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Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

Funny how when you move away from home, you become a tourist when you come back. I needed a few days out of the heat and a trip to see…

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Funny how when you move away from home, you become a tourist when you come back. I needed a few days out of the heat and a trip to see family in Maine timed out perfectly! Today I took my grandmother out for a boat ride on Casco Bay Lines. If you ever visit Portland, it's a cheap enjoyable way to see the real Maine. You'll see boats out hauling up lobster traps and some really nice scenery of Maine's coast for only about $15 a person if you take the "Mailboat Tour."

Leaving Portland

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Your view as you pull off the pier in downtown Portland.


Cruising Casco Bay

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Imagine this being your view every morning?


The Mailboat Tour

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You're actually on a functioning workboat... this boat was hauling big boxes of flowers and plants to residents on the islands.


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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This island was owned by ONE GUY! He died last year so the family is selling... anyone got $8.5 million I can borrow til payday?


A great day with Grandma!

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My grandmother amazes me... 91 and just retired a couple years ago!


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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Living here in July... awesome. January? Not so much.


Cruising Casco Bay

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Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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Postcard material!


A nice escape from Florida heat

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The temperature in Portland almost hit 80 today and people were complaining! Out on the ocean you drop about 15 degrees.


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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One of the larger islands... Cliff Island. You can hop off.


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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I really wish I could bring this weather back to Tampa.


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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Yeah buoy!


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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Most islands have residents for just a few months out of the year because they don't have plumbing.


Geno Takes You On A Cruise of the Islands In Portland, Maine

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Fishing boats out pulling up lobster traps.


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Fish and Chips in Portland...


Postcard moments all day...

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Hear Geno on the air weekday afternoons. Geno's passions include fat guy food, concerts, sports, travel to Europe and South America. He loves 80s and 90s music, from MTV hairbands to old school freestyle, alternative rock to TRL era jams. Geno's radio career began in his hometown of Portland, Maine. Since then he's been on the air coast to coast from Boston to Las Vegas, Tampa to California.