I guess it would be a bit of a drive for you. Here, we have enough pretty impressive forests locally that we have to make a special effort to go farther afield.

I haven’t spent any time over on the eastern side — sounds nice.

I didn’t really go into the geology much, but in a nutshell it’s a very recent orogeny involving very ancient rock, a bursting of a 160-mile-diameter boil.

Glad you liked the piece, and I hope you manage to infect your kids with the hiking bug. From what I’ve seen, I’d say that clambering around on big rocks — and big, rocky mountains — is never too hard a sell for kids.

My dad worked at Colby College, and we had a place in the country near Winslow ME from 1967-1971.

Loved this post. Didn’t know much about the geological past and the conservation efforts. Now when we go back, I’ll look at the area with new eyes and make sure we don’t spoil things further with our visit.

i didn’t know you grew up in maine! where?

the adirondacks are in my backyard (ish) and now that the boys are old enough we hope to start hiking more and building our way up to some of the more challenging hikes as the years go by!

the pictures are wonderful!

Thanks for going along!