What a different a day makes! After yesterday’s (see blog post) rain and fog, I awoke to blue skies and sunshine. Headed out the door at around 6:30am and drove to...
Category: Hiking & Walking, Maine, New England Tags: Acadia National Park, Atlantic Ocean, Bar Harbor, Cadillac Mountain, Downeast, hiking, Maine, national park, New England, Otter Cliff, sequestration, spring, springtime
Started the morning in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Just finished a work conference there. My plan was to drive to Hopewell Rocks and then along the coast on my way back...
Category: Canada, Hiking & Walking, Maine, New England, Travel Outside U.S. Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy, Campobello Island, Canada, Downeast, East Quoddy Lighthouse, Eastland Motel, Franklin Roosevelt, Head Harbour Lighthouse, hiking, lighthouse, low tide, Lubec, Maine, national park, New Brunswick, New England, Quoddy Head State Park, Roosevelt Campobello International Park, West Quoddy Head Light
In downtown Portland, Maine for a meeting. I had driven around Portland several times, but never stopped downtown. Lots of inviting restaurants, cafes, and shops. I popped in to the Portland...
Category: Maine, New England Tags: Maine, New England, Portland Maine, Portland Public Library, Public Market House
The leaves are at their peak for fall foliage. I headed over to Mount Agamenticus (also known as “Mount A” or “Big A”) to do some hiking. Located near Ogunquit and...
Category: Hiking & Walking, Maine, New England Tags: autumn, hiking, leaves, Maine, Mount Agamenticus, New England
The Portland Head Light is iconic New England. So much so that once when I was at the Red Lobster it was the cover photo on their menu. I had wanted...
Category: Maine, New England Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Cape Elizabeth, Fort Williams, lighthouse, Maine, New England, Portland Head Light, Portland Maine, sunrise
Took a quick drive this afternoon to some rural areas outside of Manchester, New Hampshire. The fall colors are really pretty right now. Spotted some gorgeous colors in…well…some cemeteries. Is that...
Category: New England, New Hampshire Tags: autumn, cemetery, leaves, Manchester, Mont Vernon, New England, New Hampshire
Miller State Park near Peterborough, New Hampshire features a road to take you to the summit of Pack Monadnock (2,290 feet) where you’ll have great views of the Wapack Range. After...
Category: Hiking & Walking, New England, New Hampshire Tags: autumn, hiking, leaves, Miller State Park, New England, New Hampshire, Pack Monadnock, Peterborough, Wapack
On the way back from Acadia National Park, I stopped in Bucksport, Maine, on the Penobscot River. I toured around Fort Knox State Park. The fort was built in the mid-1800s...
Category: Maine, New England Tags: autumn, Bucksport, Fort Knox, leaves, Maine, New England, Penobscot Narrows Bridge, Penobscot River
Travel on the Side