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		<title>The Maine Lobster Mystery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply stated, &#8220;Why do Maine lobster landings keep going up?&#8221; The shaky economy and the high cost of fuel have failed to make lobster fishers into millionaires, but  lack of lobster is not an issue. In 1994 we thought the record-breaking 39 million pound harvest, exceeding the previous record by 26%, was a fluke. By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobster License!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get Ready Lobsters, &#8216;Cause Here I Come (apologies to Smokey Robinson) I never met a clam who makes me feel the way that you do. (You&#8217;re alright) Whenever I&#8217;m asked what makes my meals real, I say crustaceans do. (They’re outta sight) So, fee-fi-fo-fum Look out lobsters, &#8217;cause here I come. And I&#8217;m bringing you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Humor (Humah)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows the one about the  old Mainer sitting on the porch of the general store who, when asked by the tourist if he can take the road to Bar Harbor says, &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t bothah, they got plenty theyah already&#8221;. Other variations: &#8220;How far to Bar Harbor?&#8221;, &#8220;About 24,000 miles the way you&#8217;re headed&#8221; or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Temps Bottom, Daylight Climbs in Maine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.affordableacadia.com/?p=5112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that the shortest day of the year is the winter solstice, December 21. Here we get 8 hours and 50 minutes; not only on that specific day but for about a week as we hit the bottom of the sine wave. The solstice is just at the midpoint of the trough. Right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the Lobster Project in Downeast Maine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been dragging my feet about getting my recreational lobster license. I built the boat and have it well enough through its paces to know that it will do fine as a lobster boat. In fact, I think I can safely say it will be the only electric lobster boat in Maine, and probably on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bizarre Family Secrets Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acadia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colorful characters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genealogy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is to introduce a new static page on affordableacadia.com. It is a page dedicated to the weird stories I have discovered while researching my family the past few years.  These are the stories my parents and grandparents failed to tell me. If you find the names of your great grandparents like I did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bar Harbor Earthquake!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acadia National Park]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maine earthquake damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Park Loop Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[precipice trail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a joke that goes: things are so bad in California, even the earthquakes are moving east. On October 2, 2006 at 8:07 PM a 4.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Mount Desert Island. The epicenter was in the ocean just off Schooner Head, north of Sand Beach. We felt it here at your Acadia vacation apartment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whales of the Acadia Coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acadia National Park]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adopt-a-whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allied Whale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humpback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of our recent guests to SeaCat&#8217;s Rest wanted to come in early October, but was concerned that the whale watching cruises would be over by then. I contacted Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co. and they told me that the usual end point for whale trips was anytime after the middle of  October, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beech Cliff Trail at ANP</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acadia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acadia National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best Acadia trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echo lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peregrine falcon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somesville]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guests of SeaCat&#8217;s Rest, our affordable Acadia lodgings, often ask what the best trails are in Acadia National Park, and I am called upon to recite pros and cons about the dozens (hundreds?) of trails available. So from time to time I write about one so that guests can find better info from this website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Elizabeth’s Fort Williams Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Day trips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine Military history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine's oldest lighthouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Maine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many folks who come to SeaCat&#8217;s Rest for lodgings near Acadia National Park want to see a bit of history, and hope to see a few lighthouses too. Although Freeport and its retail attractions seem to be a popular stop for a route from the south, my vote would be for Fort Williams, just south [...]]]></description>
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