Kaʻikeʻoiaʻiʻoʻo Downeast Maine ... 25 Miles Ma waho o ka hopena o ka Honua!
ʻO Stonington ka mea'ē aʻe ma kahi kūlanakauhale Maine. Ke moe nei ma ka piko o ka peninsula Deer Isle ma ka mokupuniʻo Maine ma Penobscot Bay, pono nā mea kipa e hoʻokūkū i kēia ma waho o ke kai lawaiʻa ma ke alanui e hele ai eʻike. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe helekaʻi ke nānā aku iā Bar Harbor a me ka Acadia National Park, kekahi hola a me ka hapalua'ākau. Akā,ʻo Stonington, kahi iʻoi aku ma kahi o 86 mau mile ma ka'ākau o Portland a me 173 mile ma ka'ākau o Boston , he mau mele no nā lā kakaikahi i hoʻokipaʻia i nā kūlanakauhale kai.
Ua noi aku wau iā Downeaster i kahi mamao aku o Stonington, a he pane wikiwiki loa ia: "E hele anaʻoe i ka hopena o kaʻEle," i'ōlelo mai aiʻo ia, "a he 25 mau mileʻo FUH-THUH!"
ʻO ke ala'ōkuhi i Stonington
E hoʻokuʻu i ke alanui 172 mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Ellsworth, aeʻikeʻoeʻaʻoleʻo ia i'ōhumu. Eʻohi iāʻoe i ke alanuiʻo 15 ma Blue Hill, kahi kūlanakauhale nui i nā haleʻaina a me ka haleʻaina awakea a me kahi haleʻaiʻaina aʻelua paha. Akā, aia nōʻoe i kekahi mau hana maʻamau e hana no nā 45 mau minuke. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke nānā pono iā Eggemoggin Reach mai Caterpillar Hill ma Sedgwick eʻikeʻoe i ka paila kuʻikuʻi kūpiki kūpilikiʻi e loaʻa iāʻoe e holo i ke alaloa lōʻihi e pili ana i Little Deer Isle a laila Deer Isle. E kali maʻaneʻi i kaʻauʻana o kaʻauwai, aʻo ka puʻu e moe ana a hiki i ka wai, heʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo. Hoʻopiʻi nā'ōpiopio kelepona i mua o ka hoʻohuliʻana i kahi momona momona no ka hoʻoilo.
E lawe i kahi ala liʻiliʻi ma waho o ke kaona o Deer Isle e kipa aku iā Nervous Nellie's Jams a me Jellies, aiʻole e hele i ke kula kiʻekiʻeʻo Haystack.
Aia kēia koloka 'artists kahi i pau ai nāʻiliʻili ma ke kūlanakauhale o Sunshine. Hiki iāʻoe ke kiʻi i kekahi alanui'ē aʻe i ke komohana i ke kauhale o Sunset.
Mai ka Deer Isle, ponoʻoe e hele i ka hema a hiki i Stonington. Ua hoʻokomoʻia ke kūlanakauhale, i kapaʻiaʻo Green's Landing i ka lā 18 o Pepeluali, 1897 e ka'aha'ōlelo o Maine.
Ma waho aʻe o ka lawaiʻa, ua kaulanaʻo Stonington no ka granite Deer Isle, akā, ua lōʻihi ka wā i paniʻia ai nā kiʻi.
He aha e hana ai a kahi e noho ai i Stonington
Ke hana neiʻo Stonington i ke kaona kaiākea, akā naʻe, aʻo keʻanoʻoi loa ia o ke kakahiaka. Mai kahi kikowaena e nānā pono ana i ka wai, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā moku lobster e kali ana i nā holo o ke kakahiaka, a ua kahe aku ka mālamalama wela i ke kūlanakauhaleʻoʻoleʻa. Ke piʻi nui nei nā alanui mai ke awa, a hala aku ma kahi o Stonington Opera House, aʻoi aʻe nā hale i kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka puʻu. Hiki keʻikeʻia nā paʻi lobster i nā wahi a pau ma nā papa hana, he hoʻomanaʻo pinepineʻo ia kahi kahi eʻaiʻia ai ka momona e lūlū ana i nā malihini ki Maine. Hoʻonaniʻia ka poʻe e hana i ka moana i kēlā me kēia Iuluali me kahi hoʻolauleʻa kūikawā kūikawā e pili ana i nā'āpana wacky a me nā kālepa codfish.
ʻOiaiʻo ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i kona wā'ōpiopio maʻaneʻi, aia kekahi mau wahi maikaʻi eʻai ai, e like me ka Hoa Fisherman, Aragosta a me ka Hale Kaʻa. Aia kekahi mau lumi ma ke alanui ākea. E noho ma ka Inn on the Harbor, ma mua i ke kāpenaʻo Kāpena, no ka nānāʻana i ka wai maikaʻi, a iʻole e loaʻa nā hale hoʻolimalima ma ke alanui ma Boyce's Motel. ʻO ka Hale Kūʻai o ke Keʻenaʻo nā lakohana a pau e pono ai ke kālai'āina.
Hiki i nā malihini ke hele aku me ka mokupuni wanderlust ke kiʻi i kahi moku e holo ai no ka holoʻana i nā mokupuni a puni, e like me Isle au Haut, kahi o ka Acadia National Park. E hele i waho o ka wai i kahi kayak o ke kai, eʻimi i ka nui o nā liʻiliʻi a me nāʻahu. A iʻole e lawe wale i ka mana o kaʻike moana.
ʻO kēia kaʻoiaʻiʻo o Downeast Maine. E nānā iāʻaneʻi ma mua o ka liloʻana i ke kauwela o ka la inehinei.