As the old saying suggests, “It takes a village to raise a child”. Living in Naples and working in Gray, having worked with teens from these towns and the neighboring towns, I have been lucky enough to get a close-up look at two different school systems in the southern and western parts of Maine and […]

Years back, we moved into our home in the Lake Region area with a one week old baby! Having closed on the house in Naples just days after the arrival of our firstborn, it is safe to say that, despite our excitement to decorate, our priorities were on other matters. “Do we have enough diapers? […]

Anticipating Valentine’s Day, my husband and I reminisced, reflecting on how a romantic cross-country skiing outing at Sebago Lake State Park, led us to buying real estate in Naples in 1992. “We packed a picnic lunch and skied out to a point overlooking the lake, remember?”  After we married in 1988, Eric and I rented […]

Each school day I’m up at 5:00am, and we’re out the door at 6:15am. My son and I hop in the van and drive down the hill to his bus stop. The month’s freezing temperatures have dipped into the single digits again and we’re impatient for the dashboard heat to hit us. “Mom! You always […]

This is an easy hike from the parking lot to the best view – about 1/2 mile. The view looks over Panther Pond and towards Raymond. The trail could be slippery in the winter as the viewing ledge has a slope to it hike or snowshoe. This is a good hike for small children as […]

Pleasant Mountain Loop “Shawnee Peak” – West Bridgton (Trailhead off Route 302 W. Bridgton) Ridge hike offers excellent views to the southern Lakes Region and beyond. Pleasant Mountain is the highest peak in Southern Maine, rising dramatically over Moose Pond and the surrounding countryside to 2,006 vertical feet and stretching nearly 4.0 miles north to […]

Burnt Meadow Mountain – Brownfield (Trailhead off Spring St. Brownfield) Burnt Meadow Mountain, close to the New Hampshire border, is comprised of three similar summits. The well-marked (though somewhat overgrown) route described here scales the eastern spur of North Peak and offers beautiful views beginning just 0.15 mile from the start. The broad, grassy summit […]

Pleasant Mountain “Shawnee Peak” – East Fryeburg (Trailhead off Denmark Rd Fryeburg) “Pleasant Mountain” – located in the Lakes Region of southwestern Maine, is the home of Shawnee Peak Ski Resort, which dominates the north side of the mountain and overlooks US 302 and the surrounding area. It is the highest mountain in southern Maine […]

Burnt Meadow Mountain – Brownfield (Trailhead off Spring St. Brownfield) Burnt Meadow Mountain, close to the New Hampshire border, is comprised of three similar summits. The well-marked (though somewhat overgrown) route described here scales the eastern spur of North Peak and offers beautiful views beginning just 0.15 mile from the start. The broad, grassy summit […]

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