Fall outings in Maine

We spent the fall of 2012 in Brunswick, Maine. On weekends Jonathan showed me around the area where he grew up. This post contains pictures of several different outings we took to nearby places. Enjoy!

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Reid State Park - September 1, 2012

Jonathan's aunt, uncle, and some of their children from New Hampshire come to visit in Maine every Labor Day weekend. They usually enjoy spending Sabbath afternoons after church at the ocean. This time they wanted to visit Reid State Park, one of the two sandy beaches within a reasonable distance from Brunswick (about 40 minutes drive). Although the day was clear, sunny, and warm, the water was already too cold for swimming, but we enjoyed walking on the beach and wading into the ocean.

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Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park - September 8, 2012

The next week after church, Jonathan and I headed to Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park. I had never been there before, and we both enjoyed hiking on the various trails, some along the ocean and others further inland amongst the granite hills.

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Bradbury Mountain State Park - September 22 & October 6, 2012

As summer moved into autumn, I started getting excited to see the famous New England autumn colours. Although Jonathan and I been in Maine the previous autumn, that year the colours weren't too great and so I was still feeling like I hadn't really experienced the phenomenon. In mid-September we went to Bradbury Mountain State Park, about a 15 minute drive from Jonathan's parents' house, and hiked up the mountain. The hike didn't take long and at the top we were rewarded with clear views all the way to the ocean, although that early in the season we only saw the very, very beginning of the colour change. Two weeks later we headed back up the mountain, this time taking a different trail - this one not as steep, but longer. From the top we saw a bit more colour, and enjoyed the misty views of the woods below.

Two weeks later...

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Freeport Town Wharf - October 6, 2012

After our hike up Bradbury Mountain (above), we still had daylight and Jonathan took me driving around the nearby Freeport area. We ended up at the Freeport Town Wharf and relaxed there for a little while watching the moored boats bobbing up and down in the harbor and enjoying the scenery.

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We have one more post in this fall outings segment, but since there were so many photos on that day, we decided it deserved its own post.

Next up: Popham Beach State Park