Maine 2022 (December) (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Ellsworth and vicinity

Tuesday, December 27 through Saturday, December 31, 2022

A storm on December 23 caused widespread power outages in Maine, including our house in Ellsworth. A series of cold days that followed endangered our house's plumbing, since power remained out. Because Stu had run out of vacation time, and someone needed to check on the house, I flew from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Portland, Maine via Chicago O"Hare International Airport. While in Chicago, I received a notification that power had been restored (and the temperatures in the house were very near freezing). I spent most of the week in Ellsworth, Maine at the house (first night was at a local hotel, since the house was very cold). I returned to Oklahoma City via Chicago on New Year's Eve (reverse of outbound route), arriving in Oklahoma City less than two hours before the end of the year.

I tracked the trip with a Bad Elf GPS Pro+ GPSr (GPS receiver), using my iPhone 12 (Gaia GPS app) as a backup (and the FlightRadar24 website). A few local trips were not recorded (since in-town trips are regularly ignored where we live).

NOTE: the downloadable GPX tracks are the full GPX files, while those shown on the provided "view map" links are simplified (with minimal effect on geographic accuracy) for much faster viewing.

Original GPX tracks are unedited, except where necessary to fill in missing data. Edited tracks are noted in their descriptions.

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Overview (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Overview map—This is a composite map of all the GPS tracks on a blank US/Canada map. Just Downeast Maine.
All GPS tracks / view map—The whole trip, including walking, driving, etc.

Tuesday, December 27

GPX / view map—(Rather inaccurate track of) Driving to the airport in Oklahoma City. The GPS (etc.) signals were apparently warped quite a bit (by the atmosphere?).
GPX / view map—(Very “noisy” track of) Walking around the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
GPX / view map—(Partial) Flight from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois.
(To be added) FlightRadar24 track of the above flight
GPX / view map—Walking around O'Hare International Airport (due to underground tunnels, etc., the track is not completely accurate).
GPX / view map—Flying from Chicago, Illinois to the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine. Shortly after takeoff, the turns are shown a bit too sharp, due to brief signal losses.
GPX / view map—Walking around the Portland Airport, including to the rental car lot.
GPX / view map—Driving from Portland, Maine to Ellsworth (house) and on to the hotel in Ellsworth.

Wednesday, December 28

GPX / view map—Driving from hotel to house in Ellsworth.

Thursday, December 29

GPX / view map—Driving to the Parkman Mountain parking area (Acadia National Park).
GPX / view map—Hiking (walking) carriage roads from the Parkman Mountain parking lot to the Waterfall Bridge, to near the Brown Mountain parking area, and back (nearer Upper Hadlock Pond) along the unnamed carriage road.
GPX / view map—Driving to Northeast Harbor for dinner, then back to Ellsworth.

Friday, December 30

GPX / view map—Driving to Eagle Lake (north shore), including going all the way to near Seal Harbor, only to find the Stanley Brook Road closed for the season.
GPX / view map—Hiking (walking) around Eagle Lake, including a spur to the north shore of Bubble Pond.
GPX / view map—Driving to the south shore of Jordan Pond (via a route that is only usable in the off-season), then back to Ellsworth (dinner downtown and a spur to see Christmas lights at Woodlawn Park).

Saturday, December 31

GPX / view map—Driving to Portland, Maine. I forgot to turn on GPSr tracking until I was already past Bangor. The drive includes lunch/dinner in South Portland, and, of course the car rental return at the Portland International Jetport.
GPX / view map—Walking around the Portland International Jetport.
GPX / view map—Taxiing and beginning the take-off at Portland, Maine. The GPSr quit recording before the aircraft took off.
(To be added) FlightRadar24 track of the above flight (Portland, Maine to Chicago, Illinois)
GPX / view map—Walking through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
GPX / view map—The beginning of the flight from Chicago, Illinois to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The GPSr quit (again) shortly after departure.
(To be added) FlightRadar24 track of the above flight
GPX / view map—Driving from the airport in Oklahoma City. The GPSr didn't acquire until we were outside the terminal area.