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  • Blogging About Maine…I Can See The Out Of State Reader On Line, Eager To Learn.

    It Is All Here In Maine..Small Town, Family Value, Low Cost Real Estate
    It Is All Here In Maine..Small Town, Family Value, Low Cost Real Estate

    When you live in Maine, and blog about it, you don’t have to be a spine tingling adventure writer or a dramatic technically perfect, change the world thought provoking robot cranking out the copy.

    As a Maine blogger, the more down to earth, simple and every day I can be, the more I mirror what living in Maine, the people are all about. After working in radio for many years, I learned early on to not just key the mic and talk talk talk. But instead to see a motorist listening to the radio on his way to Bangor for a basketball game, and taylor make comments, intros to the records, etc with that guy or gal next to me in that car heading down interstate 95. Reminding others about the local church bean supper next Saturday. Like a high school hockey coach that says a player “sees the ice well” a blogger has to be swiveling his head, considering every one he “sees” on line skating around that same frozen sheet of arena water. Adjusting, considering, “feeding” his blog with what the catch of the day word wise is going to be that someone would enjoy, learn from, connect with.

    The next conversation after a requested song from a listener on the way to the local prom, is geared for the radio that is blaring in the kitchen of a local restaurant. For folks that have to work that evening, or on a holiday. You identify and call out something that listener, blog reader knows is intended for them. Not just being an announcer reading scripted copy without thought or expression of what the words mean. Like not just playing individual notes on a piano but putting them together to make music, a sound, cause a “feeling” or atmosphere of friendly, fun, entertainment, information. In radio if you ever felt under the weather, you would never talk about it, whine or bring it up. You are there to entertain, help the listener with weather, music requests, reading about a lost dog or cat you need help find on “pet patrol”.

    Why would I want to read this Maine blog? What would I want to know more about if I lived out of state? We produce videos that hit the frequently asked Maine questions too.

    So instead of making tired, red, irritated eyeballs scan copy, the pair of peepers can just sit back and take in the simply to digest “movie”. “Video” produced not on a Hollywood grand scale but to just deliver, give the guy or gal on the other end something simple for free about Maine.

    That they need, want to know about. And because I live in Maine, what the heck. No one else is doing it so sign on for a shift, sit at the board, open that mic and today talk, blog about weather in Maine. Tomorrow about light houses and fiddle heads. Or ME snowsledding, soap box derby racing or hiking Baxter State Park’s Mt Katahdin in Maine the next day.

    I don’t just write, shoot video, post images on flickr about Maine because it is my job. I am a personal fan, passionate about living here in “Vacationland” too. If you are a follower of MeInMaine blog, have areas you wished I would post more about, email, call, come visit us in person. It’s your “show”. I try to see the blog readers on MeInMaine I am having conversation with, talking to, sharing with about this state that is way way up here in the right hand corner of the country. Maine, it’s all in one place. Your heart belongs in Maine.


    I’m Maine REALTOR / MeInMaine Blog Author Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Camping In Maine… Define Your Version Of ME Vacationing.

    Camping In Maine… Define Your Version Of ME Vacationing.

    A vacation camping can mean a simple Maine log cabin with cooking on an open fire, maybe with a screened in front porch.

    Activities can involved sporting hunting/fishing.snowsledding or ATV trips with your buddies. Card games, reading a book or two, long walks, being up close and personal with the wildlife on a lake, river, stream, ocean is another Maine attraction.

    But the word camping may not mean hiking Baxter Park’s Mt Katahdin, or winter cross country skiing and could translate in to an air conditioned “second home” in Maine that has satelite tv, high speed internet, wall to wall rugs and a full basement too. There are folks that drive large close to a million dollar “land yatchs” to

    Maine, Lots Of Flavors, Meaning To That Word When Talking Vacationing.
    Maine, Lots Of Flavors, Meaning To That Word When Talking Vacationing.

    Maine and park them at camp grounds, at Walmarts, on a piece of land they purchase. We in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County see many campers heading further north to the wooded wildnerness, or with a canoe / kayak strapped to the car / truck top on a trip to the Allagash Waterway. Or maybe to spring board on vacation to the Atlantic Canadian Provinces to the east. Say Prince Edward Island, over to Nova Scotia, the New Brunswick Province of Canada.

    What is your idea of “camping” and does it involve a tent, outdoor cooking, sleeping under the stars and near Maine water frontage? Maine is “Vacationland” for a reason.

    I feel extremely lucky, fortunate, passionate about having all Maine offers right in my own backyard.

    Not having to travel miles and miles to get to something this beautiful, unspoiled, with just the right spacing of people. No traffic, no pollution, not a lot of noise, pushing or shoving. Maine, grab your coat, tell your friends you’re heading north. Get here quick as you can, anyway you can. Hitch hike, hop on a motorcyle, saddle up a horse. But keep in mind, the simpler the vacation camping the better in Maine. That’s how we roll. Fun, easy, low cost, high value thanks to the setting in Maine doing all the work.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Maine, No Billboards, But Do Have Returnable Bottles And You Decide On The Motorcycle Helmet Or Not.

    There Is Only One Maine. Lucky Us, Shucks For You.
    There Is Only One Maine. Lucky Us, Shucks For You.

    Maine, you forget how less cluttered the environment is without billboards and thanks to returnable bottles that are bought with a deposit to take care of what happens to them when empty.

    And as for motorcycle helmets, if you are over 18 years of age, you decide if you want to take a chance and ride without a helmet for the sensation, open air, bugs in your teeth.

    Took a quick trip to Washington DC over the weekend to pick up the oldest son Alex who has one more semester of school to go at George Washington University.

    On the road trip always forget but get a semester reminder each trek down and back to the nation’s capitol that Maine is lucky to be free of billboards.

    Fortunate to have a ME returnable bottle bill in effect since 1978. And leave it up to you whether you want to wear head protection, a helmet while you scoot around highways in Maine.

    Are you from a state that has similiar legislation in force? Maine, come see for yourself all the other differences the state offers. Especially the recreational options with crystal clean water, bluer than blue clear skies, friendlier but way way fewer people.
    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • On My Way This Weekend For Quick Trip To Washington DC To Pick Up Son Alex Mooers.

    Elliot Mooers Anxious To Get On The Ice To Play Hockey As A Mite Player At Five.
    Elliot Mooers Anxious To Get On The Ice To Play Hockey As A Mite Player At Five.

    With four kids, college trips are common to pick up, deliver return to school and this weekend I am logged on at a motel in York Maine, watching the Spartan movie “300”, blogging on a lap top.

    Alex, the oldest son has one more semester at George Washington University. And it will be nice to have he and his younger brother Elliot home from Colorado Springs, Colorado where he is returning next week from completion of his first year of college. Youngest daughter Amanda is thru school in Boston and moving to a new apartment the end of the month so talked with her on the way down Interstate 95 in the jeep. Her oldest sister Elizabeth in New York City plans to come help her make the move and all is well among the four children.

    Kids, family, raisng children is most precious, valuable time spend in a person’s life time. Kids teach parents things, keep them honest and have an enthusiasm, drive, vigor that is healthy to be around.

    I am glad the four siblings were raised in Maine, they are lucky they grew up in “Vacationland”.

    Maine is a simpler approach to life, backed by work ethic, family values, ourdoor respect for the four season resources we are charged to be good stewards over. Picking potatoes to earn spending money did not hurt the kids and helped shape their sense of what effort is needed to earn a dollar. How to hang on to that dollar and when it is exchanged, value in return is part of the frugal bargaining.

    Maine may be what is missing in your life. Thank you for following this blog, and your comments to help shape its direction. Please watch our videos on the local Maine community and follow our 1300 plus Active Rain blog posts. Visit our state, meet our people, learn and sample the flavor of what every Mainer knows. Being grateful to live up here in the right hand corner of the nation, on the Canadian border far enough to not be spoiled by over population, pollution, crime.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooerrealty.com

  • You’re Lucky Enough To Be Able To Drive, Cruise, Fly In To Maine, Aroostook County.

    Maine Lakes Are Unspoiled, Fished Filled, Soothing To Be On, Look Out Over.

    Aroostook County, the top of Maine, the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

    Somehow, by fate, coincidence or just sheer luck you get to spend a day in the “Crown of Maine”, in Aroostook County. What to do to make the best use of your time, to hit the highlights? Like a cruise ship that floats to three islands, and you collect all three t-shirts getting off to sample each venue for a day. Your cruise ship is in Aroostook County, parked, waiting for you to get back on board, to sail south.

    You are not going to be doing the Allagash Wilderness Waterway trip. Too many days and that is an advernture for the next few day vacation you set aside on your return to Aroostook County. The Allagash trip is technically in Piscataquis County if the truth be known. Just like Baxter State Park is technically in Penobscot County’s northern most regions for the north entrance to climb Mt Katahdin.

    So you are only here for a day which means a quick trip across the Canadian border in to New Brunswick, Quebec that both border us could be in the short time frame. Just to say you’ve been there, read the metric signs, learned a little roadside French. Collected a loonie or two for a sourvenir. If you had little kids with you, a climb up Horse Mountain, an easy trail in Baxter State Park would be memorable. Or a similiar hike up Echo Mountain at Aroostook State Park, Haystack Mountain in Caste Hill would give you scenery, exercise in the short period you cruise ship is anchored in Northern Maine. Outdoors is big in Maine. All four seasons. If you landed here in the winter, snowsledding to really cover ground would be a possibility. That adventure gets you to places not accessible by car and loaded with wildlife, scenery.

    Just spending the day on one of the many lakes, ponds, rivers in Aroostok County could be what you had it mind. Put your feet up, lean back on a lake deck and peer out over the water.

    Just relaxing without any huffing and puffing in Northern Maine.

    Low key, but still with water in front of your, along with fish jumping, a coffee in your hand while the sun rises, birds serenade you. You saw a moose, deer, black bear all from your open deck or while driving around Aroostook County. Bean suppers at local community churches or say the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum are not a bad use of a few hours during your trek thru Northern Maine either. Or if you land here around June 19th, you could watch the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race in Houlton Maine. It was the nation’s largest five years in a row!

    The best part of Aroostook County is not the unspoiled rolling fields, woods, waterways and long views. Not the wildlife in Northern Maine either or watching the changing of the seasons. It’s the people. Hardworking, family oriented, down to earth and interesting. Simple living by choice, but anything but simple mentally. Mainers have their feet on the ground, are focused on taking care of the neat region we are blessed with. We enjoy where we live, who we are, and want to meet you too. You will come away from Aroostook County’s day visit with a sense of peace, hope. Knowing there is a place where the pace of life is not 200 miles an hour, other people matter and time out to enjoy the four season beauty of a place like Aroostook County really happens. You’ll be back from your day long taste to spend more time here. To get to know Aroostook County..the “other Maine”.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Building On A Maine Waterfront Lot, Land On Lake, River, Pond.

    Man Made Roads, Driveways, Development Around A Lake, River Can Mess Up That Water Resource.
    Man Made Roads, Driveways, Development Around A Lake, River Can Mess Up That Water Resource.

    The days of firing up the bulldozer, backhoe or excavator to remove rocks along a Maine lake, other waterfront property are long gone.

    Not without a permit and showing you are improving an existing situation, waterfront development and restoration is a process where there has to be good intent. To protect the resource that man messes up when too many individuals crowd around a precious resource like the Maine ocean, a lake, river, stream or pond.

    We all want waterfront. To spend time on the water, beside it and reflecting, enjoying the four seasons of Maine. But if the animals, wildlife, fish could talk, they would say loud and clear that man messes it up. Clearing 30% of your lot and not changing the landscape in the 100 feet from the edge of that Maine waterfront is the first rule of order.

    Crew cutting the Maine waterfront land, putting in a long lush green lawn that would rival that of a top shelf golf course is not making the wildlife, local population happy.

    Keep it pristine, plant trees, not remove them. Think roadways that cause further soil erosion and sediment in the lake that makes it hard to breath, see if you are a fish or swimmer yourself. Consider giving the lake to your kids in better shape than you receive it. Think watershed, a lumber, timber cutting operation miles and miles away that dump soil, nutrients in to that body of water you enjoy so much.

    Building driveways at an angle, or with a landing above the cottage you intend to build to avoid runoff is the lot is sloped, tilted toward the waterway. Piles of topsoil when it rains hard just wash and blow into the lake and muddy things up, literally. For more on soil erosion protection of a Maine lake study up on how to protect the water resource before it is lost, visit the ME DEP shoreland zoning website. This shoreland zoning for Maine property owners flyer is also filled with the good stuff. Owning Maine waterfront is a partnership with that waterfront, the wildlife.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com