http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ en-us bwestbye@greenbackmedia.com 2008-01-19T20:18:31-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/021004.html It's not often that I have occasion to update older dispatches. But it's not very often that the context that makes those older dispatches valid leap off the page and... 21004@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2008-01-19T20:18:31-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/020424.html Yes, the price of gas has put a major crimp in my plans. But so has the weather. Have you stepped outside lately? Scary...... 20424@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2008-01-05T20:37:36-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/019202.html It's been moderately amusing to watch Doug Rafferty tooling around on Plowcam all morning. Except that as of 11:30 AM, he hasn't gotten around to my street.... 19202@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-12-03T11:29:15-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/018902.html Um, yeah, about all those adventures I was going on? “Hitting the road?” Have you seen what they’re getting at the pumps lately? Still, my editors do enjoy getting content... 18902@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Events 2007-11-25T19:38:47-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/017501.html Where are you going tonight, to- night- Where are you going, John Everel- down? There’s never the sign of a star in sight, Nor a lamp that’s nearer than Til-... 17501@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ 2007-10-21T23:58:25-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/017212.html It was the end of the line, the last leg of a road trip, anchored by Burlington, VT and Cooperstown, NY, that saw us hit seven states and all of... 17212@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-10-15T12:51:52-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/016886.html It’s all kind of a blur, really. Snapshots flash by in double-time, leaving me as dizzy as I was during the actual event. Hurry up, taste, wait, smell, resume… I’ll... 16886@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-10-07T12:51:59-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/016387.html So apparently, for lo these five-plus years, I’ve been spending my working days not three miles from the mighty Atlantic. Who knew? For some reason my mind thinks inland when... 16387@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-09-25T19:47:13-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/016073.html The autumn is here, and the light reflects. Mrs. Tourist and I occasionally veer off 95 on the way home and take Rt. 1 through Yarmouth to Freeport. We always... 16073@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-09-19T06:41:28-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/015951.html Welcome to installment one of a new feature: You Are Here. The idea? Simple. Visit places. Take pictures. Write about it. I think I can handle that. I’m hitting the... 15951@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Places 2007-09-16T16:50:05-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/014787.html Saturday, 6:00 AM Have conditions improved since last night? Would there be a Saturday morning launch to kick off day II of the three day Great Falls Balloon Festival? Cue... 14787@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-08-18T07:34:09-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/014783.html You see any balloons here? No, me neither.... 14783@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Events 2007-08-17T21:01:18-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/014010.html (I hate cutesy titles, but it was inevitable.) I have never been to the Yarmouth Clam Festival. Why not? Who knows. I'm not much of a festival guy, for one... 14010@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-07-22T16:08:07-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/013993.html Observed in the course of Maine life...... 13993@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-07-20T21:44:34-05:00 http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/013539.html July 4th. Not only is it the birthday of my favorite nation: it's also the birthday of my bro Eric. We always made it to Whitefield, home of The Homestead... 13539@http://exploringmaine.mainetoday.com/westbye/ Maine 2007-07-04T20:42:47-05:00