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50 Things to Do in Maine Before You Die 1.Eat an All-Maine Meal: Lobster, fiddleheads, Maine potatoes, whoopie pie for dessert a.Whoopie pie lore 2.Catch a lobster a.Lobster festival, lobster lore 3.Visit a real lighthouse a.Small sidebar about Marshall Point being in Forrest Gump 4.Climb Katahdin 5.Drink Moxie (if you dare) a.Sidebar on Moxie Festival 6.Shop at L.L. Bean a.Story of ubiquitous Bean Boot, AKA the Maine Hunting Shoe 7.See a whale 8.Spot a moose 9.Get lost in the desert 10.Go whitewater rafting a.Kennebec, Dead, and Penobscot Rivers 11.Canoe the Allagash a.Side bar about Old Town Canoe b.Side bar about Kenduskeag Canoe Race 12.Learn about the Good Life at the Nearing’s Goodlife Center 13.Tour the solar system a.Side bar about Eartha at DeLorme, if it’s still open to the public under Garmin ownership 14.Watch for puffins 15.See a whirlpool—Old Sow 16.Pan for Gold—Swift River 17.Trek Across Maine 18.Run the Beach to Beacon 19.Hike the 100-Mile Wilderness 20.Mine for gems: Maine Mineral Adventures—Mt Mica, Ryerson Hill, Bennett, and Orchard Pit mines 21.Rake blueberries, where, etc. a.Sidebar on biggest blueberry 22.Visit Monhegan—no cars allowed 23.Sail on a windjammer 24.Make maple syrup 25.Discover America’s first Fort Knox a.Sidebar listing other Maine forts 26.Build a boat 27.Go on a dog-sled ride 28.Visit the Shakers 29.Kayak the Maine Island Trail 30.Ride in a hot air balloon 31.Drive Route 1 from Kittery to Fort Kent 32.Discover ancient Maine a.Shell middens b.Petroglyphs 33.Eat Bean-Hole Beans 34.Catch a movie of one the last drive-ins a.Saco, elsewhere? 35.Dine at DeMillo’s 36.Stay at a sporting camp 37.Walk in the garden: Coastal ME Botanical Gardens, Asticou Azalea Gardens 38.Drink the “Champagne of Maine”: Allen’s Coffee Brandy 39.Visit the National Park a.See the sunrise from Cadillac b.Thunder Hole c.Otter Cliffs 40.Ride in a Sea plane at the Greenville Fly-In 41.Learn about the mighty Stanley Steamer 42.Eat at Moody’s Diner 43.Stand in the clouds: Penobscot Narrows Observatory 44.Explore Gulf Hagas 45.Go to an old-time country fair: Fryeburg, Bangor a.Sidebar on Common Ground Fair 46.Listen to a loon 47.Maine’s Arctic Connection: Peary-MacMillan Museum at Bowdoin a.Peary’s Eagle Island 48.Harvest ice from a frozen pond 49.Watch the ships coming sailing in at Portland Observatory a.Sidebar about shopping in the Old Port??? 50.See the Milky Way (clearer skies and less light pollution)
