Blogs from Maine, United States, North America - page 17

Hi, All -- It's cold and rainy today, a perfect day for catching up on emails, reading a good book, and sending out another blog. Yesterday was nice, a fair amount of sun and briskish winds. We met for lunch with my past photo teacher and mentor, Lydia Goetz, who lives in Southwest Harbor. This is the third year in a row we've been able to have lunch with Lydia, always a good experience. This time we missed her partner, George De Wolfe, also an excellent photographer. I've taken a couple of classes from him too. Their little village of Southwest Harbor is surrounded by Acadia Nat'l Park as is Northeast Harbor which we visited later. The Park is interspersed throughout with private land. The Park's history, which is quite interesting, explains how all this came ... read more

Geo: 43.0881, -70.7367Today my goal was to see some nice coastal scenery on my way from Bar Harbor to Kittery. Instead of taking the interstate, I took Hwy 1. This route passes through small towns such as Stockton Springs, Belfast, Camden, and Bath before hooking up with I-295 until Portland. The first half of the route was nice. You really don't see the ocean for most of it unless you turn off onto some of the smaller highways. But there are nice colonial homes and the outer edges of these towns. After Portland, you then pass through places such as Scarborough, Biddeford, the Kennebunks, Ogunquit and York. All very busy places in the summer and slightly slower paced now. No, I did not spot any George Bush's when driving through Kennebunkport and I'm sure their home ... read more

Geo: 44.3875, -68.2044Finally a sunny day! The perfect day to do another drive into Acadia and see what it looks like when it's not covered in fog and drizzle. I got a relatively early start (a little after 8) and it turned out to be a good idea as the day went on. I thought a drive to the top of Cadillac Mountain would be the best way to begin and would get me up there before the majority of the visitors. Cadillac Mountain, at 1,530 feet, is the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast north of Brazil. I find myself doing more and more of these steep drives as I travel. Mostly it's because I am by myself and there is no other way to get up there. Either do it yourself or don't do ... read more

Geo: 44.3875, -68.2044I have thought many times about taking a trip to Acadia National Park. The descriptions of the craggy coasts, gently sloping mountains and friendly people have long appealed to me. So this year I am finally here! Today was a whole day of traveling so not much to report on other than some observations about various points in my day. Boston's Logan Airport and getting out of it is a challenge that is not for the faint of heart. Now I was here last year and I don't recall the airport itself being a problem. But this time there was construction and traffic backups. And then trying to stay on the right road to get to the interstate I wanted was like doing a logic puzzle. I wanted to go north on I-95. Apparently ... read more

Nova Scotia - and New England travel. Saturday 31st August . We started our journey from Terminal 5 at Heathrow, such a modern airport with plenty of space and apparently a lack of people. Our flight was by British Airways to Boston Massachusetts.... read more