We made it!
Thousands of miles, days of driving, weeks of maneuvering, and months of planning and we're finally here!
We aimed for Dexter, Maine totally arbitrarily. Okay okay, we wanted forest, they had forest. We wanted cheaper, they were cheaper. It seemed like a good place to stop and get our bearings. Geographically it's only about halfway up the state, but apparently this is "very far north" and "tourists don't usually go that far" north. It was a beautiful area, and indeed there weren't many tourists which made it very fun to explore compared to some of the other areas of Maine we visited. More on that in other posts.
The funny thing about us: we came to Maine without knowing a single thing about Maine except
our favorite fictional character is from there. So the first few days were a learning experience. We learned Maine is famous for lobster (duh) and their state fruit (or plant or something?) is Blueberries. To get the most Maine-experience we could get, then, we had to go blueberry picking!
Adventure Car with fresh picked blueberries and blackberries
We were a bit far from the sea, but lobster was another Maine-must we had to do right away. So we found a food truck! Now normally seafood from a food truck would be the sketchiest thing you could ever eat. We braced for some bad times ahead, but turns out everything was fine. 10/10, would seafood from food truck again!
The first of many lobster rolls
Blueberries and lobster are things you can do anywhere in Maine, so what's something that you can only do in northern Maine? The answer: see the Katahdin mountains! This is where the Appalachian Trail ends. We've followed it north all the way from Georgia. It was exhausting in a car, congrats to all the people who hike all those miles!
We did a day trip to see the
Katahdin Iron Works and it was a very cool place to explore. We didn't know what we'd find at the end of a 6 mile long gravel road to nowhere so it was crazy seeing this huge industrial furnace in the middle of the wilderness. Hundreds of years ago this was a booming place of industry, supplying the whole world with iron and lumber. Now it's a cool place to explore and see nature slowly taking back this huge structure.
We also learned Maine used to be the lumber capital of the world. Around this time we were watching the show Big Timber on Netflix. Obviously experts about the logging industry, we knew words like "Red Cedar" and how to price a log. Clearly the next step was to stop and appreciate this logging company we found and judge their operation. Look at all those logs, gotta be like $100k for sure! 😉
This was a cool area, we were surprised tourists don't go there much. Done exploring up here, it was time to go to some areas Maine is actually famous for...
Places of note:
Brewster Inn - cute B & B, good location to explore mid/northern Maine. You're within 30-45 min of everything and it was a good price. https://www.brewsterinn.com/
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