"It only took me about a minute of wandering to spot my first monarch butterfly. Fluttering around the flowerbeds, it nearly tickled my nose on the way past."
Southwest Harbor, a classic Maine lobstering village on the sheltered west bank of Somes Sound, offers a relaxed, serene scene, along with a giant dose of natural beauty.
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