Home to nearly 50 sled dogs, Lone Wolf Kennel is a serious sled dog racing outfit just outside of Greenville, and they offer a variety of guided tours for people who want to experience aspects of the sport firsthand. The kennels are owned and operated by two registered Maine guides, Mark and Ashley Patterson, who […]
Winter has swept into the state of Maine with gusto this year, with temperatures dipping into the single digits before we even get to Christmas. With all this cold weather we’ve been having, it can be a bit of a challenge to enjoy the outdoors, but it’s not impossible. If you bundle up right and […]
It could be argued that there’s no more beautiful time to go walking in the Maine woods than after snowfall, when everything is covered in a blanket of white. The tracks of woodland creatures, pressed into the frozen carpet, tell stories of their travels, and the smallest breeze sends snowflakes into the air, where they […]
Birding enthusiasts and L.L.Bean lovers, lend me your ears. A sweepstakes was recently announced, and the prize is a $1,000 shopping spree at L.L.Bean and the opportunity to go birding in Freeport this spring with David Sibley, renowned artist and author of “Sibley’s Guide to Birds.” Wildlife Acoustics, makers of the Song Sleuth bird identifying […]
I’ll be giving a slide show presentation on Maine hiking trails at this month’s Maine Outdoor Adventure Club general meeting, which is open to the public and starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave Extension in Portland. The event is free, and it’s a great opportunity […]
Winter is here. Maine’s flowers and ferns and leaves are dead, brown and decaying on the forest floor. The maples, oaks, ashes and aspens — they all stand bare. And so we wait for snow to fall, to cloak the barren, colorless landscape in sparkling white. But is the beauty of the landscape really gone? […]
