"TomCAt" wrote in message
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> Carla, I don't want to ruin your mental picture of Bar Harbor but the
> place is the "pits".
>
> The tourists, and you will add to the number, are not just overcrowding,
> they are over everything. The place is an urban jungle. Oh, did I forget
> the RV House on Wheels crowd. They absolutely must drive their house on
> wheels to Bar Harbor every year or else. The diesel engine in the RV
stinks
> up the whole place. And as for the people who own and drive the things:
> dumb does not begin to get to the root of their mental deficiencies.
These
> people are STUPID. They think driving around in a $300,000 dollar plastic
> house is CAMPING. They love saying stuff like "how are
yooooooouuuuuuuuuu".
>
> Weather, Maine, the big lie. Next time you are at the bookstore, take a
> look at one of those picture book about the coast of Maine. That is what
> you won't see. Nope, what you will see is fog, fog, more fog and rain
rain
> rain and more rain and ... then it will be cold, especially at night. Oh,
> and all the spots that have the beautiful vista's ... private property. I
> have two words for you .. Martha Stewart. She lives next town over from
Bar
> Harbor. She is an evil witch. And, there are many Marth Stewarts in Bar
> Harbor. All rich, and they all hate tourists.
>
> The next city to Bar Harbor is Elsworth. It is less expensive because it
is
> ugly, dirty, smelly, and no one wants to go near the place. In fact,
Maine
> is not a very scenic place in general. Sure, if you own a home on the
ocean
> ( Maine is one of a couple of states that lets landowners own the land
right
> down to the water which keeps the rift raft away from the ocean so the
rich
> folks from NY, NJ, Philly etc don't need to be bothered ) ........ nope,
> you will be in Bar Harbor. The place is one big Ponzi scheme.
>
> If you are determined to visit Maine, get a boat. I have sailed the
entire
> coast and that is the only way to visit. Even then, you might not see
> anything for a week in summer due to fog.
>
> Hey, ever been to North Carolina? Now, that is a nice coast. Warm water,
> beautiful beaches, Nice people, no fog ..........
>
> Go south ...
As an occasional visitor to Maine, I must take issue with all that was said.
Well except for the cool and fog. But then again, when it's 90 and muggy
inland, I'll take cool and fog!
I love the rocky Maine coast...love to explore the rocks and tidal pools. I
hate lying on a beach in the hot sun.
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