No offense, but you just went from one major touristey area to the other. Bar harbor is crazy expensive for anything. Those four or five lobster bake restuaraunts you passed before the bridge onto Mount Desert Island? Those are good.
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Brody Russell
Colton Hall
This. Just traveled the country for the past year and did some camping up around Acadia and visited Bar Harbor. Cool town, but pretty steep pricewise. Had some delectable clam chowder, but the best lobster roll I had by far was at one of the billion road side sheds selling food. The one I tried at this restaurant in Bar Harbor was wildly disappointing and twice as expensive. I knew I was paying too much, but that's how it is.
Either way, the coast of Maine is comfy and I love stopping by all those little coastal towns and snagging a beer every 20 or 30 minutes at different local bars as I cruise up the coast.
Acadia is pretty too, but wildly crowded and one of the most overrated National Parks I visited. Had some old buddies who live up in the Northeast though, so I figured I'd hang with them for a week or so. All in all, coastal Maine is pretty comfy. The interior on the other hand is a different story...
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Parker Gray
There's nothing wrong with the interior of Maine. Definitely attracts a different kind of tourist (outdoorsy, water sports, hiking, skiing, hunting) but there are some extremely comfy towns(Hallowell, Paris, Farmington, Belgrade, Kingfield,Rangely,Weld). Granted, the are a hole host of awful, poor shuttered mill towns that you should avoid (Lewiston, Bangor, Jay, Millinocket, this could go on) as a tourist.
Lincoln Jones
That's true. I probably shouldn't have phrased it that way. Did a lot of hiking and some camping on the interior. Bugs can be absolutely hellish, but there are some gorgeous forests and lakes to explore. The bugs sometimes though.... Fucking hell.
I just tend to gravitate towards coastal towns since I wasn't raised by one and something about the ocean and the rocky outcropping and small fishing towns is just so appealing. Food is generally pretty killer too. Don't get much fresh seafood where I'm from, so it was a real treat.
Mason Jackson
I'm probably gonna catch a lot of flack for this but I really like Bob's Clam Hut. The prices are high and the portions aren't very big and it seems to have gotten worse after Flavortown came to visit but I've been going there for a long time and the food IS good. That said if you go down route 1 a bit to Petey's in Rye you get way more food
Levi Evans
you have $6 in your pocket
drinks are a dollar
what do you order?
Adam Collins
dont be mad