Pine Barrens Mafia Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 So started my vacation yesterday in Maine and I gotta say I don’t know why I never came here before. Scenery is amazing, the small towns beautiful. Looks like I’ve got a new spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 You are there before Memorial Day. Smart move. Like many other vacation destinations, it is MUCH more crowded between Memorial Day and Labor Day. It’s great in September as well, possibly even better since the plant life is still going strong, but the crowds have thinned out. Inland it’s a lot like the Adirondacks, but the Maine coast is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 i love Maine in the Fall. be sure to visit Acadia National Park while your there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 You picked an awesome month to go as well. Summer months get more crowded, May & September are the best. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Was thinking about going out there with the wife and little guy. Not sure if we’ll make it this year, but it’s definiely on the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Some depressed pale white girl made your night huh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 3 hours ago, billsfanmiami(oh) said: Was thinking about going out there with the wife and little guy. Not sure if we’ll make it this year, but it’s definiely on the radar. Old Orchard Beach very nice, and a quick drive to Portland 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 6 hours ago, joesixpack said: So started my vacation yesterday in Maine and I gotta say I don’t know why I never came here before. Scenery is amazing, the small towns beautiful. Looks like I’ve got a new spot! On your way out be sure to stop in Portsmouth, NH. Old historic seaport. Great downtown with tons of brew pubs and restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: On your way out be sure to stop in Portsmouth, NH. Old historic seaport. Great downtown with tons of brew pubs and restaurants. I considered that but chose Maine. Perhaps another summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: On your way out be sure to stop in Portsmouth, NH. Old historic seaport. Great downtown with tons of brew pubs and restaurants. Kittery, ME is the other side of river. JSP seems like an outlet store shopper to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Going to Wells beach again this summer. Nice place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 It is as far from San Diego as you can get in the 48. Good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Going to Wells beach again this summer. Nice place. Ogunquit is nice. If you are in York Beach, near the Nubble Light House, stop at Kettle Boys Popcorn. Good stuff, owned by friends of mine. Also visit The Goldenrod and watch the antique mechanical taffy puller in the window. Good candy and ice cream there. All this is about an hour from me. Edited May 6, 2018 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 It's not my favorite thing to eat but I suppose you gotta try Lobster at least once while you're up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Don't forget your Mainer-English dictionary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 i dont know when the Whale tours begin but you might want to see if you can catch one of those tours, pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 Had some lobster this evening. Great with a beer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 In the mid-1990s, when I lived in Rochester and my then-girlfriend, now-wife was in Montreal, we went to Maine for the summer vacation. It was great. We canoed a lot, and especially Katahdin and Acadia were impressive. The next year we went to Newfoundland, and that was even better. We saw icebergs floating southward and more whales than in Maine (sometimes you could spot them from the shore). One of the highlights was the "bird rock" in Cape St. Mary's, with hundreds of gannets, razorbills, murres, and kittiwakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Another Fan said: It's not my favorite thing to eat but I suppose you gotta try Lobster at least once while you're up there. We went to Bar Harbor 10-15 years ago. Even some things on the menu that didn’t mention lobster came out with lobster on them. We took a tour bus one morning and the driver said his family had been in the lobster business for generations. Whatever the main predator of the lobster is, it had been severely over-fished. They had so much lobster they didn’t know what to do with it! It was like the fake scarcity of diamonds trying to keep prices up. To that point in time it was the most expensive hotel we had ever stayed in (that the employer had not paid for). We happened to get there the same weekend some charity motorcycle thing was happening. These guys toured the area and stayed at nice places. Over a hundred Harleys out there revving engines and showing off there stuff at 7:30am was not to my delight. Great guys at the bar, all paid like ten grand, most of which went to pediatric cancer research. Hard to hate THAT! But still.... BTW - the tour bus driver had to talk a good game, because the fog was so thick you couldn’t see the side of the road. “If you could see anything out the left side....” Still a great trip all things considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 When we visit places... We always have to do something "literary." Last Maine trip was South Berwick, ME. That was the home to Sarah Orne Jewett. I oblige the Mrs. What keeps her happy, keeps us all happy. My wife is a librarian and has a "librarian bucket list" and it's not kinky! I am in hell sometimes on these family vacations. She was sort of hot? In a 19th Century kinda way. What da ya think? Even if she was into the whole "Boston Marriage" thing. Somebody save me, I am a wrecked horse! But besides that, Maine is alright, NE in general is meh... Scenery great, people douchebags. Last couple trips, I don't even go to visit family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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