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Maine: The Pine Tree State
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Chances are that you can pick up any gear you need for exploring Maine at L.L. Bean (and if you like outlet shopping, you may never leave Freeport). Keep in mind that there's more to Maine than the coast. A flyrod could be your best friend on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a shortie wetsuit might be invaluable for whitewater rafting in the Kennebec River Gorge, and you can never have enough dehydrated rations when you climb Mount Katahdin, Maine's mile-high peak. Binoculars let you keep from spooking the moose around Moosehead Lake as you watch them browse in the shallows or swim across the lake's broad bays.
The downhill swirl is delirious at Sugarloaf and Sunday River, whether on skis or a board in the winter, or a mountain bike in the summer. The contrasts are almost unfathomable. Maine's wilderness is wilder than it was when Henry David Thoreau visited 150 years ago, yet back down on the coast, Portland is both metropolitan and cosmopolitan, a city that honors its maritime past yet dwells in an exciting present of theaters and orchestras, museums and galleries, clubs and fine dining.
Maine just has more.
Reader Comments
Comment from Christine Morton on May 27, 2009
Absolutely love Maine...coming again from May31-June8th celebrating our Honeymoon, will travel the coast to West Quoddy, and the over to Millinocket to see some Moose, can't wait. Maine rocks!!!
Comment from Nancy Fink on May 28, 2009
You did great on lower Maine, but what about Aroostook County, don't see anything about it here in article.
Comment from Chris Heckman on May 29, 2009
Hear hear Nancy Fink. I live in central Maine and I get really tired when people seem to think that the coast is all there is to Maine - except for the ski resorts.
Comment from carolyn talbot on March 30, 2010
I am a 'Mainer" although we used to call ourselves 'Maniacs'. Moved out of state 50 years ago but return as frequently as possible. I agree that there is more to ME than the Southern coast. Am planning a quilting store tour this year. I was astounded to see the number of stores available for quilting supplies. Some of the fabric patterns I have only seen in ME. I am shipping to WA this year instead of trying to carry in a suitcase! Marsden's has TONS of great fabric at a discount. Of course, I'll eat a 'lobsta' roll a day while there--nothing like it anywhere.
Comment from Beverlee C Beers on July 23, 2010
Sorry, you can call yourself a \"Mainiac\" when speaking, but if you are writing it out you need to spell it \"MAINEIAC\"... Ayuh, I\'m a native Mainer and proud to call myself a Maineiac. I live in beautiful downeast Maine.
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