Stopped at the Telos bridge. I believe the Allagash paddle trips start here. Katahdin was still hiding. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Back on the road. Loving the Larch foliage. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Water flows north there, and southward a little south. In 1926 the guy controlling these lands hauled in a railroad overland by Lombard tractors....
I didn’t want to run the generator early in the morning, as a courtesy to the few tent campers, so we drove a couple of miles to a logging camp...
The North Maine Woods is an association of land owners. I believe the paper companies owned the land up until the 1980’s, when investors realized...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The St John bridge on the Blanchet Rd is in the distance in the pic below. This is looking west, and is about 15 miles from...
Once Rt 1 ended we continued on to the gatehouse in Allagash. $62 for two days and one night. Beats the heck out of any amusements in town!...
Spent the night camped in the yard of the Mrs’ father’s place, near Caribou. This was another reason for the trip. Morning, and we were heading...
Supper in Houlton - this is where I first met the border patrol many years ago as I rode a bus north to meet a girlfriend’s parents. I guess I...
[ATTACH] Watched a couple of Bald Eagles fishing by Calais. Then our road gets serious about heading north. I have fished and hunted in Lee, so...
I didn’t know about the French coming to Saint Croix Island so early (1604). It wasn’t a successful settlement. [ATTACH] Here is the rig… [ATTACH]
One of my highlights of the trip was finally reaching West Quoddy Head. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Then lunch (it was their last day...
Since it was dark and we were slow to get on the road, we pushed over to Bangor, got groceries and eventually found a gas station that wasn’t...
We took a vacation to the North Maine Woods this week, in our pickup camper. First, we had to get to Maine, so we went up by Well Seasoned and...
A relative in Hartland, VT has 7+ cord of dry 18” firewood and wants $250/cord. I advised charging more, … 5+ cord in walkout basement 4 steps...
I think JD has a mechanical auto leveling system, so likely difficult to disable. Dumping a bale off the spear at an angle usually results in more...
Sound like fun - I spent a bunch of time crawling in culverts as a boy! [ATTACH]
