Allow us to reintroduce ourselves; we are the Rubys of ‘Rubys on the Road’. The blog posts will be slowly coming back after about an 18 months hiatus. Did we stop doing what we do? Nope. Did we just run out of free time to write about them? Yup. We aren’t big on social media but we tried to keep that updated with most of our Maine adventures, but finding time to write and publish posts has been on the…
Damariscotta Lake State Park is located in Jefferson, Maine and not in the more well known town of Damariscotta, aka the oyster capital of New England. A tad confusing at first but when you see that Damariscotta Lake is a whopping 10 miles long and pretty much runs the distance between the two towns, it makes much more sense. Still, that’s about a 20 minute drive by car, and from Portland to the park, it was an hour and 15…
“Turns out, not where, but who you’re with that really matters.” ― Dave Matthews Band Yeah BUT what if you’re with amazing people and in an amazing place, Dave? I guess this is when you know you’ve got it real good and we sure had it good back in October. We visited Grafton Notch State Park just a handful of days before peak foliage with friends that know the best and worst of us. Close friends, college roomies and another…
After many conversations with individuals and families, this post will be straight to the point…“Glamping” should not be a dirty word. We all have different comfort levels in anything that we do, so spending time outdoors shouldn’t be any different. Often people will say “we did ____ and I know it’s cheating.” Cheating? Who are you cheating? It’s your experience and yours alone. So, when you and your family are doing anything at a level that makes for the most…
Trivia time…name the Maine state park that has the honor of being established first? If you guessed Aroostook State Park then you are correct. It probably helped a little that this post is about Aroostook State Park but nice work anyway. For being correct we’ll send you a Rubys on the Road koozie when we finally get around to designing them. Founded in 1938 after a wonderful donation from the residents of Presque Isle, the park has grown nicely to…
This trip was the definition of an adventure. A portion of it self-induced, a side of it was out of our control with just a dash of bad luck. At times it felt like we were the Griswolds in National Lampoon’s Vacation. Everyone was trying so hard to make sure it all went smoothly but there was lots of swinging and missing going around. Let’s get things straight though, Rangeley Lake State Park is a damn near perfect place and…