Maine is one of Daniel's favorite states (with the exception of West Virginia of course) because it is so beautiful. I'd never been to Maine before but I can totally understand while he likes it up here.
We liked Maine so much we visited it twice on our trip, once on our way up to Cape Breton Island and the second time on the way back down from Prince Edward Island. During both trips we took in some stunning scenery, attended a blueberry festival (Maine is the blueberry capital of the US) complete with pie eating contest, drove past Stephen King's house, explored Baxter National Park and ate the best breakfast of blueberry pancakes we had ever had, not to mention massive!
Daniel with a statue of Paul Bunyon at Rumford, Maine.....they could almost pass as twins!
Daniel and I decided it would be a good idea to try and work off some of the seafood and blueberry pie we had eaten by taking a hike up South Turner Mountain in Baxter National Park. We were advised that the last 1.3 miles to the summit was "quite steep" by the park ranger and she wasn't kidding! We reached the summit at 3122ft huffing and puffing a little and while this was no Mt Kilimanjaro we were proud of ourselves. We also realised how unfit we were.
Proof we made it to the summit of South Turner Mountain.
Now for the decent.
South Turner Mountain
Camden, Maine
The Eastern most point of the USA, West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine
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