Posts Tagged ‘Maine’

A Somewhat “Reluctant” Look Back at 2011

// December 31st, 2011 // 15 Comments » // Places Sunset over a Louisiana bayou

I’m not generally a big fan of retrospectives: e.g.  ”2011, the year in Review.” The year’s done, over, it’s time to get on with your life. And I’ve worked in journalism long enough to know that year-end retrospectives are usually a “prepared in advance” way to fill space (or airtime) at the end of the …read more…

It Must be Maine: Whoopie for Bean and Boats!

// December 2nd, 2011 // 5 Comments » // Food, Places LL Bean

  [Maine seacoast] — In what may be my most confusing blog title ever, I’ve incorporated three disparate elements all found in the state of Maine: Whoopie Pies, LL Bean, and the Maine Maritime Museum. Lest you think there is some deeper meaning in this, there isn’t. I’ll give you the simple explanation — I’m …read more…

Memories of the Maine Seacoast

// November 29th, 2011 // 12 Comments » // Places Maine seacoast

[Coastal Maine] — Lonely lighthouses, stacks of lobster pots, and mist-draped harbors. The sounds of seagulls and distant foghorns. These are a few of my Maine motorcycling memories. Earlier this year, I spent several days riding from Kittery to Calais for HOG magazine, a distance of about 300 miles. There were few tourists, as it …read more…

Maine Lobstah — It’s What’s for Dinner

// November 6th, 2011 // 24 Comments » // Food, Places Maine Lobster

[Along the Maine Seacoast] — When you think of Maine, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it lobster? The clawed crustacean is certainly one of the state’s iconic symbols. And Maine lobster is known for its taste and quality, due to the state’s clear, cold waters. Lobstermen and women harvest their catch …read more…

North by Downeast on the Maine Seacoast

// November 2nd, 2011 // 13 Comments » // Places, RoadTales Downeast Maine

[Downeast Maine] — It’s a curious fact that as you travel north along Maine’s seacoast, you’re said to be heading downeast. For that we can thank the seafarers of yore (not mine, yore), who sailed northeast from Boston to Maine with the wind at their backs, and referred to the trip as heading Downeast.  The …read more…

Maine Morning in Boothbay Harbor — RoadPics

// October 30th, 2011 // 9 Comments » // Places Boothbay Harbor

[Boothbay Harbor, ME] — It’s kind of a no-brainer, but it just occurred to me that every time HOG or another magazine publishes one of my articles, I’m left with a veritable bounty of unpublished photos from the trip. Many of my motorcycle trips are 1,000 to 2,000 miles over a week or longer, and …read more…