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In this edition: 1) #Haunted walks in #CaribouME, #EagleLakeME, and #WoodlandME. 2) Make your own #birdfeeder in #PresqueIsleME. 3) A costumed run in #FortKentME. Plus lots more! #offugo... #AroostookThing of the week: The 1st Annual Fort Kent Outdoor Center Team USA vs. Team Canada Halloween 5k/10k Trail Race in Fort Kent. Sometimes, running can feel like a chore. Some people are born to run; they need to run to de-stress, clear their minds, stay on track. Some people run for fitness and some run just for fun. If you fall into any of these categories, or even if you really don’t like to run, like me, you may want to consider a fun running event this weekend in Fort Kent. The 1st Annual Fort Kent Outdoor Center Team USA vs. Team Canada Halloween Trail Race featured a 1k Kids’ Race for those 12 and under, as well as 5k and 10k courses for the older set. Runners in costume receive time bonus in the 5k and 10k races. So, you could run faster just by donning

In this edition: 1) #Haunted history walks in #PresqueIsleME. 2) Live owls in #PresqueIsle. 3) An awareness walk in #CaribouME. Plus lots more! #offugo... #AroostookThing of the week: The Chewonki Live Owl Presentation in Presque Isle. Sometimes, some pretty cool outdoors-y things don’t take place outdoors. Take, for instance, the Chewonki Live Owl Presentation this Saturday at the Presque Isle Library. It’s pretty rare to catch a glimpse of a real, live owl in its’ natural habitat, right? Can you imagine actually getting up close to one? Thanks to the Chewonki Foundation and the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library, you can See live owls up close and hear a presentation this Saturday, October 22 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the library, located at 39 Second St. This program is open to everyone, so bring your cameras and prepare for a really fun hour-long learning experience. Contact Sonja Plummer Eyler (207-764-2571) FMI #AroostookNote : He

Hunter’s breakfasts are a long-standing and revered tradition here in Aroostook County. Whether you’re a hunter looking to fuel up before a day in the deer woods or someone looking for a hearty, home-cooked meal, a hunter’s breakfast offers something for just about everyone. The centerpiece of these small town soirees is simple: it’s all about the food. Most outfits offer up traditional breakfast fare – usually in huge, all-you-can-eat helpings – at a very reasonable price. And, because these feasts frequently function as fundraisers for local clubs and organizations, most feature an overabundance of door prizes and raffle prizes to help get people in the door and raise a little extra money for their project. As an attendee at my share of these breakfast banquets over the years, I have been the lucky recipient of gas cards, hunting hats, sweatshirts, and even a case of oil. Most folks, in my experience, go home with a prize; the luckiest leave with a new rifle o

In this edition: 1) Awareness walks in #PresqueIsle and #Houlton. 2) #5k Run/walks in Presque Isle. 3) #Hiking trips in #Caribou and #BaxterStatePark. Plus lots more! #offugo... #AroostookThing of the week: The Caribou Rec. Adult Take It Outside Series Deboullie Day Hike trip from Caribou to Deboullie Public Reserved Land, just south of St. Francis. Getting outdoors is just part of who I am. But that was not always the case. A couple of watershed moments in my life include reading Donn Fendler’s story “Lost on A Mountain in Maine” when I was a boy and taking my first trip to Deboullie as a young man. One was important for what it sparked. The other, for what it reinforced. As boyhood heroes go, Donn Fendler was right up there with leftfielder Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox, firefighter John Gage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department ("Emergency!" TV show), and lineman Roy Shea of the New England Telephone Company (my dad). Donn fed