Biddeford Abenaki Indians, whose main village was upriver at Pequawket (now Fryeburg), once hunted and fished in the area. The first European to settle at Biddeford was physician Richard Vines in the winter of 1616-1617 at Winter Harbor, as he called Biddeford Pool. This 1616 landing by a European predates the Mayflower landing in Plymouth, […]
New Years Eve 2016 and Cedar Key
I have always Loved Cedar Key, Florida so anything i get a chance to go I do. If you haven’t been to Cedar Key, Fl. you need to take a day trip. It is a very Quaint place and you can park your car and walk to just about anywhere. The seafood is great, Especially […]
Meadowbrook Camping Area, the old Winnegance Farm
The Old Winnegance Farm By Jeff Darling My Historical paper is on the Old Winnegance Farm on the Meadowbrook Rd, in Phippsburg, Me. I don’t know for sure when the house was built because the records would be either in the county of York or Lincoln depending on the Date. It was built in the […]
Colonel Jonathan Buck, A Ghost Story about Bucksport, Maine
I love Ghost stories and a lady told me this one many years ago. Every time I head north and go through Bucksport I always stop at this monument. Their are many different versions of this story. As you head up the coast, which is a beautiful ride through Camden, Maine you will come to […]
I went to A Hanging
5th Annual Florida Hang (FHV) FL Doe Lake, Ocala National Forest I have been looking forward to this week ever since I heard about this hang back in Sept when while at Meadowbrook Camping Area (www.meadowbrookme.com ). We had a group of Hammock people (hangers) come into the campground for the “Maine Lighthouse Tour and […]
Leesburg Bike Fest
It was Thursday April 24th and at 734 am i left Panama city beach for Leesburg, Fl. and Leesburg Bike Fest. I always like riding towards Ocala. Riding the forgotten Coast. Stopped in PCB for Dunkin donuts and then on my way. Traffic was heavy all the way to Calloway and then after Tyndall things […]
Natchez Trace
As a lot of you Know the Natchez Trace has always been a Place to ride and enjoy. It is one of my favorites places to go. Natchez is a Great town and i haven’t been their in the last few years i saw that they have really changed the Downtown. One of my favorite […]
2014 trip to Maine
05/21/2014 Talked to my son the other day and he told me he has taken snow plow off the truck, so i guess it is time to pack up and head home to Meadowbrook Camping area. I will be leaving 10 days from today. just checked my 10 forecast an weather looks good. will be […]
Carroll A. Deering
Carroll A. Deering was a five-masted commercial schooner that was found run aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in 1921. Its crew was mysteriously missing. The Deering is one of the most written-about maritime mysteries in history, with claims that it was a victim of the Bermuda Triangle, although the evidence points towards a mutiny […]
A short Ride to Paradise by motorcycle down on RT 24
Leaving Meadowbrook Camping Area by upper driveway, make left on Meadowbrook Rd and go approximately 1 mile and make Left on Berry’s Mill Rd. and follow to end and make left on State rd. and follow approximately 5 miles to Cook’s Corner and Rt24. Make left and start following Rt24 out on towards Bailey’s Island. […]