For the past six months, Maine has been an ethereal, theoretical destination for our Long Long Honeymoon. If we had a dollar for every time we exclaimed, “This spring, we’re taking our Airstream up to Maine!” our fuel expenses would be covered. So now that we finally made it, has Maine lived up to our expectations? No…
Our visit to Maine has exceeded those expectations. While this is not our first visit to “Vacationland,” it has been our best. Being here in our Airstream has allowed us to stop and smell the wildflowers… munch the blueberry pancakes… and taste the boiled lobster. We’ve had the luxury of time. We’ve been able to linger.
At times, we’ve been gleeful tourists. We took a ride aboard Maine’s only four-mast schooner, the Margaret Todd. We enjoyed tea & popovers at Acadia National Park’s famous Jordan Pond House. We even crawled out of bed at 4AM to catch “the nation’s first sunrise” on Cadillac Mountain. (We’re not morning people, so this was a genuine act of self-sacrifice.)
At other times, we’ve acted like locals. We bellied up to the bar of The Thirsty Whale on a Sunday night, and drained a couple of pints with the regular crew.
Maine countered a recent trend in our RV camping. One of our guilty pleasures on this Long Long Honeymoon has been taking our rig into unexpected environments. We’ve camped in some strange urban zone like the Vegas Strip and New York City (via New Jersey). But Maine reminds us what it’s all about. Life simply doesn’t get much better than exploring a stunning national park in one of America’s most unique and memorable environments.
I’m sure some Mainers out there will cringe at this description, but Maine is sort of the Montana of the East Coast (err, without all the mountains). I mean this as a high complement. It’s a predominantly rural state that’s memorable for certain distinctive geographical features (in this case, its coastline) that has developed a unique culture all of its own.
At this point, our Long Long Honeymoon has taken us to Key West, Seattle, San Diego, and Maine — so we’ve covered the four corners of the United States. As of this writing, we’ve visited 37 States with our RV — and there are more to come on this trip! Stay tuned…
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