By Hilary Nangle on August 14, 2011
Rockland rocks. Named a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the small Maine coastal city edging Penobscot Bay retains the heart and spirit of a working town, buzzes with the added pizazz of excellent museums, a vigorous arts scene, surprising restaurants, eclectic shops, and delivers a more than generous serving of lobster, [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Entertainment, Events, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Transportation, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Berry Manor Inn, Brass Compass., Cafe Miranda, Capt. Lindsey House, Farnsworth Museum, First Friday Art WAllk, Granite Inn, Historic Inns of Rockland, in good company, Lily bistro, Limerock Inn, Maine eastern railroad, Maine Lighthouse Museum, Maine Lobster Festival, Marshall Point light, Miller's Lobster, Owls Head Light, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Project Puffin Visitor Center, Rockland, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, sail power & steam museum, Shell's Southwest Grille, Strand, Sunfire Mexican Grill, Suzuki's Sushi Bar, Sweets & Meats Market, The Brown Bag, WAterman's Beach Lobster |
By Hilary Nangle on July 31, 2011
If you get a sample of what it really was like during the hey day of Maine’s Great Age of Logging, make plans to visit the Ambejejus Boom House, on Ambejejus Lake, near Millinocket and Baxter State Park. It’s been 35 years since Maine’s last logging drive, 35 years since trees felled in the northern [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Maine Highlands, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go |
By Hilary Nangle on July 28, 2011
Don’t let summer slip away before you’ve had a chance to embrace at least one of these 10 made-for-the-memory-books Maine vacation experiences. 1. Hike in the 100-Mile Wilderness Using the Appalachian Mountain Club’s new Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins as a base, spend a few days hiking in the 100-Mile Wilderness region, northeast of Greenville. [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Hiking | Tagged 100-mile Wilderness, Baxter State Park, bike tour, Coos Canyon, Down East Nature Tours, Flagstaff Lake, gold panning, Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins, Grain Surfboards, Greenville, Katahdin, Maine Huts, Maine Minerology Adventures, Marshall Island, Michael Good, Millinocket, Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Old Quarry Ocean Adventures, Oxford Hills, rock hounding, Stonington, Summer Feet, surfing, York |
By Hilary Nangle on July 21, 2011
We’re looking at a few days of scorching heat, at least by Maine standards. Keep that in mind: It IS worse elsewhere. And many of those those other places aren’t rich with nature’s natural coolers: mountains, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and miles upon miles of oceanfront. 1. Hit the beach Hint: If you’re going to [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Food, Maine Made, Sightseeing | Tagged beaches, boat trips, Ice cream, islands, museums, rafting, watervalls |
By Hilary Nangle on July 19, 2011
I had the good fortune to sail aboard American’s oldest active commercial schooner, the Lewis R. French, during the Maine Windjammer Association’s annual Parade of Sail by Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse. At the helm as we sailed out of Camden was the youngest captain in the fleet, Garth Wells Garth purchased the French in 2003 after [...]
Posted in Boating, Events, Food, Penobscot Bay, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Camden, Italian Sausage Soup, Maine Windjammer Association, Parade of Sail, Rockland, Rockland Breakwater light, Schooner Lewis R. French |
By Hilary Nangle on July 3, 2011
On Golden Pond, that dreamy sunset-of-life film starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda, may have been filmed in New Hampshire, but playwright Ernest Thompson took his inspiration from Great Pond, the largest of Maine’s Belgrade Lakes. A mailboat—not the lovely wooden launch of the film, but a modern pontoon boat—still plies Great Pond’s [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Lodging, Sightseeing, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning | Tagged Alden Camps, Bear Springs Camps, Belgrade Lakes, Castle Island Camps, D.E.W. Animal Kingdom, French's Mountain, Hutton Studios, Maine Bone Carving, maine lake vacation, Maine Sporting Camps, Whisperwood Lodge |
By Hilary Nangle on April 26, 2011
Five documentary films about recreational canoeing and kayaking will be screened at the 4th Annual Paddlers Film Festival, at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, this Thursday, April 28. Doors open at 5 p.m. and screenings begin at 6:30 p.m. Films slated to be screened are Birthright, Finding Farley, This is Canoeing, OLVM 36, and [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Events, Trip Planning | Tagged canoeing, kayaking, Maine, Paddlers Film Festival |
By Hilary Nangle on March 3, 2011
This year, 2011, is a big year for the Maine Windjammer Association, not only is the fleet celebrating its 75th anniversary, but it’s also marking the 140th (!) anniversary of its two oldest schooners, the Stephen Taber and the Lewis R. French, both built and launched in 1871. This year’s summer season brings both anniversary [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Events, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Camden, Lewis R. French, Maine Windjammer Association, Rockland, Schooner Showdown, Stephen Tabor |
By Hilary Nangle on January 15, 2011
Steve Philbrick, second-generation owner of Bald Mountain Camps Resort, in Maine’s famed Rangeley Lakes region bit the bullet. After much soul seraching, he made the difficult decision to begin winter operations of the historical, traditional Maine sporting camp fronting on Mooselukmeguntik Lake. Although Philbrick is technically a second-generation owner, he took the operation over from [...]
Posted in Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Food, Hiking, Lodging, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bald Mountain Camps, cross-country skiing, Oquossoc, Rangeley, snowshoeing |
By Hilary Nangle on January 3, 2011
Maine has more than a half-million acres of public reserved lands, and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands has just published a free map detailing these. Your Maine Lands: Recreational Map & Guide to Public Reserved Lands describes each of Maine’s Public Reserved Land units and the recreational opportunities available on them. What a [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Camping, Deals, Free Stuff, Hiking, Lodging, Resources, Trip Planning | Tagged Maine Public Reserved Lands, map, recreation |
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