Something primitive sparks as the planes approach. A barely audible hiss transforms into a deafening roar as they pass in perfect formation and turn vertical climbing into the sky in a demonstration of power and disciplined flying. On a perfect fall day in Brunswick, Maine, the airshow was back for the first time since 2017…
How does the Model 3 battery fare in cold weather
3/3/2018 Yesterday at the South Freeport Town Wharf the tide peaked higher than most of us living nearby have ever witnessed. John Brewer, a marina owner keeping a watchful eye on his domain, told me he could only remember once, a very long time ago, seeing the water so high. The nor’easter was blowing 40…
Charlie Lopresti, our local meteorologist on WGME in Portland, told us this was going to happen but heck, we don’t always believe him. But Monday morning arrived with a load of wet snow and a reminder that winter still has a way to go. I went out and grabbed some photos suspecting this might change…
Today a Blue Moon, the second full moon in a calendar month, appeared. Today the moon made its closest approach to earth in it’s orbit. It appeared 14% larger and 30% brighter than normal: this is known as a super moon. Today the shadow of the earth obscured the moon creating a lunar eclipse. All…
Sometimes you get a good heads up from someone. I’d never heard of the Gardens Aglow display at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens near Boothbay, but a friend said it was worth the trip and boy was she right. Started in 2015 to create more interest in the gardens during the off season the display…
After 5 summers, we decided it was time to take a lighthouse cruise out of Portland, Maine. After all, when folks come to visit we want to be able to recommend something memorable from first hand experience so we booked the Lighthouse Lover’s cruise with Portland Discovery. While the cruise certainly produces the promised…
Sometimes, living in Maine, you forget that people come from all over the world to see things that are within an easy drive of your home. So occasionally you just need to be a tourist in your own backyard. We’d never seen puffins in the wild so Sue and I watched the weather for a…
Seguin Island Light Station, 2 ½ miles off the Maine coast, marks the approach to the Kennebec River. The establishment of the light was approved by George Washington in 1793 or 1795 depending on the source you read. It’s distinguished as the highest light (focal plane of 180 feet) off the water in Maine. There…
I haven’t posted anything for a while. Sometimes a day takes an unexpected turn. July 1st was that day for me. I headed out on my bike around 10:00 AM with the intention of riding a 30-mile loop before lunch. Somewhere just short of 10 miles I hit a section of road that had disintegrated…
You never know what you might run into on a drive through rural Maine. Recently, driving west from Freeport thru Newry to visit the Step Falls Preserve and Screw Auger Falls Gorge in Grafton Notch State Park, we came across the Puzzle Mountain Bakery. It’s a roadside stand along Bear River Road – Highway 26.…
Located on Main Street a short walk to the center of Freeport shopping, the White Cedar Inn offers guests a quiet, comfortable and friendly place to stay while exploring the rugged coast or shopping the many outlet stores. The house, once home to Arctic Explorer Donald B MacMillan who accompanied Admiral Robert Peary on his…
A drive west from Freeport, along winding two lane roads thru rural Maine, conveys you to rolling mountain county near Newry. Head north on Route 26 for a few miles and you’ll come to a small sign on the right marking the entrance to Step Falls Preserve parking lot. The preserve, originally set aside by…
If you love chocolate, and you’re in Freeport, be sure and stop at Wilbur’s. Two school teachers started the business as a candy store around 1983 and not long after decided to start making their own chocolate specialties with distinctive Maine twist like chocolate Moose, chocolate Lobsters, and chocolate covered blueberries. If your taste runs…
My wife and I discovered Treats on a day trip to visit Owls Head Lighthouse that found us in Wiscasset too early for lunch at Red’s but needing something to take off the niggling edge of hunger. Treats fit the bill. It’s a specialty shop with fresh-baked goods made on site, fresh coffee, homemade soup,…
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