And, last, but not least, since we were coming from northern Vermont, we came home through the White Mountains in New Hampshire, and took the opportunity to take the Kancamagus Highway through the White Mountains National Forest. There a number of lovely scenic overviews to stop at, but we did miss the Otter Stream stops […]
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What better way to spend the steamiest 4th I can remember for quite some time, than at a lake in the eastern wilds of Maine?
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What better way to celebrate the first day of summer than a trip to the beach?
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In the interests of finding new and different things to do on a Saturday where we have nowhere special to be, the BF came up with the idea of making a list of state parks, and trying to visit as many as possible this summer. So we started this Saturday, at pretty much the southernmost
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Yesterday’s weekend wander was to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay. It was the perfect day for it – a little on the cool side with clouds approaching but staying away until we left. We also got there early enough that the gardens weren’t clogged with people. I was excited to find more rhodys
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Trillium from Vermont, strawberries from my neighborhood, all others from the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden.
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Our trip in yesterday’s lovely weather was to Vaughn Woods State Park, which is next to Hamilton House, one of my favorite places in Southern Maine. (They were once the same property. While the state was happy to take the Woods from the Vaughn Family estate, they didn’t want the upkeep on Hamilton House, so
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