Monhegan Island
The village of New Harbor was quiet on a Monday morning as we arrived at Hardy Boat Cruises to ferry the ten miles across to Monhegan...
Lake Life - North Pond, Woodstock
If I could give something to every single person, I would give a week at the lake. While some people have the attitude that the more...
Old Woods Trail, Freeport
We seem to come to Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport in winter, mostly only in winter. We snow shoe along the Old Woods and...
Rockport, The Samoset Resort and Marine Park
(Written pre-COVID in 2016 and looking forward to this freedom again soon!) There’s something deliciously luxurious about “getting away”...
Snowshoeing at Pineland Farms, New Gloucester
The winter of 2020-2021 is allowing all of us the chance to explore our local outdoor surroundings possibly more than we’ve ever done...
Knight Woods Loop Trail, Pownal
2021 resolutions – more walking, more writing. Discovering the well-lit, meandering, 1-mile Knight Woods Loop Trail on this first day of...
Pumpkin Knob, Portland
The story goes that my grandmother expressed concern that my mom and dad were taking me, a baby, across the ocean waters of Casco Bay to...
Crescent Lake, Raymond
To come to the lake on a Tuesday, during COVID, is like a secret, like a special privilege we’ve been granted. On this gorgeous day of...
Finding Solitude at Ferry Beach, Scarborough
[I’m hopeful and looking forward to what summer might bring since spring has nearly leveled us – unprecedented times. As I looked...
Our Own Backyards
Together, we’ve traveled around Maine through the posts of this blog. We’ve visited state parks, trails, cozy Bed & Breakfast get-away’s....