October 9-10, 2026 - Maine Foliage Flight
Wiscasset to Sky Acres
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| Departing Wiscasset, I took another look at the town of Bath. |
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Another look at Bath Iron Works.
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| One last look at Bath Iron Works and Bath. |
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Four miles to the west is what used to be Brunswick Naval Air Station; now Brunswick Executive Airport. I was stationed here in a P-3 squadron for three years back in the 80s.
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| Wow, look at all those jets parked on the ramp. That is something new. That big hangar was built just before the base closed, of course. |
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| The base was privatized. Some of what I remembrer of the old base is stilll. Some things are new. |
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Golf courses never die, though, and there it is. I think I played there once in three years.
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| Northwest of the airport is the town of Brunswick. And the Androscoggin River flows by it. The northside of the river is Topsham, where we used to live. |
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Looking down at Bowdoin College, a small liberal-arts school.
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| A good look at Brunswick's Maine street. No, really, its spelled Maine. |
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| I communited over the Androscoggin River bridge many times. |
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| Our old condo still stands in the middle of the picture. |
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I don't remember this strip mall being there when we lived here. It's Topsham Fair Mall.
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| Following the Androscoggin River northwest towards Lewiston. |
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Approaching a huge quarry just off the river.
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| A closer look. There's a smaller, abandoned water-filled quarry at lower right, and a bigger, active quarry at center. |
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| No, I'm not back on the coast, I'm passing a big lake. It's probably Sabago Lake. |
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| Back over woods. |
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Woods as far as the eye can see.
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| Passing a private grass strip. |
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| Beautiful. |
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That's Alton Bay, home of the famous "Ice Runway" in the winter. I've landed on the ice twice.
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A closer look at Alton Bay.
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| Continuing southwest over pretty foliage. |
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| I'm looking at wthe New Hampshire Motor Speedway, called "The Magic Mile". |
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Thet facility can accommodate 44,000 fans but once could seat 88,000. Known as "The Magic Mile", it has a 1.058-mile track for NASCAR & other pro racing series. Opened in 1990, it's famous for its relatively flat turns, hard braking, and close stock-car racing. It is not a typical high-banked NASCAR track. All the dirt areas are for parking.
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| Continuing southwest. |
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| The color finally declines. |
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| I arrive overhead Sky Acres. I stopped in for breakfast again. Breakfast yesterday seems like a million years ago. |
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