{"id":15242,"date":"2026-09-15T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/?p=15242"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:09:51","slug":"project-1a-ryan-kelley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 1a &#8211; Ryan Kelley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15242 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20260914_223833592\/'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223833592.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Front of the Gazebo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223833592.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223833592-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223833592-675x1200.jpg 675w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223833592-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223833592-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20260914_223853827\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Gazebo with flag in the background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20260914_223920849\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223920849.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Low water level in the river\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223920849.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223920849-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223920849-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223920849-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223920849-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20260914_223814528\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223814528.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Lookout from the gazebo at the water and watchtower statue\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223814528.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223814528-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223814528-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223814528-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223814528-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Location 1: The Old Town Park<\/p>\n<p>This is a place that matters deeply to me in the area. I grew up in Old Town and spent many days at the park with my friends. During my freshmen year of high school, I met the girl who is now my fianc\u00e9e. Our forming years were spent almost exclusively during the Covid-19 lockdown, so the only place that we could meet was outside at this park. After 6 years together, I proposed to her in the snow at the gazebo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-15242 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20250619_170246516-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_170246516-1-1200x904.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Photo taken of from the top of the hike\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_170246516-1-1200x904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_170246516-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_170246516-1-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_170246516-1-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_170246516-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20250619_171856903\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171856903-904x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Photo of Harrison sitting over the ledge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171856903-904x1200.jpg 904w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171856903-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171856903-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171856903-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171856903.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20250619_171635225\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171635225-904x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Walker taking a picture of me and Harrison climbing up the rocks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171635225-904x1200.jpg 904w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171635225-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171635225-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171635225-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171635225.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20250619_171339756\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171339756-904x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Saurav standing on one of the thin bridges between a gap in the rocks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171339756-904x1200.jpg 904w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171339756-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171339756-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171339756-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171339756.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20250619_171723754-pano\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171723754.PANO_-1200x326.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A panoramic lookout at the fog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171723754.PANO_-1200x326.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171723754.PANO_-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171723754.PANO_-768x208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171723754.PANO_-1536x417.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_171723754.PANO_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-ryan-kelley\/pxl_20250619_172231357-mp\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_172231357.MP_-904x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Another lookout photo from halfway up\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_172231357.MP_-904x1200.jpg 904w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_172231357.MP_-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_172231357.MP_-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_172231357.MP_-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20250619_172231357.MP_.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Location 2 The Beehive Trail<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, I did Boy Scouts with my dad. We spent many weeks outdoors camping and being involved in events with our troop and the Katahdin area council. One of my absolute favorite trips we regularly did was camping at the Blackwoods Jamboree in Acadia. Every year, we hiked the Beehive trail, and every year it got easier for me as I got older. This past year, me and my friends from my patrol when we were younger went back to re-hike the trail by ourselves. It was one of the best trips I&#8217;ve ever gone on and I&#8217;m working on planning another trip to do it all again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location 1: The Old Town Park This is a place that matters deeply to me in the area. I grew up in Old Town and spent many days at the park with my friends. During my freshmen year of high school, I met the girl who is now my fianc\u00e9e. Our forming years were spent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":15244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[253,225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-253","category-project-1a"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260914_223853827.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15272,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242\/revisions\/15272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}