If you live in Maine, you know that most stories about the state's weather just aren't true. Indeed, the Bureau reports that the mid-coast climate is a major contributor to the area's productivity.
Summer is just one example.
But golf is just one of a score of mid- coast summer pastimes. Of all Maine's many fine beaches, there are none in the state, and few along the entire northeast Atlantic, as lovely as those at Reid State Park and Popham Beach, each bracketing the spot where the Kennebec meets the Atlantic, each with vistas of Maine's islands, headlands and rocky points enhancing some of the most dramatic shorescapes in the nation. There are other state parks for hikers and campers at Wolfe's Neck in Freeport and Bradbury Mountain in Pownal, as well as the Josephine Newman Sanctuary in Georgetown and Morse Mountain in Phippsburg. And for those who want their farm-fresh produce brought to their doorstep, there is the Tuesday and Friday Farmers Market on the Brunswick Mall from May through November. You'll find crafts, jams and jellies, fresh flowers and fresh fruit as well as vegetables of all sorts, each harvested for you that very morning.