Travel

Whale Watching Tour

I had such a great time yesterday (with my mini “Acadian Triathlon”) that I really wanted to get back out and do some more hiking and biking. The legs, however, thought that today was more suited for a whale watching tour. The legs won out. I had wanted to go out on one these tours

Biking Travel

Here at Last!

I’ve been looking forward to getting back up to Acadia National Park from the moment I got home after last year’s trip–and I’m finally back. Friday’s drive went pretty much as expected. I got out pretty early and with the exception of about 15 miles of congestion in Connecticut, made pretty good time and pulled

Travel

Two Weeks and Counting…

Less than two weeks before I hit the road to Acadia and boy, am I ready. In my original planning, I thought it would be fun to take a day trip from Bar Harbor over to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia via the Cat Ferry just to do a little biking but, unfortunately, the ferry schedule only

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Acadia, here I come!

Only 4 more weeks until I head north for a week of paddling, hiking, and biking in Acadia National Park.  Let the trip planning begin!  The current plan is to hit the road bright and early on September 11th and find some place to camp around Gloucester, Massachusetts by late afternoon.  That should allow some

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Heading Home…

All good things must come to an end and it looks like today will be the beginning of the end for this little trip.  Still not being in too big a hurry to get home, I decided to check out the Rhode Island coast and head south from Providence down to Newport.  I continued east