Majestic Maine Mountains

luglio 2023

As a preparation for hopefully upcoming Tour du Mont Blanc (about a year from now) we are dedicating our vacations to some training doing hikes in the mountain areas. Leggi altro

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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 10 lug 2023, 11:06
- ☁️ 75 °F
- Altitudine: 525 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Penobscot County Sawtelle Brook 46.143333, -68.63166746°8’36” N 68°37’54” W
Giorno 3
Seboeis River Nature Trail
10 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
The trailhead was perhaps 5 minutes away from Shin Falls so we jumped at a chance.
The northern access point for the Seboeis Riverside Trail is the start of a 6.75 mile one-way trail that leads south along the Seboeis River into Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

No, we didn't do the whole length...more on that in the next footprintLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore Laurie looks so determined!!
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore She was! Determined to get rid of dem bugs!
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 10 lug 2023, 11:33
- ☁️ 75 °F
- Altitudine: 466 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Penobscot County Grand Pitch 46.134179, -68.63121846°8’3” N 68°37’52” W
Giorno 3
Picnic Break
10 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
This was a beautiful trail, wide and gravel.
It followed the river and was also marked rather consistently.
We came upon this picnic area and took our repast and continued on.
However, soon enough, the trail marks disappeared, numerous Billy-goat trails have appeared and then we came to a rather steep drop.
I forgot our poles in the car so, not being sure if the "true" trail actually continued that way and not wanting to hike back up without poles if we turned out to be wrong, we retraced our steps back to the car from that point.

All-in-all, between all hiking, perhaps we got close to 6 miles... not what I was hoping for but I'll take itLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore Glad you got some hiking in even with the trail issues. The area you were in was beautiful. Have you had good weather? We've had showers. Today they seem to be going around us.
10/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Up to now, it was all good sunny to partly cloudy with temp in high 70s to mid 80s. It started raining today around 5pm or so, and prognosis are for a total washout tomorrow ang a good chances of rain all the following days. If so, the hikes might have to be canceled, although I did bring ponchos. Perhaps we might play tourists then... we'll see...
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 10 lug 2023, 17:41
- 🌧 75 °F
- Altitudine: 748 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Town of Island Falls Walker Settlement 46.028333, -68.2146°1’42” N 68°12’36” W
Giorno 3
Thus Ends Today
10 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌧 75 °F
I am extremely upset.
Somewhere out there, the Stars Aligned just do NOT want me to take my wife out for her birthday 😡
Turns out that not only these so-called eateries closed down on us last night, but that they are all closed tonight as well.
In addition it is supposed to start raining this evening 😑
So we had to content with another dinner in, then took a leisurely walk around the compound and shall indulge in a friendly game of Trivia Pursuit Genus IV Edition.

As you can see, there is no sunset as clouds cover the skies....

Goodnight Irene....Leggi altro
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That's OK. Laurie looks tired anyway. We found the same situation with restaurants in the Poconos. Have a good, restful night. [Jeanine]
10/07/23RispostaTradurre
Happy birthday, Laurie. From Harvey, the husband of another Laurie!! [Harvey]
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Thank you, Harvey (spoken through Allan, also Laurie's husband 🤣)
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 11 lug 2023, 11:38
- 🌧 68 °F
- Altitudine: 354 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Aroostook County Houlton Market Square Historic District 46.125, -67.84166746°7’30” N 67°50’30” W
Giorno 4
Houlton
11 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌧 68 °F
As expected, we woke up to a very steady rainfall; thus, any idea of hiking was not feasible.
We decided to take a ride to Houlton- only 21 miles away and play tourist.

Houlton is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 6,055.[2] It is perhaps best known for being at the northern terminus of Interstate 95 and as the birthplace of Samantha Smith, a goodwill ambassador as a child during the Cold War.

We kinda bummed a little about not bringing our passports with - it would've been cool to jump to Canada for a spell... oh well...

Anyways, we concentrated on Market Square and the surrounding area taking a leisurely stroll to a tiny park.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 11 lug 2023, 11:46
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitudine: 305 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Aroostook County Houlton Black Hawke Tavern Museum 46.126667, -67.84166746°7’36” N 67°50’30” W
Giorno 4
Meduxnekeag River Trail
11 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Much to our surprise, the other side of the bridge turned out to be a trailhead to Meduxnekeag River Trail obviously running along the Meduxnekeag River.
We happily jumped at a chance, especially since the rain dropped to practically nill.
The trail is flat, gravel and about 3 miles loop.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore However do you pronounce the name of this River Trail?
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Technically it's the name of the river proper; the trail is "secondary". In any case it pronounced mə-DUKS-nə-keg
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore That's great that you were still able to get in a hike!
12/07/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 11 lug 2023, 13:00
- ☁️ 70 °F
- Altitudine: 377 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Aroostook County Houlton Monument Park 46.124785, -67.8377246°7’29” N 67°50’16” W
Giorno 4
Houlton 2
11 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
After coming back from the trail, we strolled to a small Memorial park and checked out some stores around Market Place.
Of course, I found me an ACW Monument and a smaller one commemorating WWII, Vietnam, and Iraq.
After some (very short) pondering, we decided not to follow to Million Dollar View 😆Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore 😊
11/07/23Risposta
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 11 lug 2023, 13:16
- ☁️ 72 °F
- Altitudine: 377 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Aroostook County Houlton Aroostook County Law Library Houlton 46.125, -67.8446°7’30” N 67°50’24” W
Giorno 4
Shire Ale House
11 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
While the rain thankfully stopped, the humidity in the air was quite unbeatable.
We decided to duck into Shire Ale House and partake in a refreshing cold pint.
Patrick, the bartender, who wound up being the owner, poured Laurie a Stella, and I decided to try a Porter (not my usual choice by far).
We got into talking, and it turned out that he is from PA, around Pittsburgh...
We smoothly switched to his newest concoction - mead with ginger beer (checkmark 2 for not one of my faves).
Then he told us about his dinner menu, where he orders a cut of beef for you..
So we settled on 4:00 pm. dinner, went out to check a couple of other stores, came back, and had a wonderful Cicken kebobs appetizer with a 90oz. Porterhouse for main course.
As per Patrick's suggestion, it was prepared Medium-rare (that would complete the tri-fecta of "these are the few of my not so favorite things").
I have to say that this was one of the BEST MEALS I've ever had 👍Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore :)
11/07/23Risposta
Everything looks yummy! [Jeanine]
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore That's great! You finally got a nice dinner out!
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 11 lug 2023, 18:13
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitudine: 581 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Town of Island Falls Walker Settlement Birch Point 46.033333, -68.20333346°1’60” N 68°12’12” W
Giorno 4
Dinsmore Cove
11 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Coming back, we took a quick detour to Dinsmore Cove (part of Pleasant Lake) not far from the resort. As a matter of fact, the place we stopped does belong to the resort
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Viaggiatore How beautiful!! I LOVED your video.
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore ❤️
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Viaggiatore Beautiful lake!
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
- Mostra viaggio
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- 11 lug 2023, 19:39
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitudine: 748 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Town of Island Falls Walker Settlement 46.028333, -68.2146°1’42” N 68°12’36” W
Giorno 4
Clear skies and "Ursa Major"
11 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
The day is finishing on a very nice note; the rain is over and the skies are bright and clear. The views from the back patio are awesome...
... and so is the view of mosquitoes bites on my arm that interestingly enough also project some astronomical celestial body... 😁😇Leggi altro
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Gorgeous! (Not the bites though) [Jeanine]
11/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore IMHO, they are gorgeous too 😍I 😉😇
12/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Your photos are lovely!
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Viaggiatore Majestic Maine Mountains
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- 12 lug 2023, 11:31
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitudine: 1.020 ft
- Stati Uniti Maine Penobscot County Katahdin Lake 45.915, -68.79666745°54’54” N 68°47’48” W
Giorno 5
Katahdin Lake
12 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Katahdin Lake is a fairly new addition to Baxter State Park, and it is located on newly acquired park land on its eastern side.
The 3.3 miles hike took us almost 2.5 hours as the trail that was identified as Easy/Moderate turned out to be "a tad more" Moderate. (more on that later)
We stepped on a small, narrow beach strip and then ate our lunch and rested at the lean-to.
The area is also a camping site (can be rented for about $21.00/day) and a canoe rental place.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Beautiful!
12/07/23RispostaTradurre
Beautiful surroundings!! [Harvey]
14/07/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Thanks Harvey.
14/07/23RispostaTradurre
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