Reply #9: Not from there but I have spent a good deal of time there.

[cbayer]

All the little fingers that stretch down to the coast are really cool. I particularly like the area around Castine.

Acadia National Park is spectacular, though Bar Harbor is a bit touristy.

If you like shopping, Freeport is a great outlet town, with the original LL Bean outlet store.

Find little lobster places on the shore where you can pick out your lobster, watch it cooked and eat it on newspaper. Same for clams.

The water is freezing, but the coast is beautiful. Because of all the fingers, it is hard to drive along the coast.

Fall is beautiful, particularly because most of the tourists have left. The further north you go, the better for avoiding tourists.

I haven't spent much time in the West, but I love the coast.

Have a great trip!

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