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By Humulu
July 18th 2007

"at home" at the Lake

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Hello Everyone, and so the Blog begins again! I arrived in heavy fog after being rerouted from DC to Toronto in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursday evening of last week to start the next chapter of the "gap year" ala Steffi. After picking my parents up from the airport on early Friday morning (they were traveling the Canadian West for the last 2 weeks) we headed South towards "our" lake about 30 km from Yarmouth . Once here, time stands still, and we totally immerse ourselves in the tranquility of the Lake, the birds singing, the Loons howling, the Hummingbirds humming, [View Full Entry]

By The Jared
June 9th 2007

O' Canada

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West Quoddy Lighthouse
The easternmost point in the US

It felt good leaving Bar Harbor riding through this exciting village. I had a lot of great fun here with the people and the places visited. It also felt good to surpass 3000 miles as I left the Mount Desert Island and turned eastward to Canada; so close I could taste it. Today was cool and cloudy and the wind was at my back to push me along 80 miles into Machias. The hills continued but I powered through them getting used to this new coastal landscape. This part of Maine called ‘Down East Maine’ was very rural and became increasingly [View Full Entry]

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