Maine Outdoor Adventure Guide - Softcover

Christie, John; Christie, Josh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608932672 ISBN 13: 9781608932672

Publisher: Down East Books, 2015

Synopsis

This book is a trip-oriented guide, with each entry focusing on a specific activity at a particular location. Some examples are

• biking the Acadia Carriage Roads;
• climbing Bigelow Mountain;
• or canoeing the Magalloway River.

It presents a series of trips that could comprise an entire summer of exploration or be stretched out over years.

The authors present a series of day or weekend trips that could comprise an entire summer of exploration or be stretched out over years. Combined, the trips represent a broad-based discovery of the entire state of Maine. Maps, clear directions, and pertinent information are included for each trip, as well as first-hand descriptions of what you can expect to encounter along the way.

About this title

About the Author:

Author of the Skade-Award-winning The Story of Sugarloaf,John Christie is an avid outdoorsman and pioneer of Maine's ski industry. He is a member of the Eastern Ski Writers Association and a regular contributor to the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. John Christie lives in Washington, Maine.

Josh Christie is John's son, manager of a bookstore in Freeport, Maine, and the author of Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland (2013). He, too, has written for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram.

Review:

"Maine Outdoor Adventure Guide is a welcome surprise! This well-crafted and comprehensive field companion remembers to remind readers why they wanted to explore the Pine Tree State in the first place!" (American Road Magazine)

"Equally divided between trips on foot, by bike, and a combination, explorations aplenty await adventurers of all interests and abilities, from Deboullie to Damariscotta to Donnell Pond." (Maine Sunday Telegram)

The Maine Outdoor Adventure Guide is a trip-oriented guide, with each entry focusing on a specific activity at a particular location: biking the Acadia Carriage Roads, climbing Bigelow Mountain, or canoeing the Magalloway River, for example. The book's intent is to present a series of trips that could comprise an entire summer of exploration or be stretched out over years. Combined, the trips represent a broad-based discovery of the entire state of Maine. Maps, clear directions, and pertinent information about what you can expect to encounter are included for each trip.

About this edition

• Publisher: Down East Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1608932672
• ISBN 13: 9781608932672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132