After Acadia, we had planned to check out the Portland area. My friend from college gave me several recommendations, mostly food and beer related, so we had a few places we wanted to check out. I also reached out to…
Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine (Days 14-19)
It takes about an hour to drive from Schoodic Woods campground (Schoodic Woods Peninsula in Acadia) to Blackwoods campground (Mount Desert Island in Acadia). We were anticipating a lot more people/tourists on the Mount Desert Island (MDI) side; even the…
Schoodic Woods Peninsula, Acadia National Park, Maine (Days 12-14)
Acadia National Park is not a large park by any means, but there are two main sections to the park – the Schoodic Woods Peninsula and Mount Desert Island. From what we had read and been told by others, the…
Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land – Highlight Trip of Maine (and Free!) (Days 10-12)
After Lily Bay State Park, our next big adventure was an overnight packing trek in Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land. Patrick had done most of the research on this place and learned that there were 5 free campsites along this…
Lily Bay State Park, Maine (Days 8-10)
What a great, accidental campground visit this gem of a state park was for us! Sitting on Moosehead Lake, there are a lot of campsites with lake views/access. Unfortunately, since our visit was impromptu, we were not lucky enough to…
The Journey from Quebec City to Maine (Day 8)
Here’s what we planned to do – travel from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada to Baxter State Park to enjoy a few days up in the remote north of Maine. We plugged everything into the GPS at our Airbnb in Quebec…