a unique relationship with people who have special needs

What we do well

SAM...

Sam Woodbury is a teenager who has given us a wealth of experience adapting to his needs in the great outdoors.  Along with mobility challenges, Sam is fed by gastrostomy, communicates without words, has numerous medical requirements... and loves every minute of life without walls.

Sam has also had several foster siblings over the years who have needed individual adaptations in the wild.

Not every excursion or experiment has been a grand success. But everyone takes something lasting and important from the experience.

HOW WE WOULD DO IT
Planning ahead is the key, with a sense of adventure and an eye for safety and comfort. No trip into the middle of nowhere is without hazards, and no such trip is guaranteed to meet all your hopes. The hazards are probably not what you think they would be, but we know what they are, and the adventure is that something will surely happen that you will remember fondly - even if it's only the lull of lapping waves in the stillness of an intensely dark night scented with wood smoke, without streetlights or traffic or electronic interruptions.

Maybe you'd just like to relax in a canoe, find a fossil in the woods, shiver next to a campfire, pick blueberries yourself, shoot a can off a fencepost, or see a moose face to face.

Maybe these are your wishes not for yourself but for someone close to you. 

UNIQUELY QUALIFIED
We have the experience to make a trip into the Maine wilderness a memorable experience. 

With an intense focus on planning for every trip and safety preparation, we are also well-acquainted and well-connected with the medical resources in the region, also Inland Fisheries and Wildlife authorities (e.g., game wardens), police and sheriff departments, and regional search and rescue services.

For more ideas, see design your own trip.

Damn Yankee Guide Service
10 Penny Lane
Lincoln, Maine 04457-1183
damnyankee.com@verizon.net

Guide index page

A short biography

What we do well and what we don't do at all

More about guide services

Design your own trip

A fond look at Lincoln, Maine

Web site of the Town of Lincoln

Lincoln Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce

The Maine Highlands, wilderness and wonder

Rates

Maine laws regarding access for the disabled

Maine Professional Guides Association

For a Maine wilderness lodge that delivers the traditional experience with outstanding hosts and services, we endorse Eagle Lodge on Folsom Pond

For a variety of outdoor learning courses, we recommend Maine's Outdoor Learning Center

For a variety of outdoor activities in the north woods all under one "roof", we recommend the New England Outdoor Center

For a town of exceptional scenic beauty with an almost unbelievable history, take a side trip some day to visit Benedicta, Maine

Fishing the lakes in the region

THE BONUS
Whatever your interest and intent for a guided trip in Maine, and whether it's possible to meet your intentions - (wildlife, weather, and even our own bodies are fickle about letting us do what we set out to do) - the experience will be as entertaining and educational as you want to make it.

We teach as much as you want to know about what we're doing and why. We have a few stories that you never heard before. And if you get nothing out of it except shivers, sneezes, scrapes, and scares, and if you never again want to set foot beyond where the dirt road ends, you will have learned something and will have enjoyed it.

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