48: Northeast Road Trip - Part 1

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“Journey to New England”

  • 00m57s  Day One
  • 01m59s  PA and VR
  • 02m37s  Buffalo, New York
  • 04m00s  [geo lat=‘43.08218’ lon=’-79.06785’ adr=’’ tel=’’ url=‘https://parks.ny.gov/parks/46/details.aspx’ trail=‘usa:new-york:niagara’]Niagara Falls State Park[/geo] [map url=‘https://parks.ny.gov/documents/parks/NiagaraFallsNiagaraFallsStateParkMap.jpg’ trail=‘usa:new-york:niagara’ /] (348 miles traveled)
  • 08m22s  Seneca, New York (466 miles traveled)
  • 08m51s  Day Two
  • 10m01s  Heading out
  • 11m34s  Massachusetts border
  • All is right in the car
  • Thomas: healty snacks for a single dad and three kids
  • 12m51s  Walden Pond (831 miles traveled)
  • [geo lat=‘42.43954’ lon=’-71.33423’ adr=‘915 Walden St, Concord, MA 01742’ tel=‘978-369-3254’ url=‘https://www.mass.gov/locations/walden-pond-state-reservation’ trail=‘usa:massachusetts:walden-pond’]Walden Pond State Reservation[/geo] [map url=‘https://www.mass.gov/doc/walden-pond-state-reservation-trail-map/download’ trail=‘usa:massachusetts:walden-pond’ /]
  • 15m38s  Thoreau’s cabin
  • 16m32s  [v 1 0m00s]Quoting[/v] Thoreau
  • 20m39s  Driving to Maine
  • Piscataqua River Bridge
  • 21m57s  Portland, Maine (950 miles traveled)
  • 26m01s  [geo lat=‘43.65501’ lon=’-70.24970’ adr=‘60 Portland Pier, Portland, ME 04101’ tel=‘207-274-6097’ url=‘https://lukeslobster.com/pages/portland-pier’]Luke’s Lobster[/geo]
  • 29m19s  Bangor, Maine (1079 miles traveled)
  • 30m48s  Day Three
  • Robby gets his cereal for breakfast
  • 31m34s  Driving to Acadia
  • 32m18s  Acadia National Park (1130 miles traveled)
  • 32m30s  [geo lat=‘44.33039’ lon=’-68.18449’ adr=‘1254 Park Loop Rd, Bar Harbor, ME 04609’ tel=‘207-288-3338’ url=‘https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/hike-beehive-loop.htm’ trail=‘usa:maine:beehive’]Beehive Trail[/geo] [map url=‘https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/images/ACADmap2.jpg’ trail=‘usa:maine:beehive’ /]
  • “nearly vertical route”
  • glacial plucking
  • 42m05s  Lunch: Kate’s Real Food Dark Chocolate Mint
  • 42m42s  [v 8 fragment=‘00m10s’]“Why did I agree to do this?”[/v]
    • [ti 52m51s c=''] [Jordan Pond House](https://www.nps.gov/places/jordan-pond-house.htm "Restaurant and shop")
  • [geo lat=‘44.32199’ lon=’-68.25437’ url=‘https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/jordan-pond.htm’ trail=‘usa:maine:jordan-pond’]Jordan Pond[/geo] [map url=‘https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/images/ACAD_Carriage-Road-Map_revised-Apr-2019_Page_2_2.jpg’ trail=‘usa:maine:jordan-pond’]
  • Viewers! Haley and Alex
  • 55m57s  [geo lat=‘44.32013’ lon=’-68.25346’ adr=‘Jordan Pond House Trl, Bar Harbor, ME 04609’ tel=‘207-276-3610’ url=‘https://jordanpondhouse.com’]Jordan Pond House[/geo]
  • Driving
  • TomTom GPS
  • 1h01m22s  Bar Harbor Cottages & Suites
  • Chat and virtual reality (extended on Patreon)
  • Bunghole (Andrew meant wine bottle “punt”)
  • Liu Kang and Kung Lao
  • 1h10m41s  Day Four
  • 1h11m54s  Further north into Maine
  • 1h12m25s  Back to Bangor, Maine
  • 1h13m05s  [geo lat=‘44.80235’ lon=’-68.77130’ adr=‘33 Central St., Bangor, ME’ tel=‘207-947-1654’ url=‘https://www.bagelcentralbangor.com’]Bagel Central[/geo]
  • 1h15m45s  Grocery stop and off once again
  • 1h17m03s  Rest stop with winged ants and bolete mushrooms
  • 1h17m35s  Baxter State Park (1290 miles traveled)
  • 1h19m10s  Nature Center with relief camp
  • 1h20m30s  [geo lat=‘45.89337’ lon=’-69.04738’ adr=‘Park Tote Rd, Lily Bay, ME 04441’ tel=‘207-723-5140’ url=‘https://baxterstatepark.org/camp-summer/’ trail=‘usa:maine:kidney-pond’]Kidney Pond[/geo] [map url=‘https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trl_kidney-daicey_4apr2017.pdf’ trail=‘usa:maine:kidney-pond’ /]
  • Puffballs and bunny rabbit
  • 1h21m57s  Canoes
  • 1h32m47s  Library and community area
  • Mental health of loons
  • 1h33m16s  Campsite 7
  • 1h33m45s  Because there’s… bugs! — Thomas
  • 1h37m28s  I. Am. The best. Canoer. — Andrew
  • 1h37m43s  Dinner: steak, fried eggs, and sautéed peppers
  • Egg cracking techniques
  • 1h42m04s  Campfire talk
  • 1h44m39s  Credits
  • 1h45m34s  Whose crazy idea was it to hike a mountain this early? — Thomas
  • 1h47m31s  To be continued…
  • 1h48m03s  Patreon and merchandise
  • 1h49m07s  Shoutouts: Metal Gear Solid; Gordon Ramsey (banana pancakes); JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures; “Wallet Thief”; “Kung Fu Master Assaulting Residents”; “Speedwalking Olympics”
  • 1h55m30s  Tag