Image courtesy of Cabela's

I get a lot of this stuff as it floats across my desk. It's the usual, too — press releases, photo opportunities, calendar listings. To be completely honest, most of it looks the same.

But my eyes jumped about 4 inches wide when I saw the press packet from Cabela's, the outdoors outfitter that's opening its newest store on May 15 in Scarborough. I'm wondering if the folks down at the Sidney, Neb., headquarters have ever seen Maine.

Or read about it.

"Millions of people could visit the Scarborough store annually," the advance release reads, "making (Cabela's) one of the top tourist attractions in the state."

Yep, look out Baxter State Park. Mount Katahdin? You've got nothing on a store with a stuffed bighorn sheep in the middle.

Acadia National Park isn't safe, either. Coastal tent sites? Pluh-eeze. Not when you can shop 'til you drop, babe.

Lobster shacks, the village of Freeport, white-water rafting in The Forks. You've got nothing on a superstore. Absolutely no game at all.

Cabela's will certainly inject life into the local economy, and it may in short order rival L.L. Bean in terms of interest from outdoor enthusiasts in need of gear. But suggesting that it will blossom into one of the top tourist attractions in Maine is ludicrous. After all, this isn't Illinois, Idaho or Nevada.

We've got plenty of outdoor pursuits -- real ones -- to keep us occupied.

TB