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Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Sidetracks - New England in the Fall
We are not great world travelers but a long held ambition was to see New England in the fall. So we booked up this trip 12 months ago and so spent a glorious 8 days touring through Mass, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. I would like to have taken some sidetracks in Maine to Wooden Boat base and Eggomoggin Reach but our bus route wasn't close enough to do this. But we did spend two days on Mount Desert Island and I got my fill boating venues there. With some guidance from Kees Prins (who had tracked around here shortly before our trip) we got to see some beautiful little harbours around the island. We also used our free afternoon in Bar Harbour to do a scenic flight around the island and pass over 7 of the cute Maine coast light houses. Here's an aerial shot of Somes Sound (John Brooks named his version of Herreshoff 12 1/2 after this). It's the only fiord in the USA.
We happened to be there when the federal government shutdown was on so access to National Park was closed - see below at Arcadia National Park on Mount Desert Island this was a close as we could get to Cadilac Mountain.
Autumn leaves were near their peak throughout New England an here's a couple of glimpses.
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New Hampshire Lake at Rocky Gorge
Lexington Green near Boston
Saw the following model of Herreshoff J boat Reliance at MIT Marine engineering display in Boston
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Dear Mr. Gregor: I am the communications coordinator for Friends of Acadia (http://friendsofacadia.org), the nonprofit organization that works with Acadia National Park in Maine, USA. I came across your blog looking for a photograph of Somes Sound to use on an invitation for an upcoming fundraising event. I wonder if you have a high-resolution file of the aerial shot of Somes Sound that you posted on October 22, 2013, and would you be willing to give us permission to use it? We will credit you as photographer and can include a link to your blog--many attendees of this event are avid sailors and may be interested to read it. Please email me at aimee@friendsofacadia.org if you can help us out. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you were here during the shut-down; I hope you make it back again sometime. All best, Aimee Beal Church, Friends of Acadia Communications Coordinator