I’m headed out of the country! From New Year’s Eve to Jan. 9, I’ll be traveling with my husband Derek for our belated honeymoon, and to make our vacation as stress free as possible, my mother offered to stay at our house and watch our three pets: a pit bull mix named Oreo and two house […]
Difficulty: Easy to moderate, depending on how much of the trail network you choose to explore. The trails total about 2.5 miles. How to get there: From Route 11 in downtown Brownville, turn onto High Street, which might not be marked with a sign but is across the street from Church Street and Robinson’s Mobil store. […]
No one won the “Where in the woods am I?” game for the Piscataquis County Demonstration Forest in Williamsburg Township, just north of Brownville, on Dec. 28, 2015, based on the following clues and photos: Though we haven’t had much snow so far this winter in Maine, I managed to find an abundance of it about a […]
The “1-minute hike” series is officially four years old. It hit the milestone in mid November, and since then, I’ve been painstakingly piecing together the 2015 compilation video. Sometimes reflecting on the past can be tedious, especially if you’re editing a year’s worth of outdoor adventures down to 10 minutes and adding background music. To […]
In an effort to save Maine pet owners extra stress this holiday season, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry recently issued a press release that includes a number of helpful pet safety tips. You might be surprised at some of the typical holiday items and foods that can be hazardous to your pets. […]
I explored about 50 different hiking trails throughout Maine in 2015. Each week of the year, I walked a new trail, with the exception of a few weeks when I decided to explore a pond in my kayak instead, and I can’t remember a time when I was disappointed. Some hikes were on easy nature […]
Celebrating Acadia National Park’s upcoming centennial, the multimedia project “More Than Just Parks” launched a short film this week that captures the beauty of Acadia at the peak of fall foliage season. The 4-minute video, available online at Vimeo.com, is the culmination of weeks spent filming some of the most iconic and beautiful places in […]
Difficulty: Easy-moderate. The hike is 1 mile, out and back. The trail travels gradually uphill on the way to the waterfall. Exposed tree roots, rocky areas and a few muddy areas makes footing tricky in some spots. How to get there: In the Blue Hill village, at the intersection of Route 172 and Route 176 […]
Kristina Weaver (via comment section), Richard Leighton (via email) George Fields, Michelle Rubey and Leslie Gordon Curtis (all via Facebook) won the “Where in the Woods” game for Peter’s Brook Trail in Blue Hill in December 2015 given the following clues and photos: It certainly didn’t feel like December this past weekend, but I’m not complaining. […]
I woke to the sound of my cat’s tail thumping on the wooden floor. Illuminated by the light of a nearly full moon, he sat beside my bed, staring out of the glass door leading to the balcony. I’m used to seeing my cats Bo and Arrow stationed by that door. On the other side, […]
