Category Archives: Places to go

Golden Tail Wags Awards 2024

Welcome to the 7th Annual Golden Tail Wags Awards, where we celebrate the weird and wonderful things we saw, and friends we’ve made, while going on adventures last year. However, unlike other award shows where you get celebrity hosts, you get us – Chuck Billy and Asa! Your intrepid explorers with active imaginations! Rest assured […]

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High Point of Our Trip to Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine

Last month the high point of our vacation was literally the high point of the Coast Guard Trail at Quoddy Head State Park in Lubec, Maine. Quoddy Head is a special place for our family, you may recall last year we greeted the sunrise there in memory of Grandpa. This year we took a more […]

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Tangled Up In Blueberries in Columbia Falls, Maine

Last month, Asa’s World Tour of Maine continued with a quick stop in Columbia Falls, Maine. Originally part of nearby Columbia, Maine, Columbia Falls separated to form its own independent town in 1863. Located on the Pleasant River, the “falls” part of the name is to pay tribute to the rapids there. But as to […]

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On the Trail of Bigfoot in Leominster, Massachusetts

At the Exeter UFO Festival, Mom and Dad attended a talk by Ronny LeBlanc of the television series, Expedition Bigfoot, and author of the book, Monsterland. He shared his experiences living near the Leominster State Forest, in Massachusetts. Specifically he talked about his personal encounters with Bigfoot there, as well as his research into the […]

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Calais, Maine’s Waterfront Walkway

Asa’s World Tour of Maine continues with a visit to Calais, Maine! Located along the St. Croix River which separates the United States from Canada, it was named after Calais, France, in recognition of the assistance the French gave us during the American Revolution. However, rather than pronounce it the French way, “Cal-lay,” Mainers have […]

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Down East Sunrise Trail, Dennysville, Maine

In our continuing quest to hike as much of the off-road portions of the East Coast Greenway, we took a walk along a stretch of the Down East Sunrise Trail! The Down East Sunrise Trail is a multi-use trail consisting of 87 miles, and is the longest off-road trail on the East Coast Greenway. Following along a […]

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Shackford Head State Park, Eastport, Maine

Not everything during our visit to Eastport, Maine went according to plan. In fact our hike at Shackford Head State Park quickly turned into a bad situation that could have easily been the plot of a Stephen King novel. Shortly after starting our hike, we were fleeing from the trail! When we arrived we were […]

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Eastport, Maine Waterfront Park

Asa and I visited the easternmost city in the United States, Eastport, Maine! Located on Moose Island, this area was frequented by the Passamaquoddy for thousands of years. It was first visited by European explorers, fishermen, and traders in the 1600s, but it wasn’t until 1811 that it was incorporated as a town. Thanks to […]

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