Leg 320, Providence, Rhode Island via Massachusetts and New Hampshire to Augusta, Maine, USA
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Another crawl though 5 PG areas. (avg speed 45 knots, 10.8 GiB data streamed) So much to see, Boston is awesome. I didn’t expect water masks either this far North, but there are some very nice ones at Portland and further north.
07-07 North Central State KSFZ 6:07 AM
07-07 Waters MA97 6:15 AM
07-07 Worcester Rgnl KORH 6:21 AM Worcester PG Area 42°15’55"N 71°47’49"W
07-07 Marlboro 9B1 6:51 AM Terrible performance, PG forests
07-07 Sudbury MA70 7:00 AM Very short, trees in the way, 3 attempts
Boston PG Area 42°20’48" 71°5’51"W capital
07-07 Logan Intl KBOS 7:56 AM Lowell PG Area 42°38’44" 71°18’21"W
07-07 Beverly Rgnl KBVY 8:20 AM
07-07 Steck Farm NH78 8:49 AM
07-07 Manchester KMHT 8:56 AM
07-07 Concord Muni KCON 9:08 AM Concord PG Area 43°12’26"N 71°32’14"W capital
07-07 Sanford Regl KSFM 9:39 AM
07-07 Portland Intl Jetport KPWM 9:52 AM Portland PG Area 43°39’17"N 70°15’2"W
07-07 Farr Field ME33 10:40 AM
07-07 Brunswick Executive KBXM 10:48 AM
07-07 Merrymeeting Field 08B 10:55 AM
07-07 Augusta State KAUG 11:23 AM Augusta PG Area 44°18’40"N 69°46’47"W
Flight time 5:16 15 stops
Early sunrise again, departing from North Central State Airport (Providence, RI)
Passing by Woonsocket Reservoir Number Three
Worcester in central Massachusetts
City Hall at Worcester Common Oval
They put the patio umbrellas up early
The train station at Front St and Grafton St
EcoTarium and Lake Quinsigamond on the right
Worcester Technical High School
Solar panels all over the roof, expected this day and age from a technical school
Salisbury Mansion (from 1772) and Worcester Art Museum
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Crossing I 240 heading down town (the road)
USPS Central Massachusetts Processing & Distribution Center next to Lake Quinsigamond
Power lines are very easy to navigate by in forested areas, serves as firebreaks as well
Juniper Hill Golf Course
Blue Star Memorial Highway below, Sudbury Reservoir ahead
Brandeis University, great Pokemon hunting according to the reviews
Marcus Field at Brandeis University and the Charles river
Arriving in Boston over the Massechusetts Turnpike along the Charles River
Home to Harvard Business School and Harvard Stadium (oldest U-shaped stadium in the USA)
Harvard Kennedy School at John F Kennedy Memorial Park
More of Harvard University with Harvard Law School on the left
I can’t hold it in anymore I’ve got to plug one of my most favorite shows of all time
James Spader and William Shatner were magic in that show
Still relevant today as well
Annenberg Hall, Harvard Yard and the Widener Library
Longfellow Bridge (with trees)
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge
New England Aquarium next to Long Wharf
Heading down, downtown
Custom House Tower
The dial seems to be in the same position as on Google, same data source or dial stuck
Irish Famine Memorial in front of Walgreens and Old South Meeting House (tower sticking out)
Along the Freedom Trail commemorating the 1845 Irish potato famine
City Hall Plaza, Government Center Transit Stop under construction
Closed March 22, 2014 for a major renovation, reopened on March 21, 2016. It’s finished on Google, so not the same data source, data from late 2014 or 2015
Old State House (built 1713), tough one to get a clear shot at
Boston seems to have a giant hosta problem
The Paul Revere House
Paul Revere (1735-1818) took part in the Boston Tea Party and was a principal rider for Boston’s Committee of Safety. In that role, he devised a system of lanterns to warn the minutemen of a British invasion, setting up his famous ride on April 18, 1775
Massachusetts State House at Boston Common
Freedom Trail Starting Point left of Boston Common Frog Pond (ice skating rink in winter)
Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox
My first ‘encounter’ with the USA as a little lad was getting a Red Sox Baseball cap from a friend of my parents who had traveled to Boston. Still a big deal in the 70s (living in the Netherlands)
Baseball caps were entirely new to me (had never seen one before) and the USA was also still seen as the greatest country on Earth, a magical gift. Currently Canada is (according to Google), however we just had a subdued Canada Day (our independence day July 1st) as the country grapples with its historic and ongoing treatment of Indigenous peoples. There is always (much) room for improvement.
Logan International Airport
Bird’s eye view with East Boston Memorial Stadium
Leaving Boston behind via Maurice J Tobin Memorial Bridge
To Salem, The House of the Seven Gables (1668) and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Birthplace next door
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is best known for The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851)
Of course Salem is most known for the Salem Witch Trials (1692), Salem Witch Museum below
Salem Witch Trials Memorial park
Salem Pioneer Village at Forest River Park
Recreated 17th-c. colonial village
Landing at Beverly Regional Airport
Arriving in Lowell at Cawley Memorial Stadium and Janas Memorial Skating Rink
Lowell Memorial Auditorium nearby the Memimack River
National Historic Park next to Boott Cotton Mills Museum next to John E Cox Memorial Bridge
Edward A. LeLacheur Park - Lowell Spinners Baseball at University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lakeview Ave running through Dracut
https://i.imgur.com/5Z7tOYn.png
Concord Municipal Airport
https://i.imgur.com/NyoQ8zW.png
Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, on the Merimack river
https://i.imgur.com/OgK3o31.png
The Concord Mall along the I 93
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Downtown Concord
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New Hampshire State House
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South End Marsh
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Jeness Pond in Strafford
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Sanford Regional Airport
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Portland International Jetport
https://i.imgur.com/eXjFImI.png
Portland, Maine, set on a peninsula extending into Casco Bay
https://i.imgur.com/nhT0CHE.png
Hadlock Field, home to the Portland Sea Dogs and Portland Fitzpatrick Stadium
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Sprague Terminal
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Forest City Cemetery on the Fore River
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Turner island, the tidal difference in Portland can reach over 12ft between low and high tide
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Casco Bay Bridge
https://i.imgur.com/x8zFf77.png
Cross Insurance Arena, multipurpose arena featuring ice hockey
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WEX Inc. Building 2 at Portland Cruise Terminal
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Aug 2017 that building is still standing, June 2019 it’s gone (streetview of different dates) It looks like you can see inside the building, no roof, but it’s actually steel girders holding up the roof.
That looks like the tide coming in at The Brothers next to Waits Landing
https://i.imgur.com/L1RAhtv.png
This is not far (relatively) from the Bay of Fundy (Nova Scotia, Canada) where the highest tidal differences are observed (53.5ft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQnpWyXMyL8
Asobo is thinking about implementing tides and together with a world update for Canada, I’ll certainly check it out on a more in depth Canada tour some time in the future.
Not home yet, continuing on at Little Chebeague Island
https://i.imgur.com/bWVW2pL.png
And Great Chebeague Island
https://i.imgur.com/D6bZy3O.png
Littlejohn Island
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Lower Goose Island and The Goslings on the way to Farr Field Airport
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Skolfield Shores Preserve on the way to Brunswick Executive Airport
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Merrymeeting Field at Bowdoinham Wildlife Management Area
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Main State House in Augusta, the capital of Maine
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Memorial Circle and the Kennebec River
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You don’t see very many roundabouts in the USA
Kennebec Valley Rail Trail at Augusta Waterfront Park on Front St
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The Gun Shop on Coney Circle
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Old Fort Western, the oldest surviving wood fort in New England from 1754
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Commissioner Office at Viles Arboretum (park)
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Turning over the Kennebec River to head towards the airport
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Final stop today at Augusta State Airport
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It’s right next to town along Western Ave
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Tomorrow I’ll be flying along the Canadian border to Vermont, the last state I haven’t visited yet.