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Maine in the summer is a magical place, but you really need a boat to experience it. There are great little islands/towns all over. If you end up on an islan

Maine in the summer is a magical place, but you really need a boat to experience it. There are great little islands/towns all over. If you end up on an island with only one restaurant, it makes it real easy to decide where to eat. Dodging all the lobster buoys is a real challenge to navigation, but eating lobster every day is worth it. If you see and island on the map with "haven" in the name, be sure to check it out.

ghiculescu 6y ago
If you lived in, say, Illinois, what would be the best way to get onto a boat for the summer in Maine?
- fred_is_fred 6y ago
  Probably the via the Great Lakes and then St Laurence seaway - seems quicker than the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico but probably overall colder.
lemonberry 6y ago
I've lived on the border of New Hampshire and Maine for most of the last 45 years. I love seafood and even spent a summer working at a lobster pound. I just don't get the appeal of lobster. On the other hand... scallops. Whether they're fried, baked, sauteed or wrapped in bacon... the food of the gods. If it weren't for the environmental issues I'd eat them everyday. To each their own!
sdenton4 6y ago
I had a couple great summers working as a trip leader for a summer camp. It was a pretty old-school no-electricity-for-the-kids experience. Lots of awesome dawn bike rides before breakfast, traversing bits of the Appalachian Trail, and planting seeds of socialist thought into the minds of children from extremely wealthy backgrounds. Two actual conversations: "So, Kevin, what do your parents do for a living?" "Oh, you know, the usual... My dad's a neurosurgeon and my mom's an editor at the new york times." --- "It's been a long eight weeks, Jimmy! Are you looking forward to seeing your parents?" "Well... actually I'm heading to a six week music camp tomorrow."

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Maine in the summer is a magical place, but you really need a boat to experience it. There are great little islands/towns all over. If you end up on an islan

by opwieurposiu 6y ago

ghiculescu 6y ago
If you lived in, say, Illinois, what would be the best way to get onto a boat for the summer in Maine?
- fred_is_fred 6y ago
  Probably the via the Great Lakes and then St Laurence seaway - seems quicker than the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico but probably overall colder.
lemonberry 6y ago
I've lived on the border of New Hampshire and Maine for most of the last 45 years. I love seafood and even spent a summer working at a lobster pound. I just don't get the appeal of lobster. On the other hand... scallops. Whether they're fried, baked, sauteed or wrapped in bacon... the food of the gods. If it weren't for the environmental issues I'd eat them everyday. To each their own!
sdenton4 6y ago
I had a couple great summers working as a trip leader for a summer camp. It was a pretty old-school no-electricity-for-the-kids experience. Lots of awesome dawn bike rides before breakfast, traversing bits of the Appalachian Trail, and planting seeds of socialist thought into the minds of children from extremely wealthy backgrounds. Two actual conversations: "So, Kevin, what do your parents do for a living?" "Oh, you know, the usual... My dad's a neurosurgeon and my mom's an editor at the new york times." --- "It's been a long eight weeks, Jimmy! Are you looking forward to seeing your parents?" "Well... actually I'm heading to a six week music camp tomorrow."