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Jan 30, 2015 06:55:13   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Very interesting, and great photos. It looks like a great place. But to be honest, right now any place without snow and below-zero weather would look like a great place to me!

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Jan 30, 2015 07:44:02   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Thanks SB. I understand how you fee; you've had an especially hard winter. I haven't visited beautiful Maine in many years, but plan to do so this year. Can you recommend a time when it's not to hot or cold, and not peak tourist season?

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Jan 30, 2015 08:02:49   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Thanks for viewing.

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Jan 30, 2015 10:47:06   #
amyinsparta Loc: White county, TN
 
beautiful place, beautiful shots! thanks!

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Jan 30, 2015 10:52:34   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Thanks Amy, appreciate you viewing, and I wholly agree with Will Rogers' feeling about dogs.

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Jan 30, 2015 10:54:55   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Here's my current best friend Riley.

Riley
Riley...

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Jan 30, 2015 17:00:09   #
Bigdee Loc: Southern California
 
Awesome just awesome

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Jan 30, 2015 17:13:05   #
sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA
 
Very beautiful photos, loboimages! That State Park must be HUGE...but then, everything in Texas is huge! :)

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Jan 30, 2015 18:50:00   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Thanks!!!

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Jan 30, 2015 18:57:00   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Glad you liked them. Yes it is big; 310,000 acres, or in square miles 500. However, Big Bend National Park, which is in the area is larger; approx. the size of Rhode Island.

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Jan 31, 2015 07:07:30   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
loboimages wrote:
Thanks SB. I understand how you fee; you've had an especially hard winter. I haven't visited beautiful Maine in many years, but plan to do so this year. Can you recommend a time when it's not to hot or cold, and not peak tourist season?


Generally the bugs (mosquitoes and black flies) are bad until after the 4th of July, especially away from the coast. But September is really the nicest time - fewer crowds and nice weather (usually). Some smaller stores will be closed, but the beauty will still be there! Bar Harbor is great to visit, but now these days there are a lot of cruise ships stopping there during the summer, so you have to check the cruise ship schedule to make sure you don't show up on a day with 3,000 extra tourists crowding the streets.

If you make it up the coast all the way, about an hour east of Acadia is the fishing village of Jonesport (very photogenic) and then further east is Lubec with it's iconic West Quoddy Head Lighthouse - but bring your passport so you can cross the bridge to Campobello Island, New Brunswick - it is a nice spot and also has a very iconic lighthouse.

See:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-221396-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-231046-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-235057-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-239148-1.html

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Jan 31, 2015 08:00:38   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
loboimages wrote:
A few photos from my recent trip to BBR state park. In the same area as Big Bend National Park, but different in many ways. All roads are unimproved with most requiring 4X4 vehicles. And many requiring special 4X4 vehicles with additional equipment like winch and jacks. The park office, ranch house and bunk house are 27 miles from the highway and took us almost two hours to get there. Worth the trip if you like to traverse rugged roads.


gorgeous landscapes of big bend loboimages!

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Jan 31, 2015 14:28:03   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Thanks SB, your information is very helpful in making plans for my trip to Maine. I've visited New England in late September for the changing of the leaves without making advance reservations, which I've been advised is risky. However, It's hard for me to anticipate how long I want to stay in a specific area depending on the environmental scenery, weather conditions, etc. Do you feel it's risky to not plan a route and make motel reservations in advance.

Also, thanks for the connections to your previous postings of Maine and Canada locations. Beautiful photographs of just the kind of subjects I'm interested in.

Lou B.

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Jan 31, 2015 14:28:57   #
loboimages Loc: Texas
 
Thanks, and glad you enjoyed.

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