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Majestic Maine Mountains
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Majestic Maine Mountains

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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  • CWBuffMajestic Maine MountainsViaggiatore

    Riverside Trail

    13 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    As stated, it is quite an enjoyable hike.
    At one point, we took another short break in one of the huts (after we had our picnic lunch - see next footprint) : quite impressive setup and again one has to marvel at what PRIVATE entity can do with a lot less money and proper planning.

    BTW, this, it was the longest hike of the week clocking at just over 11 miles, which nicely translates to 17.5 km, which is your "upper-end" average on the TMB (of course it is not THAT flat there 😉)    Leggi altro

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    Picnic lunch

    13 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F

    Shortly after the switch, we came upon this lovely picnic area and had our lunch (which, if I haven't mentioned before, consisted of hard-boiled eggs, bananas, and apples for all hikes).
    It was a much deserved break by that time 🙂Leggi altro

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    In search of elusive Lake

    14 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F

    Once more this was a late start, but somewhat planned.

    To finish off yesterday, we were so tired after the hike (which took us a total of 5.5 hours, incl. all the breaks) that we collapsed into the bed after a welcomed (and much needed) shower and dinner, and concked out....🥱🛌😴

    So today after breakfast, we did preliminary packing (yup, the fun is almost over) and then decided to take a drive to Pleasant Lake, which is the closest Lake to us.
    Try as we may, we couldn't get close enough to it anywhere public parking would be available.
    Almost every piece of shoreline is on some or another private property.
    Finally, I just stopped on some remote road and made a fast dash skirting an edge of the meadow of one of them.
    The Kamikazis where still abundant so Laurie wisely chose to remain in the safety of the car    Leggi altro

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    The Slice

    14 luglio 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F

    Somewhat frustrated, we made the best of it by checking out The Slice, apparently THE PLACE to go if you are local (given that it's one of only 2 eateries in town).
    Laurie cooled herself with Sam Adam's Summer Ale and chose Buffalo Chicken salad.
    I settled on trying "The Ronnie" - a combo of ham, cheeseburger, fried chicken, bacon, and usual veggie fixes on a bun (and noone in there knows why "Ronnie" ...reckn it meant something to someone at one point) and washed it down with Portland Pale Ale.

    Besides good food this turned out to be a Blessing as the waitress told us where to go to get to the lake    Leggi altro

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  • Fine del viaggio
    15 luglio 2023