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Views From The Road

Once in a while, a road trip takes me through scenes and views that are too numerous to count, and too splendid to accurately capture in pictures. I try though, to convey the breathtaking goodness and beauty found in weather and creation.

My First DIY Chicken Coop

After much looking around and some research on ideas, I didn’t really decide on anything I liked. So I just decided to make my own chicken coop with some ideas in my head and some… 

Camping Adventure 2018

Days 1-11. Maine. Hastings Campground. Martin Stream Campground. Schoodic Woods Campground. This year, for some reason, the twins and I decided to do a Camping Adventure 2018. We had never camped for more than 2… 

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Day eleven. Acadia National Park. Schoodic Woods Campground. The last day of our camping adventure was day eleven. The morning started cool and sunny. WeΒ decided that our lastΒ day at Schoodic Woods would be a little… 

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Day ten. Acadia National Park. Schoodic Woods Campground.

After dark on nightΒ number nine some clues of what was to come started to show themselves. Around 8 pm, the kids and I started noticing some lightning flashing away off in the distance. As night nine became dayΒ ten, the thunder had started and a storm was closing in.

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Day eight. Acadia National Park. Schoodic Woods Campground.

We woke up to a foggy, wet morning on day eight. The kids got up and rode their bikes around Loop A several times.

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Day seven. Acadia National Park. Schoodic Woods Campground.

On day seven we broke down our camp at Martin Stream Campground before heading to Acadia National Park andΒ  Schoodic Woods Campground. Before we said goodbye to my wife we stopped in Buckfield, Maine for another lunch at Buck-It Pub & Grill.

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Day six. Turner, Maine. Martin Stream Campground.

We rented canoes on day six, and it was a blast! We meandered out through Martin Stream into the bigger water of the Nezinscot River.

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Day Five. Turner, Maine. Martin Stream Campground.

We had a sunny, quiet morning along Martin Stream. We had lobster and steamers, with corn on the cob, and assorted pasta salads put on by the campground for lunch.

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Day four. Turner, Maine. Martin Stream Campground.

We got up after another overnight with heavy rain and packed up a wet tent. We drove east to Buckfield, Maine and met my wife at Buck-It Pub & GrillΒ for lunch before checking into Martin Stream Campground.

GOFFSTOWN, NH WINTER SNOWFALL 2017-2018

Winter Snowfall 2017-2018 (starts with the first snowfall of the season) November 13: 2″. NOVEMBER TOTAL: 2.0″ ( 2.0″) December 09: 5.5″ December 12: 3″ (8.5″) December 18: 1″ (9.5″) December 22: 5.5″ (15″) December… 

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Day nine. Acadia National Park. Schoodic Woods Campground.

On day nine we woke up and cooked breakfast in camp. Then we went into Winter Harbor to take showers and get cleaned up.

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Day one. White Mountains National Forest. Camp set up just before the rain. Showers tore through the valley and the winds kicked up ahead of their arrival, which made getting the rain fly attached to… 

British Columbia Road Trips

Even though we ended up at some wonderful destinations during our trip to British Columbia, there were a lot of hours spent on the road. Every morning we left our home base in Salmon Arm,…