I was eating lunch at Bagel Central in downtown Bangor when I saw a bald eagle fly by the window. Cars stopped on Central Street as the eagle flew back and forth over the Kenduskeag Stream, soaring close to the walls of Bangor Savings Bank and the University of Maine Museum of Art. The eagle […]
If you don’t want to read about my miserable morning, skip to the third paragraph. (Hint: This is the first paragraph.) I had one of those mornings. I went through the drive-through for a coffee and my window was frozen shut. Then I couldn’t find my debit card so I had to open my door […]
Winter is here, sort of. There is ice out there, if not much snow. So watch out for it. I’m assuming some of my blog readers/viewers are as clumsy as I am, and so I feel obligated to show you these video clips that I left out of my “One-minute hike” of Mount Megunticook (yes, […]
Difficulty: Moderate. A steady, gradual climb to the summit. If using the Megunticook footpath up and down, the hike is about 3.5 miles total. How to get there: From Camden Center, go north on Route 1 approximately 1 mile. Camden Hills State Park is on the left side. Park in the large parking area and […]
Let me tell you about this whole “side trail” business. While filming “One-minute hikes,” I’m sometimes tempted to take a short trail nearby, a trail that veers off the main trail. And sometimes these little adventures are worth sharing with you. About this side trail: The trail to Hunters Cliff is across from the trailhead […]
Difficulty: Easy-moderate. How to get there: Drive to Seal Harbor. To get to Seal Harbor, cross the bridge onto Mount Desert Island and take a right at the fork. Follow Route 102 until it reconnects with Route 3. Turn left at that fork and continue on Route 3 to Seal Harbor. Not long after the […]
Tomorrow, you’ll be getting a video of this hike. But for all those people who like to open their Christmas presents early, here are some photos. Can you tell where I hiked on Friday? It was a small mountain and some surrounding trails. (Steve Hathaway isn’t allowed to guess because he knows exactly where I […]
My extended family, along with a group of friends that may as well be considered family, typically hike Mount Katahdin once a year — if not twice. We plan months ahead by reserving a group camping site for the lot of us to settle in for the night before the big hike. And though it’s […]
Working as a family-owned outfitter is a lot like working at a hardware store in that you have to know what you’re talking about. If you don’t, your customers might die. And usually, in both worlds, the employees have to use the products to understand them. That means that you either become passionate about the […]
As a photographer, I know that I tend to take photos when I reach the summit of a mountain. Even if clouds are obscuring my vision beyond five feet, I’ll take a photo, just to prove I’ve been there. Looking through my folders of photos, all safely stored on my external hard drive, I notice […]
