Author Archives: Chuck Billy

Still Haven’t Found Berlin, Maine

Yesterday on Asa’s World Tour of Maine, we took you to Mexico and Byron. While researching that area, I saw on the map that Berlin, Maine was nearby. However, with precious travel time ticking, rather than investigate further, I made the game day decision to find that town once we were in the vicinity. How […]

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Way Up Here in Mexico, Maine

As any rock star will tell you, a stop in Mexico is a must. So we headed northwest on Asa’s World Tour of Maine to Mexico! Gateway to the western mountains, Mexico, Maine was first part of “Township Number 1” in 1789. However, by 1818 Mexico was incorporated as its own independent town. The name […]

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Our Boldest Maine Adventure Yet!

We’re back from our boldest adventure yet! We traveled farther northwest and northeast in Maine than we’ve ever gone before! We even were surprisingly closer to Santa’s home at the North Pole than Asa ever dreamed! Along the way we explored new hiking trails, returned to an old favorite, learned more interesting facts from Maine’s […]

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Rolling Down the River to Dresden, Maine

This week Asa’s World Tour of Maine is rolling down the river into Dresden. Settled in 1752 by French and German Huguenots, the settlement was originally called, Frankfort. Then it was renamed Pownalborough, after Governor Pownall, when it was officially incorporated as a town in 1760. Following the American Revolution, in 1794 the town received its […]

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