Out and About Near Bangor

Mariaville Falls

The Frenchman Bay Preserve is not far from Green Lake Fish Hatchery. One of the trails is to the Mariaville Falls, about a 1.4 miles hike. We had the place to ourselves. The stair step falls are not that dramatic, but very tranquil and a nice walk through the woods.

Orono Bog Boardwalk 

Located just north of Bangor, this boardwalk was developed as a cooperative project sponsored by the city of Bangor and the University of Maine. The one and a half mile boardwalk trail provides access to the Orono Bog. This rare peat bog covers 600 acres. 

 

The outer areas of the bog are dense almost like a rain forest.

Pitcher Plants Emerging From the Brightly Colored Peat Moss

The central area of the bog has limited vegetation due to lack of nutrients in the peat.

Cole Transportation Museum - Bangor, Maine

The Cole Transportation Museum is a collection of over 200 vehicles illustrating Maine's evolution of land transportation. The museum was started by Galen Cole, CEO of Cole Express Corporation, a trucking company that was sold to Roadway Services in 1993. Galen Cole's goal was to preserve all forms of transportation, including recreational vehicles, motorcycles, trains, farm equipment, sleds, logging trucks, snowplows and more. The museum opened in 1989.

This reminded us of the Twin Pines Milk delivery trucks of our childhood.

These are different generations of the Cole Express truck fleet.

1936 1-1/2 ton Chevrolet Wrecker

The train was placed here and the museum built around it.

Sno Cat used by utility crews in Maine.

Reconstruction of a 1928 Covered Bridge