October 18, 2023 - Annual Foliage Flight
Day Two - Part One
Northwestern Maine - St. Johns River
I partook of the motel's free breakfast -- no great shakes but the price was right -- then I walked to the airport.  Along the way I took a picture of this foliage.
   
Soon I was airborne, heading west.  The weather was supposed to be excellent today on this, my main fligthseeing day.  Mount Katahdin, of course, creates its own weather.
   
Heading due west.
   
 
   
Approaching big Pemadumcook Lake, west of Millinocket.
   
 
   
Some nice color on the lake shore.
   
Looking north at Mount Katahdin.
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Yesterday I hit the southern part of Moosehead Lake -- biggest lake in Maine.  This time I'm crossing the center of it.  In the distance I see a huge rock mountain.  It's like the rock of Gibraltar!
   
Obviously I have to go check it out.
   
Impressive.
   
Flying parallel to the rock face.
   
The little village of Rockwood sits across the lake nearby.
   
 Near Rockwood I discover what looks like a landing strip that is not on the chart.
   
Now this one is on the chart:  a private strip called Avery is just west of Rockwood.
   
Continuing west along a series of lakes and rivers.
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Another area that must have been clear cut and then evergreens planted.
   
I spot a freight train below coming towards me coming from the town of Moose River.
   
A little freight yard with a machine for off-loading containers off the train.
   
Also being towed by the train are many empty coal cars.
   
Newton Field (59B) at left and the town Jackman, population 782.
   

Newton Field from another angle.

Jackman is the last civilization I will see until the very northern tip of Maine, 127 nm away.   It would take over five hours to drive 278 miles on a roundabout path east then north to get to it by car.  Newton Field is the last paved airport with facilities I'll see until Northern Aroostook Regional Airport in the northern tip of Maine.   In fact, there are virtually no private or public strips on my next leg.  This is as remote as it gets.
   
I head north up the Moose River.
   
I get on Highway 201 to cut through a mountain pass.
   
Highway 201 heads to the Canadian border and beyond.
   
I use my telephoto lens to zoom in on the border crossing.
   
 
   
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