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12 Must-Do Day Hikes in Acadia National Park

Bram — Tue, 02 May 2023 14:50:00 +0000

the various day hikes in Acadia National Park bring outdoor enthusiasts to remote surf-pounded beaches, to the bare summits of coastal mountains or deep into the forests that cover part of Mount Desert Island.

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The Palisades, A Quick But Scenic Hike in Fairlee, Vermont

Bram — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:11:03 +0000

Even though it may be a relatively less-visited corner in Vermont, the Upper Valley has a lot of things going for it. Particularly the area around Fairlee and Thetford (where I lived for almost two years before moving to Charlottesville, Virginia) is a hugely popular summer camp destination. There are several summer camps to be...

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Maine’s Acadia National Park in Photos

Bram — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:09:56 +0000

There’s nothing quite like looking at beautiful pictures from a specific destination to instantaneously induce wanderlust. These new “national park photo inspiration” posts are aimed at doing just that: making you want to visit a certain national park. In this case, Acadia National Park. Acadia National Park is the only national park in New England,...

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5 Scenic Roads in New England

Bram — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:10:40 +0000

I won’t say that the United States is the world’s best country for road trips—that award goes to Australia, in my opinion—but it’s a darn close second. From the Appalachian Mountains that parallel the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains in the west, and from the Great Lakes to the wetlands of the Deep South,...

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25 Covered Bridges of Vermont – Part 2

Bram — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:10:01 +0000

Yesterday, I finished one of my main goals for 2015! After more than a year of driving around, occasionally getting lost, stumbling upon gorgeous little towns and traveling over the mountains and through the valleys of rural Vermont, I have now seen and photographed all 103 covered bridges in Vermont. That number is based on...

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Hiking Mount Kearsarge, New Hampshire

Bram — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:00:59 +0000

Our last hike was in late June. We hiked to the summit of Camel’s Hump before spending a weekend in Stowe, after which we haven’t done much in terms of outdoorsy activities. Unlike last summer, when we went swimming pretty much every other day, went camping in Maine and hiked up a dozen mountains, this...

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