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   Wow, just absolutely wow! Custer State Park did not disappoint. Darlene and I started the day watching two rabbits play and eat at our cabin. We then drove the 23 miles to the town of Custer, South Dakota. We went by Horse Thief Lake named for a gang of rustlers lead by Horse Thief…

   Welcome back to my blog. Remember we had planned and researched for this trip for about 5 or 5 and a half months. Now it was time to go. We the had an early flight and a quick connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina. We just did make it.    We arrived in Rapid…

   What beautiful and still wild country is the Black Hills area of South Dakota. Those of you who followed my wife and I through two weeks in Maine on this blog already know, we are far from rich, but can still go on ” bucket list vacations”. You can as well and I can…

   Darlene and I get ready to wrap up our visit to Maine. What a memorable 13 days we had. We left Bar Harbor and headed back toward Portland via Highway 1. We went through small and very unique towns, each having their own style and enjoyable differences.    The first stop was Stockton Springs.…

   Our last day in Bar Harbor, we got up early in preparation for our previously cancelled whale watching trip. Just our luck upon waking, we had a notification the trip had to be cancelled again due to rough seas. Well we will catch a whale watching tour on another trip somewhere else in the…

   We said good- bye to the Bangor, Maine area and headed for the so called “crown jewel” and tourist trap area of Maine; Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.    It is a short drive (only 55 miles south) from Bangor to Bar Harbor. Since we had plenty of time we added about 50…

   Welcome back to our two week trip to Maine. After our three days in the Portland area, we headed to our second planned base. We drove 140 miles northeast to Bangor, Maine. We took I 95 and was shocked to find part of this route was toll roads. How can this be as interstates…

   Welcome back. If you are following my blog, thank you. This post follows the first three days of our Maine trip. We based out of Kennebunk, Maine; twenty five miles south of Portland. The first stop after picking up our rental at the Portland airport was lunch. We are fans of Diners, Drive Ins,…

Maine    We all have a bucket list of places we want to visit and sites we want to see. I can help you realize some of those dreams without charging a credit card or paying all at once. None of us want to go somewhere we have dreamed of going if we have to…