Ukufumana I-True Maid Maine ... 25 Miles Ngaphandle Kokuphela Komhlaba!
I-Stonington ayikho nje idolophu yaseKaine yezokhenketho. Ukulala kwindawo yesiphonsi saseDeer Isle ecaleni laseMaine Coast ePenobscot Bay, abahanjethi babeza kujolisa oku kwinqanaba lokuloba elincinciweyo njengendawo ababeya kuzo ukuyifumana. Uninzi lwabahambi banaso iso kwiBar Harbour kunye ne-Acadia National Park, enye ihora kunye nesiqingatha esisentla. Kodwa iStonington, elineekhilomitha eziyi-81 kumntla-ntshona-ntshona yasePortland kunye neekhilomitha ezili-173 kumntla-mpuma weBoston , inezintelezi ezimbalwa ezithintela iidolophu ezinxweme zile mihla.
Ndabuza i-Downeaster ukuba kude kangakanani uStonington, kwaye impendulo yakhe yayiyinto engacacanga: "Uya kufikelela ekupheleni kwe-Eth," kwaye i-25 miles FUH-THUH! "
Umzila weScenic ukuya eStonington
Shayela phantsi kweNdlela ye-172 ukusuka kwidolophu yase-Ellsworth, uze uyazi ukuba wayengekho. Uza kuthatha iNdlela ye-15 e-Blue Hill, idolophu eneendidi eziliqela kunye ne-breakfast inns kunye nevenkile yokutya okanye ezimbini. Kodwa usenokuhamba ngokukodwa ukuhamba kwimigangatho engama-45 elandelayo. Kude ufike kwi-panoramic ye-Eggemoggin Finyelela kwiCaterpillar Hill eSedgwick ukuba ubona ibhuloho elimisiweyo elincinci, kufuneka uqhube phambili ukufikelela kwi-pathway ende ekhokelela kwi-Little Deer Isle kunye ne-Deer Isle. Yeka apha ngethuba lekwindla, kunye nentaba eselulela emanzini iphendukile ebomvu. I-blueberry barrens idlulile ngaphambi kokuba iguqulwe ebomvu ebusika.
Thatha indlela encinane empuma kwidolophu yaseDeer Isle ukutyelela i-Nervous Jams kunye neJellies, okanye u tyelele iTystack Mountain School of Crafts.
Le koloni yezobugcisa itholakala apho idravel iphelela kwidolophu yaseSwashine. Unokuthatha enye indlela yasentshona ukuya kwidolophana yase Sunset.
Ukusuka kwi-Deer Isle, kuya kufuneka uhambe ngezantsi uze ufike eStonington. I dolophu, eyayibizwa ngokuba yiGreen's Landing, yabandakanywa ngoFebruwari 18, 1897 ngumthethospala waseMaine.
Ngaphandle kokuloba, iStonington yaziwa ngokuba yiGerite i-Deer Isle, kodwa iinqumba zasoloko zivaliwe.
Yintoni ongayenza Nendawo yokuhlala kuyo eStonington
I-Stonington isesidolophu sasekuhlaleni esisebenza, nangona kunjalo, ngokucacileyo kucacile kusasa. Ukusuka kwindawo ejongene namanzi, unokubona izikebhe ze-lobster zilindele ukuhamba kwazo, kwaye ukukhanya okufudumeleyo kuchithe edolobheni elihle kakhulu. Izitrato ziphakama ngokukhawuleza zisuka kwi-harbor, zidlulile kwiStereington Opera House, ukuya kwiindawo ezininzi eziphakamileyo entabeni. Iimbobe zeLobster ziyabonakala yonke indawo kwii-docks, isikhumbuzo esiqhubekayo sokuthi le ndawo yindawo edibanisa ngayo iindwendwe zaseMaine ivunwa. Abo basebenza ulwandle bahlonishwa ngoJulayi ngamnye ngoSuku lweSuku lokuShishino lwaBalobi be-Fisherman kuquka i-wacky rowboat ne-codfish relay race.
Nangona ukhenketho kusengumntwana apha, kukho ezinye iindawo ezifanelekileyo zokutya, njengomhlobo we-Fisherman's, i-Aragosta kunye ne-Harbour Café. Kukho nezinye iindidi ezisezitratweni eziphambili. Hlalani kwi-Inn kwi-Harbour, eyayisakuba yiCape Captain's Quarters, ukuze ubone indawo engcono yamanzi, okanye ufumane indawo yokuhlala kwindawo yesitalato kwi-Motel ye-Boyce's Motel. I-Harbour View Store inezo zonke iimpahla eziza kuhamba nazo.
Abavakatye kwisiqithi se-wandander bangakwazi ukubamba isikhephe sokuhamba kwiinqithi ezijikelezayo, kuquka i-Isle au Haut, eyingxenye ye-Acadia National Park. Phuma emanzini kwinqanaba le-kayak, uphinde uphonononge ama-inlets amaningi kunye nama-cove. Okwangoku ungene kwiimbono ezibonakalayo zolwandle.
Le yinyani i-Downeast Maine yomxholo. Khawubone ngoku phambi kokuba ube yi-Downeast yezolo.