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Maine – My Way

Greetings! I’m glad you found The Maine Diaries! If you want to experience the joys of New England, and specifically the coast of Maine, this is a good guide.

When two people engage in sexual activity in a plane traveling a mile above the earth, they become members of the mile high club. I’m wondering if that same moniker applies if the “mile high” is a mountain. […]

Where’s The Air??

H-H-H – Hazy, Hot and Humid – that’s the weather we left in Philly…what’s it doing Downeast?? Here’s the thing: Downeast Maine, just before at Labor Day, is supposed to mean 75 degrees during the day, with a chill […]

Downeast Downies

Joseph and I call it “the Downeast Downies” – reading the paper, watching TV, taking a nap or two, and just having a lazy day. It always reminds of that song from the musical Flower Drum Song (from […]

2017 WAZE Maze to Maine

Joseph and I did pretty good packing this morning. We left around 9am and stopped at WAWA for some tea and sandwiches. We figured we wouldn’t stop for breakfast so we could get to Salem early enough to […]

Rainy Last Day

The weather people were finally right…they said it was going to rain and it’s pouring down in buckets! We started getting some packing done and the cottage looks a mess. Time to go home… Joseph likes to “ease […]

Last Hike of 2015

Upper Hadlock Carriage Trail This is probably our last full day. I feel so sad that this vacation went so fast. We took the Hadlock Pond carriage trail today. It’s about 4 miles. The challenge of the trail […]

Gorham Mountain

The weather says that we’re going to have rain on and off for the next few days. I don’t like to hike over wet boulders, so we decided to take a hike up Gorham Mountain. It’s a good […]

Connors Nubble Challenge

My Favorite Acadia Hike Joseph and I do this hike, Connors Nubble, almost every year. We didn’t last year because I hurt my shoulder on the first day of vacation and I didn’t want to put any stress on […]

My Barr Treat!

I waited years. Even tried to grow one….thought it wouldn’t happen. But, finally! I saw one!! Joseph and I were in Bar Harbor at 8am so we could get to Barr Island. It’s a small island across from […]