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Penobscot Bay Stewards
One of the first events each spring at Searsport Shores is to host to the initial meeting of the Penobscot Bay Stewards program. The program takes place during the month of May, and offers participants a unique opportunity to study the history, culture, the marine and coastal environment of the Penobscot Bay region. It’s provided through collaboration…
Read MoreBees and Weather
When Mother Nature doesn’t want to give you a break, opening a campground in Maine is hard work! It seems as though it’s snowing every morning and even though our intentions are good, when we start to rake the leaves and find them frozen to the ground, there’s little you can do but move on…and…
Read MoreIt’s still snowing…
Although I’ve been missing from the blog in the past month, I’ve been busy here in Searsport just trying to keep up with a heart-warming barrage of inquiries and reservations, continuing my struggle with photo organization and working on Fiber College. Really working on Fiber College (September 9-13)…we designed a new website and are offering…
Read MoreFire Starters- Top Ten List
We’re getting many reservations each day and if there’s a prevailing theme to our e-mail conversations, it’s the daydream of sitting beside the campfire this summer. You know how one thought leads to another…and I got thinking about fire starters. Living here on the coast, we accept that every thing is just a little bit…
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day
And the days go by…
What do we do in February?…eat well, exercise and play with string.
Read MoreSnow Wallop
We’ve had a couple of brilliant weeks of snow storms…with the promise of two more before the end of the week. The other day there was the perfect timing of snow and tides which meant when the sky cleared…I could ski on the beach to Moose Point state park. I could have shown you a…
Read MoreRV Industry Statistics
RV Shipments to Grow for Sixth Straight Year in 2015 The RV industry’s shipments will total 361,400 units in 2015, a 3.9% increase above the projected 2014 total of 348,000, RVIA President Richard Coon announced at “Outlook 2015: Good Things Ahead,” the kickoff event to the association’s 52nd National RV Trade Show. “This is a great…
Read MoreDamariscotta
It was a bright, sunny day perfect weather for a day trip to Damariscotta! Damariscotta is about an hour’s drive South on Route 1 from Searsport Shores. The name “Damariscotta” was derived from the Algonquian word Madamescontee, meaning “place of an abundance of alewives,” which are small, salty fish that spawn in Damariscotta Lake. Today the…
Read MorePeace in a package
According to the calendar, we’re already working our way toward Spring…but luckily it doesn’t feel that way yet! It’s bone chilling cold outside, the goats and birds are puffed out like silly souffles on stick legs and the sea smoke is rising from the Bay. It’s a brilliant time of year for those of us…
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