We visited nine NPS sites in five days on the way home from Maine for a total of 18 NPS sites on this 23 day trip. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT One of our goals is to visit all of the NPS sites in each state. That was easy in Vermont and New Hampshire. They eachContinue reading “Maine Summer 2024 Part 5”
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Maine Summer 2024, Part 4
This portion of our trip includes visits to Saint Croix Island IHS on the Maine-Canadian border and Katahdin Woods and Waters NM in central Maine. Saint Croix Island IHS The French settled on Saint Croix Island in 1604 in an attempt to establish the first European Colony north of Florida. This first settlement was unsuccessfulContinue reading “Maine Summer 2024, Part 4”
Maine Summer 2024, Part 3
On this section of our Maine trip we spent five nights near Acadia NP where the geography, beaches, architecture, flora and fauna were markedly different from southern Maine. We reveled in Acadia’s rugged natural beauty. CAMDEN Camden Windjammer Cruise We stopped in Camden on the way to Acadia for a spontaneous two-hour cruise on theContinue reading “Maine Summer 2024, Part 3”
Maine Summer of 2024, Part 2
We spent five nights at a campground in Old Orchard Beach – our jumping off point for exploring the southern and mid Maine Coast. From there we attempted to see as many lighthouses and eat as much lobster as possible. LIGHTHOUSES Maine has 65 lighthouses. They are my new obsession. Nubble Lighthouse Our first MaineContinue reading “Maine Summer of 2024, Part 2”
Maine Summer of 2024, Part 1
We visited six mostly Civil War related National Park Sites (NPS) on the way to Maine – Booker T Washington NM, Appomattox Court House NHP, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP, Harpers Ferry NHP, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, and Antietam NB. We have now visited 108 of the 429 NPS units in our questContinue reading “Maine Summer of 2024, Part 1”