That’s up Route 1, Dan . . .near Portland, right on the coast. Maine is effing beautiful, especially Acadia. but I wouldn’t want to live there. There’s a guy I work with that’s from Central Maine near Bangor, and, well . . .Maine is an odd place . . .
Great pics, Doug!! 
Salzburg looks like an incredible place… gotta add that to the list.
What do you find odd about Maine? I think it’s a fantastic place, and it’s on my short list of places to move to. Maine, NH, VT, U.P. of Michigan, and Alaska is my short list, actually. Are you saying it’s odd just because the dude you know from Bangor is odd? I’ve actually known two different people from Bangor, and I have visited the town, and they are nice people from a nice place. I dunno, just wondering what it is that would make you say you wouldn’t wanna live there. If you think Maine is odd, well, Vermont is gonna be one hell of a shock for ya. 
US 6, Loveland Pass!!! (With A-basin in the background) Sweet! My husband snowboards here all the time.
I didn’t mean it quite like that . . .
Maine IS a fantastic place, even though John Bergman (my co-corker) is a weird motherfucker 
What I kinda meant by Maine being odd is that it really has the potential to be its own country. The New England states (CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME . .Just in case you didn’t know) could really stand alone. They tried that back in the 1700s but we all know what happened. Experiencing New England is like being nowhere you’ve ever been before, and I say that in the most positive way I can. People are SUPER nice, except for in the Metro Boston area of course 
and for the most part pretty isolated, especially like the White Mnt. areas in New Hampshire, Windham Co. in Southern VT, and in Central Maine like the Bangor area. I find Maine to be especially isolated. There’s a larger population of birds in the state than there are people!
But, Ed, you already knew this . . .
Maine is so isolated up there, and HUGE. It’s also very inconvenient, at least VT and NH have a couple major highways running through them . . .Correct me if I’m wrong, but Maine only has ONE! Don’t get me wrong . . .Iove the idea of SOME isolation, a mountain home covered in powder for several months of the year, gorgeous scenery, skiing . . .Trust me, I could go on, but I just could not see myself living as far up as Maine. Not everyone is a Mainer. I’ve learned that it takes a special individual to be a Mainer, and I am just not one of those people. I’ll eat their Lobster and live in the mountains a few hours South 
Yep, one interstate, I-95. That’s precisely why Maine is the shit: it’s not all full of people. When a place is full of people, the people usually fuck it up pretty bad. For an example, see NYC metro area. I keed, I keed… sorta. But yeah, the isolation and the beauty and the lack of people are all reasons why Maine is one of the very few places I am considering living. And actually, even if I move to Maine, I will never be a Mainer. Just like you won’t ever be a Vermonter. You have to be born there to apply that term to yourself. That’s just part of the exclusivity of it, but I love little quirks like that. When you go to places in VT outside of Brat or Burlington, be prepared to be called “flatlander” a lot. They LOVE that term; shit, they’re the only people I’ve ever heard who use it. It pretty much means “person who is not from Vermont”. Hell, you could be from Summit County Colorado and they would still call you “flatlander”.
Another thing that’s great about Maine: the people there have their own way of thinking and their own way of doing things. And it’s very practical, and a bit quirky, and I fucking love it. Maine is the only place in the lower 48 that is almost as pristine as Alaska. But yeah, inland Maine would be the shit. Bethel, Andover, Rangeley, Stratton, they’re all unbelievably beautiful, and the wilderness is so pristine and undisturbed by humans. I honestly believe that it puts the West to shame. But you gotta understand, I’m talking about everywhere in Maine north of Portland. The area around Portland and south of it reminds me a lot of Mass. Not a bad thing, but also not "the real Maine. Aroostook County (also called “The County”) is one of the coolest places on Earth. That’s where Limestone is, actually.
Oh yeah . . .Flatlander (See also: Masshole). I hear this term on a regular basis. It’s Mr. Garcia’s FAVORITE word when he’s driving through Wolfboro on his way to school in the springtime and gets pissed of at all the Massachusetts tourists 
Hey we use Masshole in RI too! I had no idea it was that widespread a term. Must be a grain of truth in there? 
You guys are all a bunch of massholes!
I actually knew a girl from Maine once. She wasn’t from Bangor… but I did anyways!
Ha!
Now let’s see some more pics, people! 