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Trip Report: Acadia National Park

May 12th, 2003 · Comments Off

Hiking and bicycling in Acadia with the Appalachian Mountain Club My wife had been planning for some time to take the kids and visit her family, several states away. I idly scanned the AMC “Outdoors” magazine looking for something to do while they were away. Bingo! A 3-day bicycling weekend with the AMC for a [...]

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Trip Report: Gulfside Trail solo hike

September 4th, 2001 · Comments Off

My solo hike along the Gulfside Trail, thru the Northern Presidentials of the White Mountains Labor Day weekend 2001 DAY ZERO? – Friday evening I check the website www.mountwashington.org for weather forecast. Fortunately, weather observer Katie Hess gives a detailed forecast. Rain on Saturday morning, turning to fog in afternoon. She predicts Saturday and Sunday [...]

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Trip Report: Mt. Washington hike with college friends

June 26th, 2001 · 1 Comment

Mt. Washington hike with college friends MN, JL, JB: June 16, 17, 18 2001 Living in central Maine has its plusses and minuses. I love my baby Daughter and wife, and my job as a Web guy at a small, exclusive college is fantastic. But it’s lonely up here, so far from my friends and [...]

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Trip Report: Acadia camping, hiking, bicycling

September 19th, 2000 · Comments Off

September 2000 I left the wife and baby Daughter behind and traveled to Acadia National Park with my old travel companion J.B. We camped in a beautiful spot on the northern tip of Somes Sound, right in the middle of the island.

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