Maine...

Paula, Shelly - enjoyed your impressions of Maine on another thread - I started a tangent, so thought I better move it :oops:

I grew up between Camden and Popham Beach. I enjoy hearing SoWal reflections of my home state. Kurt - if you haven't been, it's a photographer's paradise.

Unplugged, I always say Maine is one of my favorite places I've visited (except for the black fly part). Had a good friend from there, so I visited her a few times. One of my most vivid memories is one summer going to a parade--it was for a seafood festival, the town's name is escaping me--and the shriners rode around in little lobster boats! I almost died; loved that!

I would love to hear an itinerary for a week or so. Where to go, stay, dine, etc.

i'm officiating a friend's wedding in bethel in august. good time to be there? cool place to be?

jr

I would love to hear an itinerary for a week or so. Where to go, stay, dine, etc.

Consider flying into Manchester, NH on Southwest, or Portland. Rent a convertible and just work your way North along Coastal Route 1. Special points of interest would be Portland's 'Old Port' section, Ogunquit, Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Freeport (LL Bean). While these are the more commercialized areas, you can venture off the beaten path in-between each town.

Peapod, Shelly & Paula will have some great suggestions also.

I would recommend B & B's VS Hotel/ Motels. Two of my favorites that really set the standard are The Harbor View Inn ask for Joe - and The Tipsy Butler.
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i'm officiating a friend's wedding in bethel in august. good time to be there? cool place to be?

jr

August is a great time to visit Bethel - very, very scenic. Do try to get to the coast if you have time.

Consider flying into Manchester, NH on Southwest, or Portland. Rent a convertible and just work your way North along Coastal Route 1. Special points of interest would be Portland's 'Old Port' section, Ogunquit, Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Freeport (LL Bean). While these are the more commercialized areas, you can venture off the beaten path in-between each town.

Shelly & Paula will have some great suggestions also.

I would recommend B & B's VS Hotel/ Motels. Two of my favorites that really set the standard are The Harbor View Inn ask for Joe - and The Tipsy Butler.

My friend worked here: Black Point Inn

My friend worked here: Black Point Inn

Wow - that is a beautiful resort! 😀

Black Point Inn looks great! Makes me want to go to Maine.

Hitchhiking worked well for me. I traveled the state by other people's cars:rolling:. Walking ain't bad either. While I was in Baxter State Park, hitching a ride with some young folks in a Big @ss Cadillac, we were driving on a dirt road (I felt like I was in the Dukes of Hazzard does the north) and we saw a Moose and her little Moose. Those were my first and only sitings of Moose (or is it Meese? :floor:) and even the baby seemed much bigger than the Big @ss Caddy in which we were riding.

Plenty of Blueberries growing the wild up in Maine. Yummy. Blueberry Quiche, Blueberry Pie, Blueberry Cobbler, Blueberry Pancakes, just plain old delicious Blueberries. Did I say, "Yummy!?"

Consider flying into Manchester, NH on Southwest, or Portland. Rent a convertible and just work your way North along Coastal Route 1. Special points of interest would be Portland's 'Old Port' section, Ogunquit, Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Freeport (LL Bean). While these are the more commercialized areas, you can venture off the beaten path in-between each town.

Peapod, Shelly & Paula will have some great suggestions also.

I would recommend B & B's VS Hotel/ Motels. Two of my favorites that really set the standard are The Harbor View Inn ask for Joe - and The Tipsy Butler.
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Plenty of Blueberries growing the wild up in Maine. Yummy. Blueberry Quiche, Blueberry Pie, Blueberry Cobbler, Blueberry Pancakes, just plain old delicious Blueberries. Did I say, "Yummy!?"

You did--and, agreed! Whenever I'd visit, I always set a goal for myself of making sure I ate lobster in some form every day, and I always managed to do it! I love being able to go to a lobster roll stand the same way New Yorkers go to hot dog carts!
Unplugged, one thing we did one year was go to Old Orchard Beach--my friend's family said it was a necessity just for the tacky, carnival experience. But I think it was there where we ate at their favorite pizza place--Pat's. You know it?

Mt Katahdin, Maine (Knife's Edge in the Background)


Knife's Edge (elevation about 5,000ft)

Hitchhiking worked well for me. I traveled the state by other people's cars:rolling:. Walking ain't bad either. While I was in Baxter State Park, hitching a ride with some young folks in a Big @ss Cadillac, we were driving on a dirt road (I felt like I was in the Dukes of Hazzard does the north) and we saw a Moose and her little Moose. Those were my first and only sitings of Moose (or is it Meese? :floor:) and even the baby seemed much bigger than the Big @ss Caddy in which we were riding.

Plenty of Blueberries growing the wild up in Maine. Yummy. Blueberry Quiche, Blueberry Pie, Blueberry Cobbler, Blueberry Pancakes, just plain old delicious Blueberries. Did I say, "Yummy!?"

SmilingJOe, I emphatically do not recommend hitchhiking as a way of getting around, anywhere, anytime. Never never never. It's not safe. Not even in mostly rural Maine. My brother hitched a ride in Maine while he was a college student and ended up beaten and nearly raped. And this was about 20 years ago, and times certainly haven't gotten more innocent or easy-going in the interim. Cough up the bus fare or carpool, but never, ever, hitchike!!!

SmilingJOe, I emphatically do not recommend hitchhiking as a way of getting around, anywhere, anytime. Never never never. It's not safe. Not even in mostly rural Maine. My brother hitched a ride in Maine while he was a college student and ended up beaten and nearly raped. And this was about 20 years ago, and times certainly haven't gotten more innocent or easy-going in the interim. Cough up the bus fare or carpool, but never, ever, hitchike!!!

Yeah! Didn't you see that movie with Charlize Theron? Monster something???

SmilingJOe, I emphatically do not recommend hitchhiking as a way of getting around, anywhere, anytime. Never never never. It's not safe. Not even in mostly rural Maine. My brother hitched a ride in Maine while he was a college student and ended up beaten and nearly raped. And this was about 20 years ago, and times certainly haven't gotten more innocent or easy-going in the interim. Cough up the bus fare or carpool, but never, ever, hitchike!!!

Oh, you are just over reacting. Life sometimes involves taking risks and trying new things. All five of the people who gave us lifts that day, were some of the best people I have ever met, except for the trucker who was still pleasant enough.

i can attest that it's still safe in san miguel county, colorado. everyone knows everyone else, you're picked up by your friends and sometimes the cops(hitchhiking that is)

I picked my first blueberries ever in Maine. I think I was about 10 years old.
August is the perfect time to go!
My son occasionally hitchhikes in France, and I do worry, but usually he is with a buddy. I hitchiked myself 30 years ago. I guess some of us just have to take more chances than others, and hope that we can take care of ourselves if things go amiss.

Oh, you are just over reacting. Life sometimes involves taking risks and trying new things. All five of the people who gave us lifts that day, were some of the best people I have ever met, except for the trucker who was still pleasant enough.

Young man, I'm going to give you my favorite Mom-ism:

Don't say I didn't warn you!! :nono1:

On another note, there's nothing in the world like a blueberry-picking day in Maine, followed by a lobster dinner in the evening. I can taste it now..:wub:

Young man, I'm going to give you my favorite Mom-ism:

Don't say I didn't warn you!! :nono1:

On another note, there's nothing in the world like a blueberry-picking day in Maine, followed by a lobster dinner in the evening. I can taste it now..:wub:

Would you rather I not stop and offer you a lift if I see you walking down the road?:idontno:

I like to think that I am a good judge of people. If a person, who I found to be sketchy IMO, offers a lift, I would probably decline. If a nut case, whom I misjudged, gives me a ride and tries to kill me or beat me, all I have to say is look out. I have no problem disarming someone and killing them in self defense. ;-)

You did--and, agreed! Whenever I'd visit, I always set a goal for myself of making sure I ate lobster in some form every day, and I always managed to do it! I love being able to go to a lobster roll stand the same way New Yorkers go to hot dog carts!
Unplugged, one thing we did one year was go to Old Orchard Beach--my friend's family said it was a necessity just for the tacky, carnival experience. But I think it was there where we ate at their favorite pizza place--Pat's. You know it?

Peapod: the Pat's Pizza I knew of was in Orono - a favorite student hang out near the University of Maine campus. GREAT Pizza. The O.O.B. location may be a franchise store :idontno: