A Walk in the Parks
The stream in Hallowell. Hiking in Maine — at least, in coastal Maine — would qualify as a gentle stroll in Utah. Elevation is measured in tens of feet here, not thousands. The biggest danger comes in the form of deer ticks, which can transfer Lyme Disease to unprepared hikers. This is not a recently built bridge. Just a guess. Hikes in Utah have a payoff. You work like an animal and crawl over boulders to earn your reward. You come up on a ledge and survey a vista. A river thousands of feet below. A town, out in the distance. A mountain valley, filled with flowers. Quite often, it's quite sublime. Coastal Maine doesn't have much for elevation. I can get to sea level from our house in about a mile. A downhill, mostly flat mile. What we do have, in spades, is water. And a dog who likes to chase squirrels. Over TW's recent break, we took an hourlong trip to Hallowell, Maine. It's a quaint little town (with a quaint little brewpub, of course) on the banks of a big river. T...