On the whole, I would rather be in Rangeley
Your Scribe motored to Rangeley recently, and it was beautiful (as shown here). I was looking for moose - didn't see any - but I really enjoyed the town.
I had been there three decades earlier, but it was winter. Saddleback is the coldest mountain I have ever skied. Plus, there were 100 snowmobilers staying at the hotel that weekend, so there wasn't much sleep to be had.
Rangeley seems to be coping with the surge of second-home building. There are condos and new homes there but the town seems to be living with it unlike Greenville, which is struggling with the mammoth Plum Creek development.
I should have continued past Rangeley to Richardson Lake, but didn't. Sounds like a trip for "next time."
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Did you take route 17 over the Height of the Land? That's the most beautiful part of the area. When you're in Rangeley, continue down route 4 to Oquossoc, then take a left on route 17 and drive about 10 miles (more or less). On your right you'll see one of the most breathtaking sights Maine has to offer: Mooselookmeguntic Lake from way up high. There are spots to pull over and take pictures. There are lots of moose on that road, especially at dusk.
Rangeley has a LURC plan to deal with all of the second home buildings. Greenville doesn't (yet). It is quite the change from 20 years ago, when I started to visit the area (or even 10 years ago).
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DariaOctober 12, 2007 03:50 PM
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