Lighthouses in Maine, over 68 of them and some more colorfully dressed than others, like this red, white striped one in Lubec Maine called West Quoddy Light.

Communication on the rugged rock bound Maine coast line is pretty important.

Maine lighthouses have a very long stretch of water highway to police, protect from hazards in any sea weather conditions.

Maine has 3478 miles of tidally influenced sea coastline.

The walk around the West Quoddy Maine lighthouse in Lubec Maine is incredible.

When you wander in to Lubec which used to years ago be part of Eastport Maine to the north, you realize how important the fishing industry is to this area of Downeast.

Lobstering, scallops, mussels, clams when the red tide does not cause them to not grace our Maine dinner tables.

And the ever present oceanfront, Maine seacoast offering miles of craggy rock formations to explore, exercise around, to shoot and capture photos, videos to take home.

Making Downeast Maine a must on the yearly bucket list of things to do in Maine. Many vacationers start with one Maine lighthouse and slowly collect images of them all. Become well versed in what makes each and every Maine light house extra special, unique.

Sometimes a sea coast vacation to Maine is best in late summer, early fall.

Enjoying crisp cloudless blue skies, fresh sea air, sunshine and without the herd of people.

When the streets are not packed with tourists, when the sounds are the seagulls. The bells on the red, green, black buoy floating markers.

And the local restaurants with seafood are not so crowded. I made the tour of Lubec Maine after the pirate festival in Eastport the night before.

And sitting in the sun on an open deck, looking out over the water was different than the many other channels of Maine tourism available for vacationers to experience.

The commercial fishing boats and pleasure craft coming in and out of the Lubec Maine harbor, using the public launch to put in or pull out part of the scenery.

Whatever the season, Maine is the place to escape, run away to for the down to earth people making sure your stay is one to remember.

For the local food pulled fresh from the sea, grown and raised locally on our Maine farms.

Get here quick as you can, as often as you can fit in some time in Maine.

I'm Maine Real Estate Specialist Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

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Opinions, commentaries, documentaries and news articles trying to sum up a topic in a few sound bites or paragraphs of prose about a myriad of topics. Each day you are bombarded with opinions and news information to help educate and enlighten you. Look down at your arm. Is there a tube inserted in that arm with a connection to a pole on wheels and a clear bag of liquid journalism hanging from it ? Does the liquid look yellow and not crystal clear? A little cloudy? Are you fed daily doses of what the experts deem objective, researched and balanced information? Anything staged or choreographed slipped into your news IV line? Or have you been entertained with flash and graphics and not alot of solid reporting from news talking heads smiling into the camera with one eye and watching the arbitron ratings with the other eye? Not much unlike the dozen presidential candidates do from dawn to dusk lately? Welcome to spin, packaging, slick production where technique and clever is the emphasis. What happened to down to earth, genuine simple real live reporting? Too hokey or provincial? Won't pull at the heart strings and cause emotion enough for ratings? Won't sell papers or invite views and listeners to tune in? Much like the restaurant with the "Home Cooked Food" sign out front and pre packaged powder boxes and frozen freezers filled with tidbits thrown into the fryolator out back in the kitchen out of view. Speak up...as you patrol the many blogs and digest the increasing number of types of media bombarding you with advice, opinions and news. What causes this real estate broker in Northern Maine to see the need to climb onto the milk crate to tap out this blog? An article in the New York Times...it makes Washington County in Maine look like a third world nation riddled with poverty, disease and no hope. That is not Maine. Why the slant? I think you get more objective reporting at the smaller outlets sometimes. The largest is not always the best...but these outlets have an awful lot of reach, readers and exposure. If you get fed tainted news, you can start to form opinions that become beliefs and values that are not accurate unless you probe further for more news coverage on the same topic. But as the volume of news coming at you like asteroids expands, time becomes a preminum. This was the response to that article that made Milbridge Maine look like a leper colony. The drama, pain and darkness gets your attention though which may be the premise for the entire story production.

"Reading the thread one gets an idea that all of Washington County in Maine is scattered with broken, barely surviving residents in shanties and vintage mobile homes that the new warranties have long ceased to protect. Mainers have an intense pride, independence and sense of community. The local basket ball game or outdoor ice cream outlet are a vital part of the local fabric. So are the benefit bean suppers to help a burned out family or cancer treatment neighbor. Mainers are survivors..grateful for what they have, pondering their blessings on their met needs, not their wants. Mainer's help each other, and are selfless really believing how fortunate they are...that many others outside their homes and communities have it much worse thru out the four corners of the world. Our lifestyle in Maine is simpler, not complicated. Our sky is bluer, stars are brighter and there are fewer but friendlier people that dot the landscape. Maine is not an affluent state, but the quality of life is rich. The setting from rugged rock bound sea coasts to the rolling potato fields and unspoiled forests of Aroostook County in Northern Maine offers a home for individuals to be expressive, industrious and passionate about their families, their jobs, their recreation. Maine...the way life should be. Come explore and discover all 16 counties of Maine to get a clear image of what a tremendous state this is and the opportunity it offers you if you feel something is missing in your life. There is no better place to live, work and play on the planet! The original article that sparked the hey, wait a minute reaction was written by the New York Times...where presses are churning in an area less than pristine and not without its own version of poverty, bankrupt morals and urban cancers. "