Archive for July 2007

I’m totally over my little self-pity party…just a blip in heaven…thank you to all wrote and made me laugh! I just needed a good rub on the shoulder, a little bit of time picking blueberries and a wake up call…I got all three and I’m grateful…Thanks for rattling my cage! Just as a point of…

In order to justify my ever expanding wool collection, we do number of spinning and felting projects that are fun for anyone ages 5 to 85. We’ve been felting beach rocks for interesting sculptures and beautiful treasure pouches here at the campground for the past couple of years. This posting is for anyone who might…

There isn’t a week that goes by when someone doesn’t say…how do you like running a campground?  or I’m thinking about opening a campground on our family land (pregnant pause)…is it a good job?  This afternoon,  a Mr. Curtis checked for in for a few days and while we were waiting for his credit card…

The other morning I was taking a reservation from a mom in Colorado. After we covered the usual stuff about where to ride bikes, exploring Sears Island, kayaking and where to find skateboard parks. Then she asked about the weather. Rather than follow my heart and whine about the fog and drastic temperature shifts we’ve…

We’re stuck in a weird weather pattern…sunshine, rain, sunshine, rain, fog, sunshine…it’s only good because if you’re bored with the weather, walk from one end of the park to the other and you’ll see a change. We’ve seen a minimum of two rainbows each day since last Wednesday. Guest Jackie Kennedy stopped at Mike’s Clam…

Meet the Brunnelle family from Miller’s Falls Massachusetts.  This is Kyle, Joshua, Cody, Mom Marcie and Dad Jason.  Along with 5 other families, they took the Searsport Shores 2007 Scavenger Hunt…and won!  They found a crab skeleton, a yellow towel, a red hair elastic, made crayon rubbings of different leaves, identified 10 different flowers…30+ items…

It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, we’re surrounded by beauty that we quickly take for granted when we see it everyday.  There’s an old Armenian proverb that translates roughly into “Habit is the friend of the ugly woman and the dearest enemy of the beautiful woman.” Some of our guests come every…