Category: Travel

Operation Sail 2012 Arrives in Baltimore

6/15/2012 - The much anticipated Maryland Star-Spangled Sailabration / Operation Sail 2012 event kicked off June 14 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Over forty tall ships, smaller sailing vessels, and grey warships from the US and foreign countries are represented in the festivities, as well as dedicated shore events and displays. There are… SEE MORE

July fog rolls across Port Clyde Harbor.

Welcome to Summer on the St. George Peninsula

6/13/2012 - Summer in Maine seems to bring out everything about the coast that I love. The nights are soft and filled with glorious sunsets. The mornings are calm and the ocean is still. The wispy and sometimes thick fog engages in its battle with the blue sky above. The Village Ice… SEE MORE

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Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor – Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse

6/13/2012 - This is the last of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore. Built in 1855, the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. This particular example is in fine condition, though it's lacking full access all the way up into the light itself. Other screw-pile lighthouses… SEE MORE

Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

6/12/2012 - This is the fourth of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore -- the US Coast Guard Cutter Taney, the last ship still afloat that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Compared to the submarine USS Torsk, the Lightship Chesapeake and the USS… SEE MORE

Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor – Chesapeake Lightship

6/12/2012 - This is the third of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore -- the Lightship Chesapeake. Unlike the USS Constellation, the Lightship Chesapeake isn't controversial and doesn't have any conspiracy theories swirling around her. Built in 1930, she was simply a lightship - and spent her long service… SEE MORE

Betty's Dream, shown here, will be among the vintage aircraft taking part in an airshow in Rockland on August 17.

Airshow Planned for 2012 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous

6/12/2012 - The world-famous Texas Flying Legends Museum will perform an airshow in Rockland on Friday, August 17, at 11:30 a.m. as part of the 2012 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous. The public will have a perfect view of the half-hour airshow from the Rockland Breakwater. Based out of Ellington Field in Houston, Texas,… SEE MORE

Looking straight up western Penobscot Bay toward Blue Hill.

Watching the Weather Break from Atop the Camden Hills

6/6/2012 - To watch a week-long, rain-soaked, and downright dreary weather pattern break is one thing. To watch it break from the top of Mount Battie in Camden, with the vast and island-studded expanse of Penobscot Bay below you, is quite another. Giant and puffy clouds, white as the driven snow, race… SEE MORE

Lyman-Morse's new service yard is ideally located to assist boaters transiting the Panama Canal.

Lyman-Morse Opens Service Yard in Panama

6/5/2012 - Anyone who knows Cabot Lyman is familiar with his appreciation and love of the San Blas Islands and surrounding area. After all his trips to the area, it’s official: Lyman-Morse’s Maine-based operations now have a southern cousin. Located in Shelter Bay, Panama, Lyman-Morse Panama is strategically located near the Caribbean… SEE MORE

USS Torsk, moored beside the Baltimore Aquarium

Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor – The USS Torsk

5/31/2012 - This is the second of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore -- the World War II boat USS Torsk. Note that a submarine -- no matter how big it may be -- is never referred to as a ship... it's always referred to as a boat. And… SEE MORE

View looking south on Outer Green Island from the northern bird blind

For the Birds: A Weekend on Outer Green Island

5/31/2012 - We arrived on Outer Green Island by small boat out of Falmouth, and then even smaller boat onto the protected seabird nesting island in Casco Bay. It was quickly apparent that the best method of landing ashore was via wing power; perhaps second choice might have been via boogie board… SEE MORE