Free Entrance Days in the National Parks, offered by the US. National Park Service (NPS), gives travelers a chance to see some of the most scenic areas in the United States, including destinations in New England. The 2018 season brings three remaining Free Entrance Days on April 21 (the first day of National Park Week), Sept. […]
Acadia National Park
Spectacular Scenery at Maine’s Acadia National Park Loop Road
Booking.com Seeing some of the most spectacular scenery on the eastern seaboard costs about the price of drive-in movie theater admission, thus making it the “must-see, feel-good New England travel destination” of the spring, summer and fall.” What a tremendous feature attraction! The U.S. National Park Service charges only $25 for private vehicle admission, $20 […]
Scenic Views: the Fjord at Sargeant Drive, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Many of my Arlington, Mass., elementary school classmates in the 1970s connected loosely with Sweden by listening to ABBA, but I had an even deeper Scandivanian connection close to home by traveling yearly with family to see a fjord just outside Northeast Harbor at Mount Desert Island, Maine. This unique scene at Sargeant Drive certainly […]