Campground Life
Wednesday through Wednesday
I’ve said it countless times before but the best part of owning and running a campground is the guests who visit. The second best part is all the tasks that fall under the “must get done” category. Today I’m sitting at the computer bleary eyed…so I’m writing this post to justify the nap that’s written…
Read MorePhotos for Kendra
Does it count if I’m a day late? I took these pictures yesterday morning as promised and then the world and the weather changed the rest of my plans…and in a nod to full disclosure, a pint of cold beer and some friends at Rollie’s took over the evening…but with no further ado, you’ll be…
Read MoreBack to History- Floating Across the Penobscot Bay
Remember the last log runs on the Kennebec River when thousands of logs were transported on the water, floating singularly or cabled together in large piles. Well this technique was not lost on this The Little Spruce Island Project when they chose to move some hemlock boards from Viking Lumber across the Penobscot Bay. Check this…
Read MoreToday…
It’s an unusual stretch of warmer, drier weather…so I walked around with my camera…this was life here today:
Read MoreLook what we found in the snow bank this morning!
Who says Christmas is only in December?…or maybe this was a random act of kindness blown in from the South…it certainly made us happy! Apparently the envelope and the CD must have dropped out when the mailwoman filled the mailbox and a snow plow came by soon after…it took the rains of the weekend…
Read MoreBees Need Our Help
Maybe it’s because we are in the process of planning the year’s gardens (vegetable, perennial, annual and fruit) or maybe it’s because we’re craving the sounds and smells of Spring…but the subject of bees seems to be coming up on my computer, in conversations with friends and even in the note cards I’ve been sending…
Read MoreTending the Orchard
March is apple tree pruning month…so in preparation, practical philosopher, agricultural deep thinker and farmer Mark Fulford came over to evaluate the heirloom orchard and give Steve some pruning/grafting tips for reclaiming our older apple trees. We have dozens of trees spread throughout the campground and we rely on their apples for our eating pleasure…
Read MoreDad got a blue ribbon :)
Dad, a.k.a. Zaven, the grand patriarch of Searsport Shores has been carving carousel animals for about 5 years now…He’s studied with masters in Maine and Tennessee and explores his own ideas through books and magazine articles. You may have seen some of his work while you were here in the summer or during last year’s…
Read MoreFishing in Bucksport and Orland
Did you know there are 2200 lakes in Maine? I can’t even find the number of ponds…and then there are the rivers and streams…Bucksport and Orland are two towns about 15 minutes North East of Searsport Shores Campground. A quick Google search found 11 ponds for you with public access for fishing and swimming…take a…
Read MoreSpin-in in Newport
Saturday was the quintessential Maine winter day…not a cloud in the ski, visibility for miles and air so crisp you want to breath deep because even locals can smell the fir trees on days like this. You may have read my post before about Brooks Maine…well Saturday I drove Rt 7 straight North, through Brooks…
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