Sticking close to the coast, I traveled southwest on Hwy 1 and some other peninsular roads through fishing communities, blueberry fields advertising for rakers and yard sales in perpetual advertisement. This area is known as "Down East" and between the accent of locals, smell of fresh seafood stands and the sound of loons across the brackish rivers, I sure liked being down east. Deer Isle and the town of Stonington is a great destination for the real Maine experience of a small seaport, active fishery and historic bed and breakfasts. The most relaxing place visited in Maine thus far was the Holbrook Island Sanctuary, a wildlife preserve south of Castine along Ponobscot Bay. Fern lined hiking trail climb amid birch and pine forests to a hilltop summit where through a break in the foliage I spy the twin masts of a clipper headed out to sea.
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Robert Donlan
9/9/2015 08:19:38 pm
Fantastic photos and write-up! I just got a Honda Ruckus, and, as a long-time bicycling camper, hiker, kayaker, etc., I naturally want to do some Ruckus camping. I live in Virginia near the beginning of the Blue Ridge Parkway. My first trip will be going down the Parkway all the way to its terminus in the Smoky Mountains. I plan to do this in October.
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Mike SaundersIn May 2014 I quit my job to ride a Honda Ruckus over 69'000 mi and counting. Wild camping most nights and cooking most of my own meals, I keep the costs low and the landscape changing. Archives
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