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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Discovering the Seboeis Riverside Trail
In recent years, the Butler Conservation Fund (BCF) has created two extraordinary outdoor facilities in Maine: Penobscot River Trails (PRT) in Grindstone and Cobscook Shores in the Cobscook Bay area of Washington County. I’ve had…
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Biking Historic Quebec
My Maine outdoor companions and I have enjoyed adventures with our Quebec friends for about thirty years. We’ve visited them to paddle whitewater, sea kayak, ski, hike, and bike. On many occasions, they’ve joined us…
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Moosehead Surf & Turf
Moosehead is Maine’s largest lake and Mount Kineo is one of the state’s most distinctive peaks. Combining a kayak paddle on the lake with a climb of Mount Kineo, which I call a surf and…
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Whitewater Drama on Little Suncook River
Little Suncook River in south-central New Hampshire is a tiny whitewater creek more aptly called a stream or brook. Located in Epsom, the exciting descent flows west from Northwood Lake along Route 4 before entering…
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Hiking Little Jackson and Tumbledown Mountains
A trek on Little Jackson and Tumbledown Mountains is the second best mountain hike in Maine. How do I know its second best? I read it in my book, Maine Al Fresco: The Fifty Finest Outdoor…
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: The Best Nordic Skiing This Side of the Rockies
The Facebook page for the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center (RLTC) announces, “The best Nordic skiing this side of the Rockies.” That’s a fairly bold declaration but it may be true this winter. Beginning in early…
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Foggy misadventures on the Bold Coast
The Bold Coast in eastern Maine meets my definition of bold. For about 20 miles between Lubec and Cutler, it is an almost continuous succession of tall, dramatic cliffs and a rugged landscape completely exposed…