Campground Life
We’re Having a Heat Wave!
The ocean is up to 68 degrees. Afternoon temperatures are in the 90’s and we’re melting in the office and the gardens are drooping…but when you walk around the park everyone looks happy, relaxed and ready to chat about what they saw while they were kayaking. Oh, and this afternoon Campah the cat tried to climb into the…
Read MoreIs it an Gunnell or an Eel?
Today we took a class of 5th graders and their parents to the shore to explore the tidal pools. When they found an organism, Justin and I told them a few neat facts about them. While searching underneath rocks, an ecstatic boy kept yelling he had caught an eel. This organism was brown/ reddish with…
Read MoreThree Days until Solstice
We’re all talking about the weather around here. Never has it been more true than “blink if you don’t like it.” Sparkling mornings, thunder and lightning and then summer evenings out of a story book…the flip side of the coin? We’re changing clothes three times a day and seem to be mowing in between the raindrops. …
Read MoreBean Hole Beans- by Stephanie & Justin
Thursday was a hot sunny summer day, which made weeding in the entrance garden difficult. Norma and I pulled all of the Soapwort because it had completely invaded the Route 1 garden. Afterwards Justin and I started a fire in an underground oven so Steven could make a batch of beanhole beans in preparation for the TV…
Read MoreStephanie & Justin are Here for the Summer
We take our tagline “Tidepools, Gardens, Goats and Honeybees” literally…we want them all to flourish here under our stewardship of these 40 oceanfront acres. Gardening has been a family passion for years and we’re proud to offer guests the opportunity to dig in the dirt and harvest fresh greens and tomatoes while they’re camping. A…
Read MoreJune Wedding
The bride was beautiful, the weather was perfect and the groom was a magical prince who made everything memorable with his charm. A wedding on a campground beach is a casual affair that lends its own flavor…irreplicable in a traditional setting.
Read MoreWhat Did You Do Today?
An early Summer Day at Searsport Shores Ocean Campground. The fresh water stream runs through the middle of the 40 acres…flowing into Penobscot Bay and providing unlimited opportunities to play, splash and hunt for eels and newts. If life is about the moments you remember, what are your plans for this summer?
Read MoreThey came, they saw and they accomplished…Clean Up Weekend 2013
Clean up weekend is a reminder that Community builds dreams. Every week people who see the campground for the first time tell me that they’re blown away by the creativity and the gardens…the general atmosphere in the park. I think it’s the residual energy of past guests that they’re feeling. This past weekend really brought that belief home. …
Read MoreOpen for the 2013 Camping Season
Today our first 4 campers drove in for Clean Up Weekend. Do you ever feel so blessed that you’re speechless? That’s how Steven and I are feeling tonight knowing that people made time in their lives to make these 40 acres more beautiful and our dreams more of a reality. We are both humble and…
Read MoreCleaning Up for Clean Up Weekend
We’ve had an amazing stretch of weather…and we’ve all been spending more time outside than in because there are projects happening all over the campground…I don’t dare take photos of the messiest ones yet but soon I’ll show you the store/office completely re-done and the bathhouse has been given a new ceramic tile floor and…
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