V7E4: Navigating the North Maine Woods

There are no paved roads in this episode. This week, I explore the North Maine Woods from south to north, and experience numerous secluded tracks and some lesser known campsites along lakes and waterways. Wildlife is abundant here, and the going gets tough as some of the logging roads are long-forgotten!

Пікірлер: 335

  • @joseantoniocardona2019
    @joseantoniocardona20194 жыл бұрын

    I'm Mexican, from Guadalajara and I was in these places in 1996 working for a forestry company making brush cutting. It was a dream. I really enjoy your video and I wish a lot to come back some time there. Greetings and prayings for you.

  • @ddbrocato
    @ddbrocato5 жыл бұрын

    All I can think about while watching your videos is how you have to come back to get your camera each time the shot cuts.

  • @timcole6882
    @timcole68825 жыл бұрын

    This is my back yard, enjoy its endless sites and beauty. Amazes me most people only know Maine for its coast.

  • @tinahammond4438

    @tinahammond4438

    5 жыл бұрын

    I live on the coazt, my maine vacations are always north.

  • @MakerInMotion

    @MakerInMotion

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've been vacationing near Houlton every October for 15 years.

  • @turkey4957

    @turkey4957

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s one of the only places in the NE with real dispersed camping and backcountry public land travel as well

  • @GratefulOverlander

    @GratefulOverlander

    2 жыл бұрын

    Growing up in the west coast I can tell you no one here ever mentions that area for its coast lol. Only time you hear Maine talked about, is for fall foilage

  • @GratefulOverlander

    @GratefulOverlander

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tinahammond4438 "coazt" ?? U sure about that?

  • @sully4019
    @sully40193 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Millinocket, Maine ..traveled all those roads many times..Penn. Mass and especially NJ about as welcome as a baby ruth in a swimming pool..LOL

  • @herbhewlett4676
    @herbhewlett46765 жыл бұрын

    I was fishing on [you can't find it pond] two days before you drove in there.The yellow canoe you pictured is mine. I do take exception to your comment about abandoned canoes .These canoes are left there by folks like me [Mainers] who don't mind others using their boats. But there is always some out of stater who doesn't know or is to lazy to flip them back over [upside down] so they do not fill with water. The North Maine Woods is a treasure of private land that we have access to.Please take care of it and be careful ,no houses ,no electricity ,no paved roads just thousands of miles of woods ,some bridges are abandoned so use caution crossing them. Remember that logging trucks have the right of way Herb

  • @allenrobbins9138

    @allenrobbins9138

    5 жыл бұрын

    Herb Hewlett you should learn take you junk out of the woods so other don’t have to look at your canoe.

  • @herbhewlett4676

    @herbhewlett4676

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@allenrobbins9138 You are right ,so from now on I am going to lock up my canoe and not let anyone else use it.I will put a big sign on it saying Allen Robbins is not allowed to use my canoe.

  • @TheREALLibertyOrDeath

    @TheREALLibertyOrDeath

    5 жыл бұрын

    Real fishermen don’t lug boats around

  • @krasnaludek298

    @krasnaludek298

    5 жыл бұрын

    Herb Hewlett Remove your canoe - lazy bums like you ruin the natural settings.

  • @gustavoroth62
    @gustavoroth622 жыл бұрын

    I've watched this video like 4 times...way too good

  • @reillyfake8947
    @reillyfake89473 жыл бұрын

    I always love seeing people expl my beautiful home state i hope you liked it. God bless

  • @metroplexchl
    @metroplexchl3 жыл бұрын

    I love at 4:40 that you used your blinker. I was commenting to my dad in a similar situation years ago how weird it was to be 20 miles from the nearest person, and I used my blinker and was uneasy driving down benign country roads with no seatbelt.

  • @22358
    @223585 жыл бұрын

    Maine is so beautiful!

  • @jeannejackson8582
    @jeannejackson85825 жыл бұрын

    Just found you on KZread. Am really enjoying the trips you are sharing. I am from Maine and you've given me some excellent ideas on some trips to take in Maine. Please keep up the good work!

  • @scottbowman5673
    @scottbowman56735 жыл бұрын

    Great vid! Hope your travels are grand, have a happy 4th of July. Can’t wait until your next vid, living a dream through your vids. Thank you so much for sharing your life in the back country with us. Take care and be safe! Need to get my Jeep out in the woods.

  • @Rotund_Panda_Pants
    @Rotund_Panda_Pants19 күн бұрын

    Love your content. Must say, if you ever come back to Maine and do this same kind of backcountry nomadic travel (highly recommended, as you know) get the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer. It is an amazing resource.

  • @swikfors
    @swikfors5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Northern Maine is stunningly beautiful! Look forward to your adventure every Friday!

  • @andyandcallie
    @andyandcallie4 жыл бұрын

    This was so nice to watch! Thank you! I miss my kayak and my pond. I can't wait to get back to Maine!!

  • @lauraburke3854
    @lauraburke38545 жыл бұрын

    Iam from Northern Maine and enjoy watching this so much. Been to many of the same places. Thank you.

  • @garystrickland3381
    @garystrickland33815 жыл бұрын

    Great videos Chris. Your adventures are interesting and fun to watch. You do a great job!!

  • @lauriecurtis1170
    @lauriecurtis11705 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite place to camp out! Miss camping up there it been 15 yrs..sense I been there! Great. Place to be

  • @jacmens
    @jacmens5 жыл бұрын

    Real nice area to drive thrue love the way you make the vlogs, keep on traveling Chris, greetings from Holland.

  • @jamiegruenke3765
    @jamiegruenke37655 жыл бұрын

    I love and appreciate your calm demeanor but you’re so cute when you’re mad! This kept me on the edge of my seat hoping you wouldn’t run out of gas. Love love your videos Chris! I always look forward to the next! PS, I also enjoyed your specialty egg and cheese sandwich today for breakfast! ❤️😉

  • @michaelsockwell6343
    @michaelsockwell63435 жыл бұрын

    I live in Maine and have canoed the Alligash Waterway twice, I love it there. This is a great video, you got some great equipment! It looks like you had a really good time, although I think your crazy for going out in the wilderness alone lol. Thanks for documenting and uploading your journey I really enjoyed it.

  • @1111Overland
    @1111Overland5 жыл бұрын

    So I was traveling for work this week and decided to pick up a Sandwich in Sandwich, MA. While I’m at the visitors center learning about the area, a lovely couple pull up in a sand colored Rubicon. I say “nice Jeep” and we start up a conversation about Jeeping. We end up talking about how much we LOVE your videos and how we’ve both met you (he met you at Ok4WD a few weeks ago, I met you at EJS a few years ago) fun to connect with fellow fans!

  • @turkey4957

    @turkey4957

    3 жыл бұрын

    The only part of your comment I care about is that you got a sandwich in sandwich mass, that is absolutely legendary

  • @JCintheBCC
    @JCintheBCC4 жыл бұрын

    "The City of Caribou" -- you are a generous man.

  • @turkey4957

    @turkey4957

    3 жыл бұрын

    Booming metropolis of Caribou

  • @oldman5250
    @oldman52505 жыл бұрын

    Got to say helo from 1 old Maniac to another. I left Maine back in the 1960's and went into the military for over 20 years. Now I live on the west coast. I am going to add your channel to my list of favorites.

  • @conniewaite1996
    @conniewaite19965 жыл бұрын

    Really nice as usual.love the moose shot! Next time you make spaghetti, just add the noodles to the sauce to cook together.no boiling and draining needed.noodles will soak up excess water in the sauce,become more flavorful and if it looks too thick as it cooks,add a dab of water.

  • @nickwood804
    @nickwood8045 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful area, great video. Thank you!

  • @MikeJones-og1hu
    @MikeJones-og1hu5 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the great work. Looks like a beautiful area and you seem to have enjoyed it. Staying longer in an area seems to help you more.

  • @antontekare5202
    @antontekare52025 жыл бұрын

    Great vid as usual thanks for the share from new Zealand

  • @outdoorjo6752
    @outdoorjo67525 жыл бұрын

    Over the months and as my year clicks over, I have come to find your clips strangely addictive. Of course I don't love everything, dry sandwiches for one :-O and of course as a dedicated angler, the fact that you don't fish irks me to the core whenever I see you on a beautiful stretch of water lol, but seriously, there is a serenity and continuity to your vids that keep me coming back for more and looking forward to your next adventure. I am mostly astounded by the variety and beauty of your great countryside and wild places right across the US of A and each area has it's own unique beauty once you find it, and find it you do. Please keep up the good work, here's to the next one. atvb ODJ.

  • @johnmccaffery5186

    @johnmccaffery5186

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, that’s how I feel exactly, I’ve been binge watching since V2 over the last three weeks. But I keep coming back

  • @davestinytrailertravels526
    @davestinytrailertravels5265 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chris. Maine is beautiful that was a lake you could spend many days on it looked like great shots

  • @plainsimple442
    @plainsimple4423 жыл бұрын

    Always nice to be in Maine during Black Fly season......

  • @kevinjustice6209
    @kevinjustice62095 жыл бұрын

    Condiments bro, condiments. get on it!!!! I will send you some if required!!!! thanks for allowing us on your journey!

  • @Brian_Moser1118
    @Brian_Moser11185 жыл бұрын

    genuine and perfect footage and filming skills, and good length for outdoors

  • @rodwood693
    @rodwood6935 жыл бұрын

    Looks like that bug hat was money well spent! 😜👍🏼

  • @Sushi2735
    @Sushi273510 ай бұрын

    Wow,,such beautiful country ❤ great rig too!

  • @joshwillard6535
    @joshwillard65352 жыл бұрын

    WOW! Impressive channel , you do great work with your content . NMW is our happy place! Your rig is super cool.

  • @Charlie-lh4xb
    @Charlie-lh4xb3 жыл бұрын

    That's home for me, I live in the Midwest now but will retire somewhere @ there in a camp on a lake soon enough. Thx for taking us along, brings back great memories. Surprised I haven't seen u get pushed over by a lumber truck going 60mph 😆

  • @lorettomccartney6295
    @lorettomccartney62959 ай бұрын

    You have a great rig for the north woods , bud. The whole set up is perfect for fun in the Maine woods.

  • @carlsagan2561
    @carlsagan25614 жыл бұрын

    Really glad I stumbled upon your video, I had no idea this was there.

  • @kennethvalerio3282
    @kennethvalerio32825 жыл бұрын

    Great video by far one of the better ones

  • @hikingff77
    @hikingff775 жыл бұрын

    Best episode yet. Thx.

  • @williamemmons8816
    @williamemmons88163 жыл бұрын

    Maine also has a large portion of conservation and preserved lands, very similar to the Northwoods. I would recommend starting with Nahmakanta. Those boats were not a graveyard, people leave boats at remote locations to save wear on their boat trailer. Lots of native brook trout and LL Salmon in those ponds.

  • @josedacunhafilho
    @josedacunhafilho5 жыл бұрын

    4:32 the sure sign of a disciplined driver… putting the blinker on in the middle of nowhere with no one in sight.

  • @danmarklesr6260

    @danmarklesr6260

    5 жыл бұрын

    I also do that, at 67, its automatic.

  • @Bwh-rm3py
    @Bwh-rm3py5 жыл бұрын

    I just got back from Maine and I can say that I will always go back. I love it there.

  • @drivingwithdaddy4399
    @drivingwithdaddy43993 жыл бұрын

    Chris , thank u for motivating and inspiring me. You’ve helped me find direction too a path too a hopefully earlier retirement ( by investing more money) so I can do similar things that u are doing. Exploring and seeing the country that too many of us don’t get too see first hand. And happy too see u met someone. Adventure is always more enjoyable with a companion. Keep up the great work.

  • @timetogodoug
    @timetogodoug5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chris, have a great week.

  • @jeepinpete4016
    @jeepinpete40165 жыл бұрын

    Good to see you using the kayak. Love the Maine experience as I have never seen that area, being from California. Other than being buggy, it looks beautiful.

  • @rdsmith4982
    @rdsmith49825 жыл бұрын

    Love it when you use your turn signal out there!!

  • @amx19733
    @amx197335 жыл бұрын

    Best thing on my tv!!!!!thank you !!

  • @Wingman115
    @Wingman1153 жыл бұрын

    Awesome trip. I grew up just south of Fort Kent in Portage Lake. Aroostook County is awesome for sure. I’m currently living in San Diego but I have fond memories of my youth in Portage.

  • @markrichards6863
    @markrichards68633 жыл бұрын

    It's beautiful in the summer. Just bring your deep woods off or you'll be miserable. I did a three day canoe trip years ago with a friend. It was the most peaceful experience in my life. It was early September and we basically had the rice to ourselves. Blessed with good weather, it was probably the best outdoors experience I ever had, and I've done a lot of wilderness hiking in the east and west. The amount of wildlife up there is amazing. It's hard to believe we were still on the east coast.

  • @gilbertarnold8666
    @gilbertarnold86665 жыл бұрын

    Great video thank you!

  • @GIGUNS-0341
    @GIGUNS-03415 жыл бұрын

    another outstanding video.

  • @radosawjurkiewicz3372
    @radosawjurkiewicz33725 жыл бұрын

    Hello Chris. I would like to thank you very much for your films. You show them how beautiful America is. My name is Radek, I am Polish, but I live in Germany. Sometimes I manage to pack my jeep and go somewhere in the mountains, unfortunately in Western Europe overland is illegal. greetings

  • @personwhoexists4491

    @personwhoexists4491

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why is it illegal

  • @hooperv
    @hooperv3 жыл бұрын

    I like how you used a signal light to make a turn out there in no man's land. lol

  • @johnmooreii2381
    @johnmooreii2381 Жыл бұрын

    Leadbetter falls. Spent my summers there as my Dad worked for the northern at Comstock camps

  • @twinkletoe5884
    @twinkletoe58842 жыл бұрын

    lived here my whole life every summer the battle of the bugs up north wow but it is so worth it rock on looks like fun

  • @deborahbeaulieu6740
    @deborahbeaulieu67405 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!!!

  • @TNG64
    @TNG642 жыл бұрын

    Very nicely done.

  • @davidcolinstillman5585
    @davidcolinstillman55853 жыл бұрын

    👋 CHRIS ! THE MOOSE WAS REAL COOL 😎 THE WEATHER SKY & WATER WAS GORGEOUS !

  • @Arnuss_Jr
    @Arnuss_Jr5 жыл бұрын

    Eu gosto de café, mas pela quantidade de café que você toma de uma única vez, deve ser apaixonado por ele. Mais um excelente vídeo.

  • @alainouellette3160
    @alainouellette31605 жыл бұрын

    As a resident of Fort Kent, the NMW is our backyard. Outstanding country and might I add, you've done well, chum.

  • @saintlucia2007
    @saintlucia20075 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see you made it out, was worried for ya! Bravo👏👍 on your cooking this week!🍝🥫 Looks like that spatula is beginning to serve you well!😉🍞🍳 Treat yourself to some eggs and 🥓 with your ☕ the next campsite you set your stay for another few nights! What awesome footage of the volunteer flowers that we tend to purposely grow for their beauty. Thanks for taking us along once again. Keep on rolling, safe travels! See ya next Friday📷💻👍

  • @krisg3984

    @krisg3984

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ya..... it's pretty out there. Hey Chris, can you recall When it happened, what trip, when, what Was going on , when you realized you had become One With your Jeep. You and your best friend. Meeting the trail together ? You do so well alone, and some people just do. But do you ever consider a co-pilot like a dog ?☆☆☆☆

  • @garyputman8782
    @garyputman87823 жыл бұрын

    Hi Chris! You NEED some fishing gear to partner with that Kayak Your videos are first class enjoy your adventures.

  • @skippythetownie3123
    @skippythetownie31233 жыл бұрын

    Your winch recovery kit should have three snatch blocks, three tree straps, two thirty foot recovery straps, and several adequate shackles. With this you can reverse winch. Awesome video, I love northern Maine!

  • @gringo3009
    @gringo30095 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful area. Damn the skeeters!

  • @lambertsaldi1550
    @lambertsaldi15503 жыл бұрын

    Awesome footage and great trip thank you for sharing 👍 The Vermonter

  • @garygiles63
    @garygiles635 жыл бұрын

    As always another great watch :), Please, invest in some maxtrax's or something similar, there more likely to save you than the winch. Great for levelling the car and bridging gaps. As always looking for to the next vid :)

  • @cmajaa1
    @cmajaa15 жыл бұрын

    Hi Chris, Mainer here, up here the bug situation eases up by the end of July

  • @BluRibTac
    @BluRibTac Жыл бұрын

    the turn signal on the logging road is a nice touch

  • @venture4wd

    @venture4wd

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks!

  • @302mck7
    @302mck75 жыл бұрын

    Got to north woods every year .that place is awesome, got check out the abandoned trains. Some of gated roads are cabins that are on leased land.

  • @turkey4957

    @turkey4957

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s just too bad the NE has no real extensive national forest backcountry that’s completely public like the West. Coming from the west watching this it’s almost maddening that a place so wild and vast is still largely controlled by private and industrial interests and you have to tiptoe around. Out in the mountain west you can traverse 100 miles off pavement + without disturbance or a single gate

  • @302mck7

    @302mck7

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@turkey4957 yea I believe 7 logging companies own the land and manage it. Most gates are for private camps. It does cost access it but being on the east coast its worth it. We drive over 10 hours to go.

  • @andreashk9291
    @andreashk92915 жыл бұрын

    Super 👍 Video, as always!

  • @Salt999
    @Salt9992 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @williamemmons8816
    @williamemmons8816 Жыл бұрын

    Very rarely do you need 4wd on NMW roads. Save the gas. I do a lot of truck camping and fishing up there. I always have spare gas , tire patch kit , dc air compressor. Come alongs tow chains and jumpers. Pulled many people out , met a couple from Connecticut at Telos gate . They didn’t do their homework and went in on a half tank of gas expecting gas stations in the NMW. I let them have 5 gallons of my spare and suggested they go to Abol and fill up. NMW is a lot bigger and more remote than most people know. Good luck and keep exploring!

  • @alexcazanas6899
    @alexcazanas68995 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait for next week!

  • @aidenmcmanus4528
    @aidenmcmanus45285 жыл бұрын

    this makes me so pumped to save up for a jeep and to go camping in a few weeks

  • @TB-jj9tu
    @TB-jj9tu5 жыл бұрын

    Between Chamberlain lake and Eagle lake there are two old steam locomotives that were abandoned by early logging companies. There is a log tram that connects the two lakes. It’s pretty odd to see two trains in the middle of the woods.

  • @lorettomccartney6295
    @lorettomccartney62959 ай бұрын

    I have a camp in Sherman and we wander the North Woods alot.

  • @chingon_grandpa
    @chingon_grandpa5 жыл бұрын

    Dude you actually warmed the spaghetti sauce..i think thats the first time I've seen you do that..bravo! Add some ground turkey to that sauce..brown the turkey first before adding in the sauce please. Good luck. Hey, and good job btw. Thanks for sharing Chris.

  • @swkohnle08
    @swkohnle085 жыл бұрын

    Always look forward to your videos Chris. I lived in the Maine woods for eight years. One thing I found is dark colored clothing attracts Black Flies and Mosquitoes more than lighter colored clothing. Cheers

  • @robertc783

    @robertc783

    5 жыл бұрын

    And eat uncooked onion and garlic. Maine is amazing.

  • @openyoureyes3969

    @openyoureyes3969

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do the mosquitos let up in October?

  • @swkohnle08

    @swkohnle08

    5 жыл бұрын

    Openyoureyes39 only if they have gotten enough blood from us during the summer months.. 😜

  • @openyoureyes3969

    @openyoureyes3969

    5 жыл бұрын

    LMAO But I feel like you guys have less of a tick problem.@@swkohnle08

  • @denisestarr2314
    @denisestarr23145 жыл бұрын

    i drove my jeep to Maine.spent a couple of weeks prowling. i love Maine

  • @joshleal9811
    @joshleal98115 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful place.

  • @meatballnevaeh
    @meatballnevaeh5 жыл бұрын

    Maine is by far my favorite place in the world. When you mention where can you find maps for this area to pre plan.

  • @OldGriz708

    @OldGriz708

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's my second favorite place behind the upper peninsula of Michigan.

  • @williamemmons8816

    @williamemmons8816

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can contact Northwoods Maine directly and they will send you a map. DeLorme Maine atlas/ gazateer has all of Maine in it , and is one of the best maps of the area.

  • @samwebster1266
    @samwebster12665 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to Maine!!! From a local!!

  • @kilo5overlanders
    @kilo5overlanders3 жыл бұрын

    I have noticed that you use your commode as a table. I have the same one, just make me laugh. Good content keep up the good work.

  • @jalilburdeen8698
    @jalilburdeen86985 жыл бұрын

    Brotha man a set of Maxtrax is something you need. Especially being solo 99% of the time.

  • @avenger007007

    @avenger007007

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maxtrax and more then 1 extra fuel canister.

  • @romanford431

    @romanford431

    5 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree 👍 And they colour match the jeep 😁

  • @tegunn
    @tegunn5 жыл бұрын

    enjoying your vids...

  • @bpp9199
    @bpp9199 Жыл бұрын

    You missed the Ghost Trains and Tramway in the NMW near Eagle and Chamberlin lakes. It is well worth the effort to track down and visit.

  • @mikepelletier4756
    @mikepelletier47565 жыл бұрын

    I see you’re in Maine! My wife and I live in Freeport, three miles from L. L. Bean. If you make it to this area I’d love to meet you say hello and check out your Jeep. You’re living my Jeep dream.

  • @msemmahale4608
    @msemmahale46085 жыл бұрын

    You can winch in reverse. You need three snatch blocks though.

  • @Jtwizzle

    @Jtwizzle

    4 жыл бұрын

    And anchor points in correct areas as well as not to far apart

  • @matthewkeoseian6819
    @matthewkeoseian68193 жыл бұрын

    ahhhhhh the sound of a tent zipper..I miss camping

  • @aidanparker9543
    @aidanparker95435 жыл бұрын

    I was just camping there for four days from july 5-9 that’s sweet

  • @henryi9738
    @henryi97385 жыл бұрын

    Chris, I hope you head up to Allagash, ME and try to find the 1976 UFO site.

  • @ArniethePirate
    @ArniethePirate3 жыл бұрын

    In one of your shots, I saw a black bear. Nice menu....lots of cheese, salsa, sandwich meat and to top it off---->PIZZA! I love my state and nice video, great job. Also, thanks for killing some of our mosquitoes while you were here.

  • @jsbedard
    @jsbedard3 жыл бұрын

    amazing thanks!

  • @jhmatthews76
    @jhmatthews765 жыл бұрын

    Love it my favorite spot.

  • @TheWozWizard
    @TheWozWizard5 жыл бұрын

    Question: Did you fill up your gas tank before you left civilization? A long time ago I learned the hard way to always have a full tank of gas (and at least one (1) FULL jerry can) before you leave the pavement!

  • @RevereOverland
    @RevereOverland5 жыл бұрын

    My next episode is North Maine Woods! We were there mid June , and the bugs were awful! Did you get a chance to see the abandoned locomotives hidden away at Eagle Lake?

  • @adjosa5373
    @adjosa53735 жыл бұрын

    why use your blinkers in the middle of the woods? Lol great videos, keep up the great work!

  • @aimee-lynndonovan6077
    @aimee-lynndonovan6077 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful sunny day in a pristine area. Hate the horseflies, black flies and mosquitoes! 🤪🙄😄

  • @jeffwise3851
    @jeffwise38515 жыл бұрын

    Am enjoying your trip through the northeast. Helpful hint. If you don't put oil on your noodles, the sauce will stick to them a lot better.