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Informationen zum Autor By Nancy Griffin - Photographs by Dan Tobyne Klappentext The ultimate to-do list for Mainers and visitors alikeWhat better way to celebrate 50 years of book publishing than to celebrate the greatest things Maine has to offer. Following the popular trend in “bucket list” books, this experiential guide will help visitors and residents alike discover everything there is to do here. Taken all together, these experiences are enough to fill a life time. Zusammenfassung The ultimate to-do list for Mainers and visitors alike What better way to celebrate 50 years of book publishing than to celebrate the greatest things Maine has to offer. Following the popular trend in "bucket list" books! this experiential guide will help visitors and residents alike discover everything there is to do here. Taken all together! these experiences are enough to fill a life time. Inhaltsverzeichnis 50 Things to Do in Maine Before You DieEat an All-Maine Meal: Lobster, fiddleheads, Maine potatoes, whoopie pie for dessertWhoopie pie loreCatch a lobsterLobster festival, lobster loreVisit a real lighthouseSmall sidebar about Marshall Point being in Forrest GumpClimb KatahdinDrink Moxie (if you dare)Sidebar on Moxie FestivalShop at L.L. BeanStory of ubiquitous Bean Boot, AKA the Maine Hunting ShoeSee a whaleSpot a mooseGet lost in the desertGo whitewater raftingKennebec, Dead, and Penobscot RiversCanoe the AllagashSide bar about Old Town CanoeSide bar about Kenduskeag Canoe RaceLearn about the Good Life at the Nearing’s Goodlife CenterTour the solar systemSide bar about Eartha at DeLorme, if it’s still open to the public under Garmin ownershipWatch for puffinsSee a whirlpool—Old SowPan for Gold—Swift RiverTrek Across MaineRun the Beach to BeaconHike the 100-Mile WildernessMine for gems: Maine Mineral Adventures—Mt Mica, Ryerson Hill, Bennett, and Orchard Pit minesRake blueberries, where, etc.Sidebar on biggest blueberryVisit Monhegan—no cars allowedSail on a windjammerMake maple syrupDiscover America’s first Fort KnoxSidebar listing other Maine fortsBuild a boatGo on a dog-sled rideVisit the ShakersKayak the Maine Island TrailRide in a hot air balloonDrive Route 1 from Kittery to Fort KentDiscover ancient MaineShell middensPetroglyphsEat Bean-Hole BeansCatch a movie of one the last drive-insSaco, elsewhere?Dine at DeMillo’sStay at a sporting campWalk in the garden: Coastal ME Botanical Gardens, Asticou Azalea GardensDrink the “Champagne of Maine”: Allen’s Coffee BrandyVisit the National ParkSee the sunrise from Cadillac Thunder HoleOtter CliffsRide in a Sea plane at the Greenville Fly-InLearn about the mighty Stanley SteamerEat at Moody’s DinerStand in the clouds: Penobscot Narrows ObservatoryExplore Gulf HagasGo to an old-time country fair: Fryeburg, BangorSidebar on Common Ground FairListen to a loonMaine’s Arctic Connection: Peary-MacMillan Museum at BowdoinPeary’s Eagle IslandHarvest ice from a frozen pondWatch the ships coming sailing in at Portland ObservatorySidebar about shopping in the Old Port???See the Milky Way (clearer skies and less light pollution)...
