http://www.RealAdventures.com/vacations/2603_maine-acadia-acadia.htm Check out some of the recently updated travel & vacation listings on RealAdventures. Be inspired, go explore! en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:11:06 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:11:06 GMT http://www.RealAdventures.com http://www.RealAdventures.com/vacations/2603_maine-acadia-acadia.htm 100 100 http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1021114_The-Milliken-House http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1021114_The-Milliken-House Bed & Breakfasts Maine Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:06:00 The Milliken House Bed and Breakfast is an elegant 1846 Victorian home furnished with its original Victorian antique furniture, located in the historic nineteenth century island city of Eastport, Maine. -
The Milliken House Bed and Breakfast is an elegant 1846 Victorian home furnished with its original Victorian antique furniture, located in the historic nineteenth century island city of Eastport, Maine.


Eastport is located on Moose Island and connected by causeway to the mainland. It is surrounded by the beautiful Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays. Whale watching, scenic tours, hiking, fishing, sailing and kayaking, art galleries, and historic walking tours are available. Enjoy the area's unique natural phenomena such as the "Old Sow Whirlpool", Reversing Falls, and 1828 foot tides. Ferry service to Canada.
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]]> http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1022561_The-Flying-Cloud-B-B http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1022561_The-Flying-Cloud-B-B Bed & Breakfasts Maine Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:06:00 Romantic 1840 sea captains home overlooking the Damariscotta River.Fireplaces,private baths and scrumptious full breakfasts. -
Romantic 1840 sea captains home overlooking the Damariscotta River.Fireplaces,private baths and scrumptious full breakfasts.



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]]> http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1024653_Riverside-Bed-and-Breakfast http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1024653_Riverside-Bed-and-Breakfast Bed & Breakfasts Maine Tue, 04 Sep 2001 00:09:00 Said to be the "most beautiful b and b in America," host to celebrities like Martin Landau ("Mission Impossible") and Joyce Buch ("Broadway Danny Rose"), also to be featured in Victorian Homes magazine, the Riverside is an experience you won't forget -
Said to be the "most beautiful b and b in America," host to celebrities like Martin Landau ("Mission Impossible") and Joyce Buch ("Broadway Danny Rose"), also to be featured in Victorian Homes magazine, the Riverside is an experience you won't forget



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]]> http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1024481_Snow-and-Sadomasochism http://www.RealAdventures.com/listings/1024481_Snow-and-Sadomasochism Articles Maine Tue, 07 Nov 2000 00:11:00 The first day of snowboarding possibly one of life&8217s most painful experiences. -
The first day of snowboarding possibly one of life&8217s most painful experiences.


by Erik Kortz

The first day of snowboarding possibly one of life&8217s most painful experiences.

I have never seen one human being so entirely covered in bruises I felt like I&8217d just stepped out of the ring with Tyson. Hell, Tyson can&8217t hit half as hard as some of those mogullooking ice lumps that grace the mountains of the northeast corner of the U.S.

After seven years of skiing, I&8217d finally decided to try my hand at the sister sport. &8220It&8217s so easy to learn, you&8217ll be carving in no time,&8221 my friends assured me. They conveniently left out the part about being battered, thrashed &8211 thoroughly pummeled, even &8211 by the mountain.

My first time out was at Sugarloaf in Maine. We&8217d just had an enormous dump the conditions were marvelous. Brandnew rental strapped to my feet, I looked up at this mountain looming up the fresh bright morning air, challenging me, daring me to ascend. I&8217d beaten the mountain on skis now I would on a snowboard.

My brother, then an instructor at Ragged Mountain, told me he&8217d have me turning by midmorning.

Before we ever got to that point, he got bored with the lower lifts and we proceeded up the main lift to the summit. I then spent the next two hours of my life alternatively sideslipping down the mountain (still being completely unable to successfully execute a heelside turn) or bouncing my face off of the steep sections, which the morning traffic had conviniently scraped clean of any snow, as I rolled downhill, a flailing mass of limbs dragging along 153 centimeters of wood and composites.

The toeside and I were getting along fine I just had a nasty habit of catching my edge when I shifted my weight to cut back heelside. Catching an edge is like hurling your head into the ground fullforce, only unexpected I imagine that it's similar to being clipped from behind by a threehundredpound linesman.

And the next morning, though I succeeded in mastering the basic turning technique, even strapping on my board seemed like torture. The sunny promise of hours of voluntary abuse was like a vision of sugarplums dancing in my head.

And as soon as I got the hang of turning, of course, I headed to the terrain park to continue injuring myself there in floundering attempts to catch air.

I must really be a sadomasochist, because I haven&8217t worn a pair of skis since. And I haven&8217t really gotten much better at snowboarding either &8211 just more used to the selfinflicted punishment. There&8217s just no feeling like flinging myself into the air at high speeds and contorting my body into spins and grabs that inevitably make for evermorepainful crash landings.

God, I love this sport!
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