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A fisherman Kevin Murray is surprised mid-cast by a pair of moose – a cow and a calf – along the banks of the West Branch of the Penobscot River near Millinocket. Dave Sherwood/Portland Press Herald
A hiker makes his way along the Appalchain Trail on the Bigelow Mountain ridge in Stratton. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
7. Take a dipin the ocean. (It doesn’t count unless you get your hair wet.)
A swimmer takes a dip in the 49-degree ocean off Old Orchard Beach. Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald
8. Hear the call of the common loonon a lake. (The Maine Loon Project estimates 3,269 adults live in the state’s southern half.)
A common loon readies to launch from Cupsuptic Lake, part of the Rangeley Lakes Heriteage Trust.Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald
9. Get inside a lighthouse (for free on Open Lighthouse Day – Sept. 14 this year)
People take in the view at the top of the Portland Head Light, where visitors could climb up the spiral staircase to the top of the tower for Open Lighthouse Day. Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald
The strawberry season lasts about thre or four weeks, from late June to late July, at Maxwell’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth, where you can pick your own. John Patriquin/Portland Press Herald
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