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Great US Lake Tour 2026
  • Kristie Duffy
  • Denise Duffy
  • Kristie Duffy
  • Denise Duffy

Great US Lake Tour 2026

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    ZooAmerica

    7 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    This was cool and sad all at the same time.

    The cages are small - but the animals would have been destroyed if not for this place.

    It’s been here since 1910 when someone gave Milton Hershey some prairie dogs and a brown bear.Läs mer

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    Case Mountain Hike

    11 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    Not sure why all our hikes have to have the word “mountain” in them - but in all honesty, this was an easy stroll. We saw the case cabin - which is literally you are walking through the woods and all the sudden there’s a huge cabin from 1917 built out of Cherrywood. It’s right on the pond.
    Very happy Curt could join us. And Denise was the only one that left with an icky Ticky.

    Tick count:
    Midnight 2
    Denise 1
    Kris 0 😉    Läs mer

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    Italian Birthday!!

    12 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    What’s better than all your childhood favorites?!?

    Denise’s sister (Deb) and best BiL ever (Greg) got her Italian Butter Cookies and a cake from an Italian bakery (I think from Montilio’s). It was amazing.

    I actually just found out that this bakery is where JFK purchased his wedding cake from. I can tell why.    Läs mer

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    Smoke and fire

    15 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

    While waiting for Curt and Linda to arrive, Denise, Julie and I noticed the multitude of fire trucks flying down mile road (to Wells beach) and then we saw a plume of smoke. For hours (and I do mean hours) the emergency services came.
    We found out next day that a gas grill propane tank exploded in the basement of the house.
    The entire house was a loss - major damage to the two next door
    After crews completed their job - next day - we drove by.    Läs mer

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    Perkins Cove Drawbridge

    15 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F

    Cool History:
    The drawbridge at Perkins Cove is one of those places that feels like old Maine.
    The first footbridge went up in 1890 (so people could cross the cove), but when the harbor was dredged in the early 1940s to handle larger fishing boats, the bridge was rebuilt as a drawbridge.
    It is the only wooden double-leaf draw footbridge in the United States.
    We actually had a lot of fun walking around, but the drawbridge was definitely the highlight (My favorite part was when my sister was standing on some recently replaced boards - and I told her it was a trap door and she was gonna fall hahahahaha)    Läs mer

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    Nubble Lighthouse

    15 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

    Pretty sure this is the most photographed lighthouse in Maine. Notice the gondola? That would be how the light keeper gets back-and-forth because the lighthouse sits on a small island.
    There’s a woman who was born on the island who passed away a some years ago. Apparently there was a huge storm on the night her mother went into labor. They couldn’t Risk getting her off the island.
    The other thing I found interesting/gross was all the white on the rock with all the birds on it.    Läs mer

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    Penobscot Bridge

    16 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    The Penobscot Narrows Bridge was built in 2006. They needed to replace the to replace Waldo-Hancock Bridge (which was unfixable) and they had to lower the weight limit on the Waldo bridge because it was in such bad shape so they had to build this sucker in a hurry. It usually takes 10 years, took them three

    What makes it special is the observatory perched 420 feet up inside one of the bridge towers. You ride an elevator to the top (fast) and get a sweeping 360-degree view of the Penobscot River, Penobscot Bay, Fort Knox, and lots of mountains.

    It’s the first bridge observatory built in the United States and one of only a handful in the world, making it one of Maine’s most unique attractions.

    A neat detail: the twin towers were designed to resemble the Washington Monument because granite from nearby Mount Waldo was used in the monument’s construction. The bridge also incorporates granite throughout its design    Läs mer

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    Fort Knox at Penobscot Bay

    16 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    Even though our van broke down, this was by far one of my favorite things we saw.

    The fort was built during tensions with British Canada over the Maine boundary dispute - and since the British had invaded that River before, this fort was built.

    I think it’s the only fork built out of granite - so it is remarkably well preserved
    We had so much fun, running through the hallways and tunnels    Läs mer

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    Hot shot Furnace

    16 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    This was at Fort Knox and I found it fascinating

    You start a fire in the bottom of the building, you load cannon balls into one end of it. They roll through the fire and once they’ve been in there 20 or 30 minutes, you open the door and pull out a red hot cannonball fire it at the enemy ship, and it catches their ship on fire

    Here’s what’s interesting - Fort Knox was built in pieces due to monetary constraints. They built this before they actually got their cannons in. By the time they got the cannons ships weren’t wooden anymore. They were metal and the cannon balls that would have fit. This building were no longer being used. They were using bigger cannons to take down the iron clad ships. So although this was built, it was never used.    Läs mer

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    Campground fun

    16 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    In Bar Harbor, our campground was on the water and made for some beautiful sunsets

    We sat by the fire, Denise made a wonderful meal, and yes, we actually did jump on the bounce pad - it was amazing fun but no videos will be surfacing lol.

    Midnight loved the big dog park.

    We tried blueberry everything lol that’s a picture of a blueberry margarita.

    Lots of cards - And we had so much fun we tuckered poor Curtis out.    Läs mer

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    Jordan Pond House

    19 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    We did stop at the Jordan Pond House for popovers, (two days in a row because the first day there was absolutely no parking) - apparently that is what you do when you’re there.
    We sat out on the lawn, which was lovely, but the part that got me was the history of it. They’ve been serving tea and popovers there since the 1800s.

    It felt strange to sit in a place where people and families (and past presidents) from a hundred years ago had all sat before us, looking at the same pond and eating the same kind of food.

    Midnight, enjoyed the view and even got a small piece of pop over herself.    Läs mer

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    Stonington Maine

    20 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

    We loved Stonington. It was a quaint little town, and there was a museum there that was closed, but the guy came out and started talking to us, and when we told him we were leaving the next day, he brought us in and gave us a personal tour. It was awesome.

    One of the most amazing things we saw was a lobster split almost perfectly down the middle—one color on one side and a completely different color on the other. these “split” lobsters occur only about once in every fifty million. Some even turn out to be half male and half female, making them one of the rarest sights in the ocean - and we got to hold one.    Läs mer

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    Goodbye to Maine

    20 juni, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    We had blueberry everything in Maine - blueberry coffee, blueberry beer, blueberry pancakes, - you name it they put blueberries in it.
    In all honesty, we found mean to be overpriced and overcrowded, but would definitely be back during a shoulder season - or would try to enjoy the lesser known places next timeLäs mer

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