Maine 2023 (June) (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Ellsworth and vicinity
Saturday, June 3 through Saturday, June 17, 2023
We flew from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Portland, Maine via O'Hare International Airport (Chicago, Illinois). We spent most of the two weeks in Ellsworth, Maine at the house, mainly attempting to remove the colt's foot (weed) from our property, with minimal success, and attending to other tasks that needed to be done (such as getting fiber Internet installed, and doing a high-accuracy survey of parts of our property). We returned to Oklahoma City via Chicago (reverse of outbound route).
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.
Saturday, June 3
- GPX / view map—Driving to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Track includes taking the shuttle from the parking lot to the terminal, and walking to the gate and aircraft.
- GPX / view map—Flying from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois.
- GPX / view map—Walking through O'Hare International Airport.
- GPX / view map—Flying from Chicago, Illinois to the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine.
- GPX / view map—Walking at the Portland International Jetport.
- GPX / view map—Driving to dinner in South Portland, then to Ellsworth.
Sunday, June 4
- GPX / view map—Driving to shopping in Ellsworth.
- GPX / view map—Driving to dinner and shopping in Ellsworth.
Monday, June 5
Tuesday, June 6
- GPX / view map—Driving in the Ellsworth area, partly checking out recently-permitted garages (because we were beginning to investigate how to get one built for ourselves), and for shopping.
Wednesday, June 7
Thursday, June 8
Friday, June 9
- GPX / view map—Driving to lunch in Corea, Maine.
- To add: Two tracks, one from restaurant in Corea to Maine Coast Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and one taking the trail at the refuge.
- GPX / view map—Driving the short distance from the Maine Coast Islands National Wildlife Refuge to the Corea Heath, which technically is part of the refuge.
- GPX / view map—Hiking (clockwise within the lollipop) at the Corea Heath.
- GPX / view map—Driving back to Ellsworth. We attempted to avoid the worst of the (very heavy amount of) traffic by taking a more obscure route into Ellsworth, but that road was also plugged with lots of traffic.
Saturday, June 10
- GPX / view map—Driving and walking in downtown Ellsworth, including a visit to the Farmers' Market.
- GPX / view map—Driving for errands in Ellsworth.
Sunday, June 11
Monday, June 12
Tuesday, June 13
Wednesday, June 14
- GPX / view map—Driving to shopping in Ellsworth.
- GPX / view map—Driving to dinner in downtown Ellsworth.
Thursday, June 15
Friday, June 16
- GPX / view map—Driving to Sieur des Monts in Acadia National Park.
- GPX / view map—Hiking (walking) the Jesup Path and Hemlock Road, near Sieur des Monts in Acadia National Park. We also visited Wild Gardens of Acadia.
- GPX / view map—Driving from Sieur des Monts to the trailhead for the Canon Brook Trail (south of The Tarn).
- GPX / view map—Hiking a short distance on the Canon Brook Trail to a particularly scenic part of Acadia National Park.
- GPX / view map—Driving to Southwest Harbor for dinner, then back to Ellsworth.
Saturday, June 17
- GPX / view map—Driving to Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, including a side-trip to the Ellsworth Transfer Station and dinner in South Portland.
- GPX / view map—“Noisy” track of our walking at the Portland International Jetport.
- GPX / view map—Very short track at the gate (and aircraft?) at Portland's International Jetport.
- GPX / view map—Flying from Portland, Maine to O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois.
- GPX / view map—(Highly inaccurate) Walking through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois.
- GPX / view map—Flying from Chicago, Illinois to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- GPX / view map—Walking and riding (airport parking shuttle) from the gate, through the terminal, and to my car in the parking lot (at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
- GPX / view map—Driving from the airport.
