but everything about this wedding was far from usual. A wedding on the cliffs of Maine sounds like a chapter right out of a fairy tale, and with the way things turned out, it very well could have been. ...
Day 31 - Brattleboro to Bar Harbor
... a very special trip to New England. Our journey today took us through Vermont, into New Hampshire and up through Maine. The Green Mountains were beautiful, every bit as captivating as any other place on our journey. ...
Boston Here we come
... we traverse Illinois. Shawn Day 9 Not only did we cover Illinois but put Indiana behind us as well. We have traveled through 3 states growing corn and soy beans. We should not run out any time soon. Day 10 6/28 Last night we stayed in ...
Quincy, IL to Bangor, ME
... a few flight things re-organized, also touring the Maine coast and staying at the lakeside cabin of my Bainbridge friend Kathy near Camden, Maine. Watching weather over north Atlantic - delayed a bit for a front to move farther east and ...
On the Shores of the Atlantic coast
... am now comfortably resting (after 10 hours of sleep and a bowl of homemade clam chowder) in a cottage on the coast of Maine. I'm happy to have begun this adventure. Dan and I spent the afternoon kayaking through a tide pool and going over last ...
Park Loop Road
... home at Bar Harbor and have a bowl of clam chowder for a snack before a early dinner. We try a Woopie Pie...WOW! A great Maine treat! A Woopie Pie is kind of like two pieces of cake(chocolate)with a yummy cream filling(like icing).MMMMMM! We walk around ...
Day 126: Cloud Pond to Carl Newman
Hello Closing in on the end here I guess, only five more days until vacation: also known as the first time in more than two months I won't hike each day. I am looking forward to THAT! Passed the 2100 mi mark today, which is also the last hundred ...
Day 127: Carl Newhall to Cooper Brook
Hey all Another drizzly and at times, downright rainy day on the AT in Maine. It would really stink to live in this state and have summer weather like this!! However not all bad! The day started beautifully, blue skies and crisp morning temps. ...
Day 128: Cooper Brook to Wadleigh Stream
Hi hi! So after going to bed to the rain coming down on the shelter roof, it was very lovely to wake up at dawn to some blue skies. 2000 miles and still the weather determines so much about our moods. The first few miles were beautiful, smooth and ...
Big Driving Day
... 's Dad's) side of the family. There was Aunt Ruth, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Lois, Cousin Sebastian whom had biked from Illinois to Maine, Cousin Andreas and his partner, Fabiana, Cousin Emily, and Cousin Ben and his wife Sarah. Not long after us 5 got there, ...
No... sleep... till Bangor!
... and a skinny little man with a moustache asks us a few questions. "Where you are you off to tonight?" "Cherryfield, Maine" "What for?" "To visit a friend." "How do you know this friend?" "I don't know." "What does this friend do?" ...