Blogs from Portland, Maine, United States, North America - page 5

I am so happy to report that our first night with a party of six went great ! Everyone slept well and they even woke up in a good mood. It’s seems as though they must have brought some of that good ole’ Georgia sunshine with them up here to Maine. When we got up this morning those golden rays were just a shinin’ through the windows and we couldn’t be more happy ! After a week of really crappy weather, it finally looked like we were going to be able to get out and do some stuff without having to worry about getting all wet. Luckily, Tim, Jon and I survived the first week without catching pneumonia and now at least Jon was going to have a couple of nice days to enjoy. We gathered ... read more

Day 7 - Portland Maine Today we explored Portland Maine. The first thing we discovered was that the visitors map of Portland (that is practically everywhere) had an error on it. The visitor’s center was moved from the destination given on the map to an area near the train museum at the other side of the harbor. We did a lot of walking to find it. But we found it and did get some information. We visited the Observatory, which was very interesting. It’s amazing that it has survived all these years, through fires and bad storms, but it has endured them all. The Observatory isn’t even secured into the ground as it held down by ballast (giant granite bolders). Once the 2-way radio communication came into being the observatory wasn’t really needed anymore. The shore ... read more

At 5:30Am I woke up and took the 8:00AM plane to Newark, NJ than another to Boston, Massachusetts. My first impression of Boston was that everything was so modern and artistic, the "Logan" airport is probably the biggest I've seed yet. So far I'm already two days into the assembly, It's been interesting, I finally manage to make some friends, one of them managed to start a conversation with me by saying I looked like a lost circus girl sitting on the trunks while I was waiting for my mother's friend's husband to get the car from a hardcore parking lot traffic jam. He says (his name is David by the way) that he was gonna try to look for me tomorrow, oh well at least I won't be bored. The buildings here in Portland are ... read more

We moved to Portland, Maine in July 2007. Its a small town, not much to do!!! But if you are a nature lover as we are....than you are in Haven..Portland is an open gate towards the beauty of the outdoor recreation!!!... read more

Obfuscator writes: The morning came to us in Franconia Notch State Park with little fanfare. Being wedged between two mountains as we were, there was no real dawn per se, just fairly sudden light. The notch really is just an elongated pass between the two, and there's not much there, other than an elongated State Park and the highway that runs down the middle. Because it's so narrow, most of the State Park is actually made up of separate exits on this highway, and since it's a divided highway, they're only accessible going one direction. This means that to get to some of them, you have to drive up to others, exit, turn around, and get back on the highway. The first thing we wanted to see on our way out of the park was the ... read more