Category: Travel

Coast Guard House Restaurant in Gansett was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Storm Scenes: Destruction on the Rhode Island Shore

10/31/2012 - My brother Steve went down to Narragansett and the south shore to check out the damage on Tuesday, October 30. He checked out many of the fishing areas. Just about everywhere is either a mess or destroyed. Many of the roads along the beaches are impassible due to sand, rocks,… SEE MORE

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Ramp at Sail Newport, looking into Brenton Cove, on the morning of October 29 as the first impacts of Hurricane Sandy were felt.

Storm Scenes: Hurricane Sandy Arrives in Newport

10/29/2012 - The first impacts of Hurricane Sandy were beginning to be felt at Sail Newport and Newport Harbor in general on the morning of October 29, with the storm surge combining with the high tide to overtop several local roads and parking lots. Winds in the morning were only in the… SEE MORE

Just before the morning high tide, waves were crashing over the Rockland breakwater. With the storm surge, they overtopped it.

Storm Scenes: Midcoast Maine Prepares for Sandy

10/29/2012 - Though Hurricane Sandy looked like it would make landfall in New Jersey, the massive storm's impacts were already being felt on the morning of October 29 in midcoast Maine. A northeast wind had already stiffened into the twenty-knot range with gusts to thirty, and a quick check of Rockland, Rockport,… SEE MORE

Hurricane Sandy is proving to be as unpredictable as it is deadly.

Storm Prep: How to Track Hurricane Sandy

10/27/2012 - Virtually everyone on the East Coast is keeping an eye on Hurricane Sandy (the storm has switched between being a hurricane and a tropical storm a couple of times since it formed in the Caribbean Sea) as it zig-zags up the shore. The storm is generating plenty of sensational headlines… SEE MORE

Enjoying October’s Brilliance in Port Clyde

10/18/2012 - How lucky I am to live on the coast of Maine! To be able to watch the sun set over the balsam firs in Port Clyde harbor on a cool October afternoon is a privilege that I most certainly do not take for granted. Fall is a fickle time of… SEE MORE

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The Pemaquid Oyster Company pulled nearly 17,000 oysters from the Damariscotta River for the festival

Bottoms Up! Scenes from the Pemaquid Oyster Festival

10/17/2012 - Every year, on the last Sunday in September, the Pemaquid Oyster Festival unfolds at Schooner Landing, overlooking the reversing tidal falls of the Damariscotta River at Newcastle. Tens of thousands of oysters are pulled from the downstream waters and served on the half-shell, roasted, barbequed, and stewed to festival visitors.… SEE MORE

A family as they take a quick break before passing through the Surf Drive Beach section of the bike path.

Biking Along the ‘Shining Sea’ in Woods Hole

10/11/2012 - On a sunny Cape Cod day, nothing beats riding a bike while overlooking long stretches of beaches and cranberry bogs. The “Shining Sea Bikeway,” was named after the song “America the Beautiful” written by Falmouth native Katharine Lee Bates. The name not only signifies a historical importance, but also reflects… SEE MORE

Autmn colors begin to show along the Fox Island Thorofare.

Chasing Autumn Leaves on North Haven Island

10/9/2012 - North Haven is an island of incredible beauty, a place where time slows and the hustle and bustle of the world seems oh-so far away. While beautiful to visit in the height of summer, when graceful sloops slide down the Fox Island Thorofare and elegant yachts anchor in Pulpit Harbor,… SEE MORE

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RISING SUN, a 453-foot megayacht tied up at the Maine State Pier in Portland.

Leaf Peeping on the Maine Coast, Megayacht-style

10/6/2012 - Foliage season brings millions of people to Maine each year, as the Pine Tree State's autumn colors are considered some of the best in the country. Plenty of those visitors arrive by boat, but most do not attract quite as much attention as the Rising Sun, a 453-foot megayacht that… SEE MORE

My Top 10: Maine’s Most Beautiful Harbors

10/4/2012 - I was visiting a friend's house the other night when I stumbled upon an issue of a magazine that had a list of the top ten harbors on the Maine coast. The selections seemed to come from the readers and were all very good selections. However there were, I felt,… SEE MORE