Mastering the Outdoors With a Registered Maine Guide in Freeport, Maine

In this segment, Richard is in Freeport, Maine, to learn outdoor survival skills with Registered Maine Guide Kristen Roos.

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Richard is in for an adventure in this season 6 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 605). He’s in Freeport, Maine to meet registered Maine guide Kristen Roos. Kristen works for the L.L Bean outdoors school and today, her star pupil is Richard. In this segment, Richard learns about the lengthy process of becoming a guide before righting a flipped canoe and making a mean blueberry cobbler over a fire.

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Produced by GBH, Boston’s preeminent public media producer, Weekends with Yankee is a Telly Award–winner in theTourism/Travel category and was recently nominated for Best New Series and Best Travel Program by The Taste Awards. Series funding for Weekends with Yankee is provided by New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism DevelopmentMaine Office of TourismMassachusetts Office of Travel & TourismThe Barn YardAmerican Cruise Lines, and Grady-White Boats.

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