Let’s travel back in time to around 1883, before Acadia National Park existed. A Bangor, Maine entrepreneur, Frank Clergue, conceived an idea to build a cog railroad up the west face of Green Mountain (its previous name before Cadillac Mountain). He knew of the success of the Mount Washington, New Hampshire cog railroad that had been operational since 1869.
Read MoreThe trains are in the far-north remote Allagash region - almost to the Canadian border - called the North Maine Woods. The entire area has a huge history in logging, and lumberjack companies fed logs to the Great Northern Paper Company in Millinocket, at one time the largest supplier of newsprint east of the Mississippi River.
Read MoreYou may never have heard his name, but we owe a debt of gratitude to one Simeon Mayo, a resident of Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island. He started it all, and we have him to thank for traffic jams, parking space battles, and a reservation system at Acadia National Park.
Read MoreThe carriage roads are without a doubt one of the distinctives within Acadia National Park. Anyone familiar with Acadia knows that the carriage roads are the spectacular way to tour the interior of the park, and they are only accessible by foot, bicycle or horse and carriage.
Read MoreWe’ve loved our Covid Summer 2020 on Mount Desert Island in Maine. Exploring the history of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park has been fascinating, but last Sunday we found a sad testimony to the unforgiveness of the terrain and weather in Acadia.
Read MoreWhen I was a kid in the 1960’s, my grandparents spent the summer at the mouth of the Klamath River fishing for salmon. Dad got two weeks vacation and we would head up there with our Rainbow travel trailer.
Read MoreFort Smith, Arkansas is a town rich in heritage of the wild, wild west. For years it was the edge of the western frontier and known as the gateway to the west at the edge of Indian Territory. Because of its strategic location on the Arkansas River and Butterfield Overland Mail Route, it was also home to many saloons and brothels,
Read MoreLocated on the Niagara Peninsula on the south side of Lake Ontario and the north side of Lake Erie, this peninsula is mostly farming country with beautiful vineyards for miles and miles. There are over 100 winerys in this area, and in the middle of those farms and vineyards is the Comfort Maple.
Read MoreNot weird, but very sobering. This memorial commemorates the events of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. The plane was hijacked over Pennsylvania and it is widely speculated that the terrorists intended this flight to hit the U.S. Capitol or the White House.
Read MoreWhen people think of Holland, Michigan, the most common thought is “tulips”. And the tulips are beautiful, but you have to be there at the right time of year to enjoy them - usually May.
Read MoreThis is one of the most unusual places for rock formations that I’ve ever seen. And interestingly enough, the scientists have no agreement as to why or how these pillars formed.
Read MoreAs a former Air Traffic Controller, I have an unmuted affection for aviation and military historical artifacts. When we pass an airport, I observe the aircraft, ramp, terminal building, and control tower and picture in my mind the operation taking place.
Read MoreExploring Old Quebec City was a memorable experience. Established in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, it’s one of the oldest cities in North America.
As we walked along Rue Saint-Louis, we were admiring the shops and the architecture when we passed this tree with a cannonball stuck inside it.
Read MoreEver wonder what it was like to be on an ocean liner or cruise ship over 100 years ago? In western Ontario, Canada on the shores of Lake Huron, the S.S. Keewatin is safely nestled in Severn Sound at Port McNicoll.
Read MoreIf you’re planning a trip to Yellowstone National Park, I would highly recommend a 27-mile detour northwest of West Yellowstone, Montana on U.S. 287. You’ll pass by Lake Hebgen, a beautiful medium sized Lake that is fed by the Madison River and formed by the Hebgen Dam where the Madison continues its flow north to the headwaters of the Missouri River.
Read MoreA man’s home is his castle - The Stage of Popish Toyes, 1581 . Many of us have our own homes, but how many have their own country?
Atlas Obscura is one of our go-to resources, as I share on this website (rvlivinfulltime.com). It has helped point us in the direction of some really strange, usually interesting places wherever we are that otherwise we would not have known about.
Read MorePort Townsend, Washington, is a beautiful coastal town on the Puget Sound. Home to Fort Worden, an old army installation which is now host to music and art festivals, conferences, recreation and camping, it’s one of our favorite places we’ve stayed.
Read MoreThe Tragically Hip Way. What an unusual name for a street, and I was sure there had to be a story behind it.
We spent some time in the town of Kingston, Ontario. The city is a really nice town on the northeast shores of Lake Ontario, where the all the water from the Great Lakes flow into the Saint Lawrence River, ultimately ending up in the Atlantic Ocean.
Read MoreMy love and enthusiasm for airplanes has never diminished, starting with air shows in the early 1970’s and my early but short-lived career at McDonnell Douglas from 1979 to 1981, following in my father’s footsteps.
Read MoreNames usually mean something, and I really enjoy learning the origin of city and town names and places. There is a reason that someone decided to name a town Hell, Michigan, Muleshoe, Texas, or Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
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