シャドーイング練習: My Trip to Maine | Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Lighthouses + more - YouTubeで英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hello from Maine.
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Hello from Maine.
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I've made it to Maine, finally.
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I've been meaning to do this trip for like five years.
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I have heard so many wonderful things about this state and I am so excited to be here.
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I'm currently in Acadia National Park,
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which was one of the main things I wanted to see here.
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It's a beautiful forested park out on coastal islands.
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You have beautiful scenic drives and great hikes and incredible water views.
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It's about 4 30 a.m and I've just arrived to the top of Cadillac Mountain.
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This is supposed to be one of the best places to view the sunrise in the park
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but the tricky thing is it's looking pretty cloudy
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but i'm already learning
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that the weather here on a coastal island is very unpredictable
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So that was definitely not the sunrise I wanted,
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but I think I got something even better.
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Instead of a sunrise, there was this foggy cloud inversion.
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You could see lights from boats piercing through the fog as they moved through the water.
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Something really important you need to know
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if you're planning a trip to Acadia is this road up to the summit of Cadillac Mountain is accessible by reservation only.
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And they will sell out,
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especially the special sunrise reservation time.
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You can also hike to the summit.
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I hear it's kind of a challenging hike.
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For something like sunrise, it's just a lot easier to drive up here.
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Another road you'll definitely want to drive in the park that doesn't require a permit is the Park Loop Road.
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This is a 27-mile scenic drive with lots of interesting points along it.
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Some of my favorites were the Otter Cliffs area,
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which is an easy place to pull over and see some great views,
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and Jordan Pond, which has a scenic walking trail around it,
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and there are some hikes in this area as well.
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Another great spot in the park is the Bass Harbor Head Light Station.
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This is on the other side of the park,
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so it's a bit of a drive,
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but it's a beautiful lighthouse nestled into a cliff.
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This morning, I'm hiking the Beehive Loop Trail.
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It's one of the most popular hikes in the park and I'm mostly excited.
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I'm a little nervous about it
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because everything I've read everywhere says do not do this hike if you're afraid of heights and don't bring kids.
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I guess there are ladders you have to climb up
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and like skinny spots on cliffs and it's supposed to have epic views.
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so that
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was so cool i'm so glad i went and did
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that hike i would definitely recommend it if you come to Acadia unless you have a fear of heights.
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What a great way to start a day
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and now I'm going to leave the park head into town and get some coffee.
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The town I'm currently staying in is Bar Harbor and it is this beautiful little picturesque town on the coast.
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It's right next to the park and I highly recommend staying here
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if you are coming to Acadia because the drive into the park is super easy.
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But I also feel like Bar Harbor is worth visiting just on its own.
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I mean, if you come here,
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you definitely want to do the park too because it's so close, but it's beautiful.
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It has a really nice waterfront and a shore path that wraps around it.
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It has lots of shops and restaurants and cute hotels and little B&B style cottages.
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Something that has been so fun on this trip is flying the new DJI Air 3 drone on the on the coastline,
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not in the national park.
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It is so illegal to fly drones in national parks.
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Don't ever do it.
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Huge thank you to DJI for sending this to me.
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You can also do a lot just in Bar Harbor as well.
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They have a lot of tours.
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You can go kayaking, paddle boarding.
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I signed up for a puffin tour
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and they took me 20 miles off the coast to an island where Atlantic puffins reside,
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which is really fun.
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I also saw lots of seals.
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I saw a bald eagle and tons of lighthouses.
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So I definitely recommend getting out on the water if you come here.
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The only thing better than road tripping the coast of Maine
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in the summertime is road tripping the coast of Maine with this.
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For starters, it has two cameras.
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So you have your 1X camera,
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which is a 24 millimeter equivalent.
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It's wide.
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It's what you're used to seeing on a drone.
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And then there's also the 3X camera,
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which is a 70 millimeter equivalent.
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It creates a really nice background compression for your shots
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and it's nice for the subjects you don't wanna get too close to.
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There are a lot of really pretty boats in this harbor,
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but I don't wanna go fly my drone right up next to somebody's boat to get a picture of it.
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So with this, I'm able to hang back and still get the shots and it has omnidirectional obstacle sensing,
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which is new for the airline.
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And it has the O4HD video transmission that has a 20 kilometer range.
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Something I am most excited about is the 46 minute flight time.
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These new drones that DJI is releasing with these increased flight times are a completely different flying experience.
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When I used to fly drones with a shorter flight time,
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I always felt pressure to be really mindful of time
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to be quick and like get my shots fast
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because I'm not going to be able to hang out up in the sky forever.
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But 46 minutes, I am relaxed.
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I put this thing up.
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I mosey around.
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I shoot everything I want to shoot usually twice.
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I'm going to be getting so much use out of this because it's the sweet spot.
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It's robust enough that it has all of the features it has,
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but it's still compact and lightweight and not a burden to carry around and easy to travel with.
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So definitely check it out and I'll have a link down in the description.
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Something else kind of cool you can do right here in town is when the tide is low,
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a sandbar emerges that you can walk across to explore Bar Island.
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They say it's safe to cross 90 minutes before low tide and 90 minutes after low tide,
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but if you get stuck over there,
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it's nine hours before it's safe to cross again.
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So you either have to wait it out or they have a sign
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that says there's a water taxi that will come rescue you for $150.
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After my time in Bar Harbor,
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I had a couple extra days to check out some other spots on the coast
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and you all on Instagram gave me some awesome recommendations for towns to stop in.
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Like Camden that has incredible views from the top of Mount Batty.
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Old Orchard Beach that has a waterfront full of attractions.
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This was such a fun place for aerial photography.
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It was probably my favorite spot.
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I flew the entire trip.
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The new The new DJI Air 3 shoots 4K at up to 100 frames per second,
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which is wild.
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It also does 2.7K vertical shooting and the photos are so good too.
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It takes both 12 and 48 megapixel photos.
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I also visited the town of Agunquit that had this really cool pedestrian drawbridge in Perkins Cove that boats pass under.
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And of course, I tried to stop and photograph as many lighthouses as I could.
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You could spend an entire month visiting lighthouses in Maine.
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There are so many and they're all unique.
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So this is the lighthouse that Forrest Gump runs to in the movie.
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It's just about 5am, I'm at the Portland Head Light and I'm the only one here.
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And look at this morning I'm getting, oh my gosh.
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I would say the Portland Head Light was my favorite lighthouse of the trip.
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I mean, it's the kind of lighthouse you would see in a painting or on a puzzle.
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The views are beautiful from all sides.
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There's waves crashing against the rocks.
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Definitely make a stop here if you're driving the coast of Maine.
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So this is the end of my trip.
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I absolutely loved Maine.
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I would say it's one of my favorite parts of the country I've visited to date.
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And I also know there's so much I still haven't seen.
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I didn't even realize until I got here that Maine has the largest moose population in the lower 48.
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So now I'm like, I need to come back and go to all the moose wildlife areas and watch for moose.
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If Maine isn't already on your travel list,
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it definitely needs to be.
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However, I will say if you're able to visit in the shoulder season,
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I would recommend it.
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One, because it's cheaper.
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The hotel prices alone in the summertime are just through the roof.
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And then of course it's busier.
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So if you can come in the spring or the fall.
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I'm sure it's still absolutely beautiful then,
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especially in the fall with the fall colors.
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Thank you for watching, and again,
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thank you so much to all of you on Instagram who gave me tips for places to visit.
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It was so helpful in finalizing my itinerary.
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I hope you're doing well,
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and I will see you in the next one.
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Bye.
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I almost just walked through this little path here.
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Do you see what this sign says?
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oh my god
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