Trail Rising
On a summer day after lunch, we park our station wagon, unload the bikes, and I’m already thinking about the trains. Washington Junction is a rambling rail yard of sheds, lots, and remnant and restored train cars a couple of
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Mount Katahdin
From all over the world, hikers come to stand on top of Katahdin and look out at Maine’s ancient and seemingly infinite wilderness. On a clear day, you can spot the shapes of Bigelow Range in the distance as well
From Doctor to Patient
My yearlong cancer journey It has been a year since I sat in an Old Port restaurant, surrounded by my sisters and mother, and told my three kids I had breast cancer. It had been my intention to break the
Capture: The road to Sugarloaf
I was on my way home, driving on Route 16 through Kingfield. This spot is a favorite of mine to take photographs because of the view of Mount Abram. Many days as I drive west, if I know I’m going to
Sugarloaf Charity Summit
Skiers take on the cancer cause. When it comes to the Annual Sugarloaf Charity Summit, “we talk about raising a mountain of money,” says Meredith Strang Burgess, CEO of Burgess Advertising & Marketing in Portland. Now celebrating it’s sixteenth year,
"Oh My Gosh" corner
The road to Sugarloaf is long and winding. It moves through small towns, past A-frame ski homes, and along the Carrabassett River. For much of the drive, Sugarloaf Mountain is out of sight until one bend in the road, when
Flagstaff Stories Afloat
Miles of water. Quirky stories. A submerged history of east villages, and today’s eagle nests and crisscrossing trails on land and water. We’ve made it to Flagstaff Lake. Here’s just one of the Flagstaff Lake tales: in those just-before-before-the-United-States-was-born days
Bailey Island Bridge
As you wind your way through Harpswell, passing homes tucked behind trees, and getting glimpses of the coves that surround this ribbon of land in Casco Bay, you finally arrive at the iconic and narrow Bailey Island Bridge that connects