We will be driving from Burlington Vermont on Thursday June 23 and have to drive back on Monday June 27. What should we make sure we see and/or do in Maine in that short period of time?

You should make sure to bring along a good strong bug repellant based on DEET; that's black fly season.

I was in Maine at that time last year and bugs were non-existent, it all depends on when the spring thaw is I guess.

Your question is a little too general. Where will you be staying in Maine? What do you like to do? Hike? Shop? Fine-dine? Fish?

Depending on where exactly you'll be...I'd say some of the must-stops in Maine include Moosehead Lake Region ; Acadia National Park; Camden/Rockport; York/Ogunquit; Sebago Lake; Freeport Shopping; oh, and Boothbay Harbor for the Cabbage Island Clambake!

Here's the web site for last year's weekly Black Fly Report map. As you can see, it varies a lot from one location to another, though I think they're worse inland.

http://www.mainenature.org/blackfly.html

I would check a calendar of events. If you were coming earlier in June I would recommend the Searsport/Blue Hill area and the lupine festival. Small festival but the flowers were beautiful. Camden harb is always beautiful. If you like art, I would suggest the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland. If you like old cards, the Owls Head Museum nearby and the Cole Transportation Museum in Bangor. One year we attended a logging day at a small logging museum in Leonards Mills near Bangor. If you like shopping, head to Freeport. No matter where you go, eat lobster.