The East is Conquered!
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86755)
United States
August 24, 2019 7:51pm CST
There it is.
Welcome to Maine.
And with that, I’ve been to every state east of the Mississippi River.
Maine is my 39th state visited. The eleven I haven’t made it to yet are all west (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Utah, and Nevada).
Next year I hope to go west, middle-aged hillbilly. But for now, I’m resting at my hotel in Massachusetts, thanking God for the beauty I’ve seen along the way thus far....and that I finally made it to Maine.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Aug 19
I've heard that Maine is mostly a beautifully wooded state, sorta like Vermont.
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
I need to return to Vermont. I was there in February 1989, and it was just white. 
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Aug 19
@FourWalls Michigan is the same way, in February!
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
@kobesbuddy — I’ve been to Michigan when it wasn’t white, and it’s quite gorgeous.
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@MainerMikeBrown (1373)
• Bridgton, Maine
25 Aug 19
I've lived most of my life in Maine.
Where in Maine did you go, Four Walls? Did you go beyond Kittery (the southernmost town in Maine)?
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
Kennebunkport. I want to come back when I have more time (I have to be home late next week because my brother’s having knee replacement surgery). I didn’t go far, but everything I did see was stunning.
And I loved the “watch for moose on the interstate” signs. 
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Aug 19
You is a long ways from hillybilly land.
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
You know, it’s funny that you see old mobile homes everywhere you go. It did make me feel better.
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
26 Aug 19
@JohnRoberts — possum chowdah is an acceptable substitute.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Aug 19
@FourWalls But don't you miss possum stew because all they serve there is clam chowdah and lobster?
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
Considerably cooler than I’ve been used to in Kentucky most of the summer! It was in the low 70s. And GORGEOUS. When you’re paying attention to the scenery you can see the difference in the color of the grass or trees in different areas. I know it has to be out of this world for beauty in the fall!
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
@Spontaneo — there are mountains, but given that I hadn’t seen the Atlantic Ocean since 2008 I headed for the shore!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
25 Aug 19
8 years ago there was a crisis in Fairbanks Alaska. My boss said who will go. I said I will.
I stepped off the tarmac and spent 4 days in my 50th state. I've also hit two of the three remaining US territories (i have no been to Guam).
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
25 Aug 19
Ew, get that Guam off your hands!!! (Robert Klein joke.)
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
26 Aug 19
@DocAndersen — I think of it as the punishment Dickerson got at the end of Good Morning Vietnam.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
26 Aug 19
@FourWalls i do not think Guam is on my long term playlist. My wife is the travel planner now.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
27 Aug 19
Good for you @FourWalls
We have friends getting ready to move to Maine (a work thing). We look forward to visiting them there in the spring.
We have no plans to head for Alaska, but have been to most.
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@Deepizzaguy (122208)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Aug 19
Congratulations on your goal to visit 39 of the 50 states in our great land.
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