The Presque Isle Recreation Department and SAGE are headed to the towns of Ashland and Patten for a day of historical adventures! This is our final trip in the series.

Call (207) 764-2545, option 3 to register and pay by phone. 

To register online and view the full itinerary, click here. 

The base cost for this trip is $10, which excludes the cost of lunch but includes transportation to and from all sites plus admission fees. A light lunch -- made by the volunteers at the William Dalton Museum -- will be served for an additional donation.

Visitors must be able to climb about 4 steps to get up into the Garfield Plt One-Room Schoolhouse, which is the first stop. The wheelchair ramp is unusable and under construction as of Sept. 4, 2026, the time of this writing. 

At least 5 people must register by 4 p.m. Friday Sept. 25, or the trip will be canceled.

The van will depart from the Sargent Family Community Center located at 24 Chapman Road, Presque Isle, Maine 04769.

Please begin to gather at 7:30 a.m. so the van can leave at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, October 5th, 2026.

The group itinerary is posted here and includes 3 stops, including

• Garfield Pantation One Room Schoolhouse Museum, 343 Garfield Rd, Ashland, ME 04732
• William Dalton Historical Society, 36 Portage Rd, Ashland, ME 04732
• Patten Lumbermen's Museum, 61 Shin Pond Road, Patten, ME 04765
  • Patten Lumbermen's Museum website here

Additional donations to the museums are sincerely appreciated. Although SAGE and Presque Isle Recreation and Parks Dept. are offering this trip at a greatly reduced rate, these museums rely on community support to remain open and accessible to the public

We're looking forward to seeing everyone on this trip! Please register early. 

SAGE or MSCN Membership is required. Not a member? Click on Annual SAGE Membership 2026 - 2027 to join now.

At the end of May, I took a week-long tour of the country of Iceland. The tour had eight of us (from all over the world) in a van with a tour guide that drove around the entire country visiting sites that were so incredible. Lots of pictures and lots of stories will be shared along with unknown facts and discoveries about Iceland that I learned.

Instructor: Dennis Koch, retired from higher education and have spent the last 12 years volunteering, traveling, and still trying to figure out what is next.