Outdoors in Central Maine

For a minute there, I really thought I was lost.

Gil Whitney just crossed another item off his own “bucket list.”

So, here's my introduction to a chub.

Smelly. Slimy. Goofy look.

I was on my way home from a short kayak paddle on Jamie's Pond when I noticed a dark object on the side of the road.

Leaving my hotel in Delaware last Monday morning, the car pulled past one of the countless strip malls that seem to dot the flat, industry-based state, I saw a sight I was quite unaccustomed to.

How far are you willing to pedal a bicycle?

A mile? 10 miles? Until your lungs start to burn?

With the weather the way it's been the last week or so, I've been feeling the urge to get the canoe in the water, virtually every day it seems.

Well, if you’ve never gone camping before, now’s the time to try. It won’t ever get any easier -- or cheaper -- to do that. Trust me.

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Baxter State Park officials have opened the Abol Trail and
the Hunt Trail for the 2009 hiking season. These trails provide access to

AUGUSTA — The Maine Forest Service is remindng campers heading to their favorite Maine campsites this season to leave their firewood at home.