Archive for August 2010

Yesterday’s beach seine (a fine mesh net designed for live catches and research) survey at Searsport Shores Campground: One haul at low tide and one haul at high tide of the 60 foot beach seine. Results: 516 mummichogs at high tide. At low tide about 60 silversides and 4 crangon shrimp.

The campground is still running on laughter, exploration, art projects and beach time…but I’ve been putting my writing energies into our other blog…Fiber College on Penobscot Bay.  It’s an event we host each year for those who are interested in quilting, spinning, carving, knitting…and all that sort of thing.  For the next few weeks, my…

It’s early afternoon, the temperature’s perfect, we’re making giant toadstools again tonight…and over my iced coffee I was thinking about the variety of questions I answered today: Where can I find orange, purple and green string? Where can I buy a bikini that’s not cut too high? I need shrimp…not cooked but kicking… Do you…

Greasers met hippies at the Searsport Shores Campground 1950s & 60s weekend, a fundraising event for the Pine Tree Camp of Rome, Maine.  Part 2; Continued from last posting. Saturday featured an entire day of activities including a horseshoe tournament and a dunking booth where Bob, ever the good sport, splashed down in icy water…

Greasers met Hippies at the Searsport Shores Campground 1950s & 60s weekend, a fund raising event for the Pine Tree Camp.  Part One.  Reported by Ken More than five hundred people participated in this past weekend’s events which raised more than $2300.00 for the Pine Tree Camp of Rome, Maine. For 65 years Pine Tree…