Back from Maine with lots of vacation pictures

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Here's a few of the 515 pics I took last week while in Maine.

 

Our '08 Jeep that had less than 8k miles when I picked it up and 2450 more when I dropped it off.

 

(in Camden, ME)

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An old Army Jeep we saw in Camden as well.

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From my seat in the Perception Carolina 14.5 I used all week

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And on to the food

 

Night 1

Chicken kabobs

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A Geary's Summer Ale on Canon Rock in Prouts Neck, ME

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Lobster Night #1 (out of 3)

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(again at Canon Rock)

capicola, salami, prosciutto, swiss cheese and veggies

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Sunset off Rackliff Island

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Kayaking (behind me is the open Atlantic)

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One of the hundreds of lobster boats. Most are still in fishermen's yards since the season had yet to start while we were there.

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Waterman's Beach Pier

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Mount Battie Tower overlooking Camden

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Camden Harbor

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View of the Porcupine Islands from atop of Cadillac Mountain (1532 feet)

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Fort Knox bridge on the way to Acadia National Park

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Driving through the park

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Acadia Beach

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Thunder Hole at Acadia

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The restaurant at Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park

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Jordan Pond

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Walking the path around the pond

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Some of our findings during our beach walks

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Marshall Point Lighthouse v.2008 (with fog this time)

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60-75 year old lobster claw

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Fishermen buoy color schemes (these are pre-assigned when they get their license)

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One of the cool shops on Rt 1 N on the way to Camden

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Camden Harbor

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Had some clam chowdah at Cappy's

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Clearly

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Camden

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Fresh lobstah on the harbor

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Billy's Tavern in Thomaston

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Last ones are of the inside of the cottage where we stay each year

 

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Where we slept (after we pulled the beds back apart)

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View we woke up to every morning

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A cairn we made before we left

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We toured the Yuengling Factory in Pottsville, PA on the way home and I'll try to post some of those when I get a second.

 

Enjoy!

[Rustlestiltskin]

nice pics bro

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Beep Beep Jeep Jeep

[excell]

When were you there? My wife and I just got back from there on our honeymoon and did a very similar trip! Flew into Boston and rented a convertible (Sebring) and did Portland to Bar Harbor to North Conway, NH to Burlington, VT to Rockport, MA over 10 days. We stopped and had lunch in Camden at Cappy's Chowder House and walked around the town some, it was beautiful. We took the 1 and 1A the entire Maine legs except for when I got closer to the coast going into Salisbury Beach and Kennebunkport, among others. When we stayed in Bar Harbor we rented bikes and did the 20-mile carriage road loop through Acadia (which damn-near killed me) and stopped for lunch at the Jordan Pond House (hooray for popovers!). We did sunset on the summit of Cadillac.

 

I have about 1000 pictures I’ve yet to put up. Too cool.

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We were there from 6/8-6/13 (drove the whole way).

 

HELL YES popovers! Their ice cream was the shit.

 

I have quite a lot of video as well that I still need to upload and host.

 

Congrats again on the new bride!

 

Talk about perfect weather huh?

[excell]

Just missed you! We started out on June 2nd, so by the 8th we were in Burlington (which is beautiful, by the way, if you’ve never done Vermont you should). We were going to try the ice cream at the pond house, but the 10 miles left up the "bad" side of the carriage road kept us only eating light. We had some pretty decent ice cream in town at CJ's and then Mt. Dessert Island Ice Cream, though. We ate ice cream every day of the honeymoon (at least once a day, except for cheesecake day ). Did you get into any Bar Harbor Brewing Company beer? If you're a stout man, the BHBC stout is fantastic - I brought some home I loved it so much. Geary's was great, as was all of the Shipyard stuff. We toured the Shipyard brewery in Portland, along with 4 other smaller microbreweries and a larger one in Gloucester, MA (Cape Ann Brewing Company) along the trip. Good beer is kinda our thing.

 

The first day was GORGEOUS. The next three were a bit overcast and rainy, which was fine especially during biking in Acadia - if it was hot and sunny I probably would have died. The weather cleared up a bit the next day for our drive through Acadia; the following day it was wonderful until the end.

 

I can't wait to go back. I ate so much lobster (lobster rolls, drool...), clams, and chowder. Of all the chowder I ate, Cappy's was tied for 1st place with a joint in Portland called Gilbert's Chowder House. So good.

[zeitgeist57]

http://www.woodlandpointemaine.com

 

I love the Maine coast so much we decided to build there. If you're up for a little more of a drive you should rent my place. ALL OF YOU!

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Great looking cottage and the rates are really good as well. We'd look at other places if we didn't get ours for free each year. My g/f's best friend's family owns the one we visit.

[Science Abuse]

http://www.woodlandpointemaine.com

 

I love the Maine coast so much we decided to build there. If you're up for a little more of a drive you should rent my place. ALL OF YOU!

How much?

Wait, clicked the link... too much. Too much house, that is. I don't travel to be coddled... unless you're there, Clay.

You gunna come here with me some winter?

[evan9381]

nice. for some reason, ive been wanting to go up to maine for the last couple weeks. i was thinking of going around october. sound like a good time to go??

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August-September is the peak season. October will be getting into the colder months, but the prices will be more affordable.

[evan9381]

im not worried about cold weather. if i was, id go back to florida! lol.

 

what town should i look to stay in so i can start searching for some places to stay?

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Depends on what you would like to see and what sort of activities you'd like to check out. If you'd rather be in a larger city, check out Portland which is along the coast. If you'd prefer a smaller town area, there are quite a few along the coastline along Route 1.

 

Give me an idea of what types of things you'd like to get into/see and I'll try to provide as much info as I can.

[01sentrase2.0]

sweet pics tim. looks like you guys had a blast. if only i liked seafood.

[SamZman]

Very nice pics! I dated a girl in the Navy who was stationed in Newport, RI a number of years ago. Beautiful place! Everyone needs to visit the NorthEast sometime. I was there in early October. Still decent weather but all the crowds were gone, you could actually find parking, which I guess is impossible in Newport in season.

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You can't beat free! Thanks for the compliments on the place,Tim.

 

Erok, I'm a little busy with my home life and career to take a week off to bounce up to Maine, plus it's being rented most weeks from now through September anyway.

 

Coastal Maine is good through Veterans Day (mid November) but after that weather can turn from cool, crisp fall to wintertime in no time flat.

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Moar pics

 

These are from the tour we took at the Yuengling Factory in Pottsville, PA on the way home.

 

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Guy looks happy

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Entrance to the workshop

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workshop

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