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How do you #outdoors? #kayak #bike #run #boat #hunt #walk #stargaze #trails #AroostookThing In this edition: 1) A #KayakTrip on #PortageLake. 2) A #cyclikg #tour in the #StJohnValley. 3) A #running #festival #halfmarathon #10k #5k #KidsRun in #PresqueIsle. Plus lots more! #offugo... Saturday, August 29 Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Kayak Trip, Caribou . Portage Lake is a most unique ecosystem, best explored on the water; see floating islands, wide variety of water and shore birds. Cost: $30; includes transportation, paddle gear, binoculars sit-down lunch at Dean’s. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or sleeper@cariboumaine.org FMI Sunday August 30 Fresh Trails Adventures Tour de L’Acadie, Fort Kent . 30-mile bike tour on paved back roads of Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec. Event start: 9:00 a.m. Cost: FREE! Visit www.freshtrails.com FMI Sunday, August 30 Maine Running Festival, Presque Isle. Runners in all distances start together: 1-mile Kids’ Fun R

#Heat Wave: Perfect for #BackToSchool #EnjoyItWhileItLasts #AroostookThing In this edition: 1) A ##NightRun #XC #race in #Caribou. 2) An #Allagash #canoe #trip that starts in #Caribou. 3) A #5k #ColorRun in #PresqueIsle. Plus lots more! #offugo... Friday, August 21 Caribou Community and Alumni XC Race, Caribou. Distance: 2.75 miles. Race as an individual or as a team. Runners start according to age; each category starting one minute apart so everyone has a chance to win. Cost: FREE. Registration: 6:30 p.m. at CHS Ski Building. Race start: 7:45 p.m. Contact Roy Alden (207-498-3563) or ralden@rsu39.org FMI Friday, August 21 Woodie Wheaton Land Trust Seminar: Trout, Some Greens, and a Charge of Beans; Another Evening in Rhyme!, Forest City. 7:30 p.m. at WWLT Center. A lively evening of unpublished verse with a distinctly local flavor, long hidden in dusty attics and old shoe boxes, again shows how folks in other times loved and laughed like us. This was a hit in 2013! C

#BackToSchool : #Getoutside with the #kiddos while you still can #lastchance #AroostookThing In this edition: 1) A #3k #run in #Washburn. 2) An #obstaclecourse #mountain run in #MarsHill. 3) A #cycling #tour to benefit #cancerpatients in the #StJohnValley. Plus lots more! #offugo... Friday, August 14 Festival of Flavour Chalk the Walk, Florenceville-Bristol, NB 3:00-8:00 p.m. (Atlantic). All ages invited to participate in a public art project to create sidewalk art (for fun or to compete,) rain or shine! Artisans, food vendors will line riverside boardwalk with handcrafted wares, tasty treats, live music, performances. Contact McCain Art Gallery (506-392-6769) or info@mccainartgallery.com FMI Friday, August 14-Sunday, August 16 Falls Brook Centre 7th Annual Free School, Glassville, NB Join us for participant-led workshops on renewable energy installations, permaculture, story-telling circles, everything in between! This year’s themes are Resilience and Wellness.