10 Signs Summer is Almost Here in Maine

Summer is almost officially here, and Mainers are ready for it after the brutal hammering mother nature gave us over the winter. Here are 10 signs that you know that summer is right around the corner.

1. You saw your first Canadian in a speedo at Old Orchard Beach

2. Ticks are back

3. You can’t drive more than a few miles without seeing construction cones and flaggers

4. Half the people in your office are wearing flip-flops

5. You can’t get through Westbrook because the line at the Dairy Queen drive-thru spills out into the street

6. Corn on the cob is back at the grocery store and you forgot how long you have to wait while that person in front of you shucks their 15 ears into the barrel

7. You’re trying to figure out how you’re going to come up with the money to send your kids to day camp for the summer so you can work

8. Your neighbor just put out all their ugly lawn ornaments

9. You have to run the heat in your car when you drive to work and the AC when you drive home

10. You’re excited that the Cumberland Farms Chug Jug is back