Blogs from Maine, United States, North America - page 4

My husband and I have traveled since the very beginning of our relationship. Come to think of it; we were long distance the first 8 months we were together. So, we literally had to travel to even see each other. This proves long distance relationships can work out. It's 11 years later, 8 years married, and he's still my favorite travel companion. In preparation for this Blog I was looking through some old travel photos. Lets just say, during these 11 years, we haven't made the healthiest choices... I know we are both, unhealthily over weight. If we did the Facebook 10 year challenge, it would be pretty alarming. Although things are changing. I've lost 35lbs within the past year. But even still, seeing old photos really gives me motivation to continue my weight loss journey. ... read more

A week ago I was in Chile, enjoying our last full day exploring this gorgeous country, visiting beautiful vineyards, fascinating museums, comfortable homes, and drinking fine Chilean wines. I am writing this from my home in Maine, so you can see I made it through the maelstrom, which turned out to be more in my head, in the worrying and anticipation of what, last week, was told to be imminently before us. Everything in getting home worked out better than anyone could have ever guessed. Perhaps we were just lucky. Last Monday morning we visited the Colchagua Museum, an amazing and impressive private collection that covers thousands of years of Chilean history, containing the largest collection of pre-Columbian art in all of Chile. This museum is a masterpiece. In the afternoon we enjoyed a delightful home-hosted ... read more

As our friends and family know, we sold our house in June. We have been living in the RV since June 3. Not having a house to tend to we have enjoyed exploring Maine over the summer. I also have been playing with the camera learning how to operate it off of the "auto" setting....definitely a work in progress. I had the most fun with it so far trying to capture the spray of the waves at the ocean and slowing the roll of the waves. I probably am including too many pictures of them but I just thought it was so cool so maybe you will too. As this is my first post, we'll see how the pictures all set up...(Already see I am going to need to do a couple of entries to capture ... read more

Bangor, Maine, 20 juillet Déjà la dernière étape du périple... Cette aventure le long du littoral oriental américain nous a ravi, séduit et on en reprendrait bien encore un peu! Gavés d'océan, de plages (un bonne vingtaine au compteur), de découvertes formidables et de moments magiques, nos têtes heureuses garderont longtemps le souvenir de cet été de rêve. Au cours des derniers jours, nous avons redécouvert Provincetown (Massachussetts) et son ambiance unique, Salisbury Beach (Massachussetts) au lever de Lune sur l'océan, Hampton Beach (New Hampshire) et sa jolie petite route côtière, Old Orchard Beach (Maine) et sa "québécitude" (sans parler de la plage, qui mérite amplement sa popularité) puis enfin le magnifique Acadia National Park et Bar Harbor (Maine) avec son littoral rocheux et son relief spectaculaire. Après plus de 5000 kilomètres de route, près de ... read more

July 31, 2019 – Bar Harbor, Maine - Weather: 84°F/29°C, Foggy in the AM, Clear skies by noon, wind 8.1 mph, humidity 78° This morning we threaded our way into Frenchman Bay through the fog and fields of drifting buoys marking the locations of lobster posts. Bar Harbor is located on Mount Desert Island, which is the third largest island on the East Coast of the United States. As there is no wharf we had to anchor in the bay and use the ship’s tenders to transport guests and crew ashore. The island is home to Acadia National Park which covers approximately 38,000 acres with another 12,000 acres of conservation easements. After spending a quiet morning aboard ship reading we went ashore in the early afternoon to catch our shore excursion “Victorian Villages of Mount Desert ... read more

We arrived in Portland on a Wednesday, and the weather was very nice with highs in the 80’s for our drive to Rangeley, ME, and the Saddleback Inn. Unfortunately, on Thursday, the cold temperatures started, and the rains came in earnest, preventing us from doing any serious hiking. From then on, it seems like it rained every other day, and the temp did not get above 60 degrees for the rest of the trip. On Thursday it rained all day so didn't get to do the planned hike to Saddleback Mt. We did drive to a state park along the lake as well as to the trail head for the hike to Saddleback Mt, but it would have been a very wet slog to the top without much chance of any views with the foggy weather. ... read more