offugo... Aroostook Outdoor Event News

We made it: Summer’s here! Enjoy the #LongWeekend #outdoors with friends and family! In this edition: 1) Fundraising and #touring #walks in #Fort Kent, #Houlton, #PresqueIsle, #IslandFalls, #EdmundstonNB & #WoodstockNB. 2) A #5k to honor veterans in Houlton. 3) Sign up opens for #YouthOutdoorAdventure programs in Presque Isle. Plus lots more! #AroostookThing #offugo... *Thursday, May 26-Monday, July 4 Patten Lumbermen’s Museum “Thoreau’s Maine Woods” Photography Exhibit, Patten. Featuring Scot Miller’s book, the exhibit tells the story through photographs and historical panels about Thoreau’s mid-1800s journeys through the Maine Woods. Cost: $10/ages 12-65, $8/ages 65+, $5/ages 4-12, Free/children under 4. Contact Patten Lumbermen’s Museum (207-528-2650) or visit www.lumbermensmuseum.org FMI *Thursday, May 26 L.P. Fisher Public Library Natural Nutrition for Runners and Walkers Seminar, Woodstock, NB. 6:30-7:00 p.m. at L.P. Fisher Public Library, 679 Main St.

Monday snow. Weekend sun. A good trade off? #FickleWeather #AroostookProblems In this edition: 1) #5k runs in Woodstock #NewBrunswick (two of ‘em!), #Houlton, and #PresqueIsle. 2) A #Birding trip to #Portage Lake. 3) Celebrate the #forest way of life at festivals in Patten and Ashland. Plus lots more! #AroostookThing #offugo... Saturday, May 21 Woodstock Rec Spring Run-Off 5k, Woodstock, NB. Registration 8:00 a.m. at Woodstock Farm Market, 220 King St. Race start: 9:00 a.m. (all times Atlantic). Small Strides, Healthy Lives 500m/1k Kids’ Race; for youths 14 and under. We encourage everyone to come out to run or walk. Cost: $10, Kids’ races: FREE!  Prizes and refreshments at the finish line. Contact Woodstock Rec (506-325-4307) or jill.dunnett@town.woodstock.nb.ca FMI Saturday, May 21 Hodgdon High School My School Color Run FUNdraiser, Houlton. Registration: 8:00 a.m. at Houlton Rec. Center. Run start: 9:00 a.m. This is an untimed fun run. Runners pass through s