Campground Life
We’re joining the 3/50 Project…won’t you?
Generally speaking, campgrounds are still mom and pop operations. Yes, if you go to the big tourist areas like Mount Desert Island and Myrtle Beach that’s all changed but when you spend $100 dollars at our park and countless others you’re supporting small, local businesses who need you to survive. In tourism Lingo…you are our…
Read MoreHeaded to Rhinebeck
Officially the campground is closed now…but when someone nice arrives who obviously wants to enjoy the solitude of the ocean and promises to be “low maintenance,” we’re happy to accommodate them. As long as the weather doesn’t threaten to freeze our water lines, we leave the bathhouse fully functional and have water and electricity available…
Read MoreFling Into Fall
Columbus Day Weekend is our traditional fall clean-up weekend and the annual festival in town…Typical for our coastal weather we enjoyed warm sunshine, cold winds, rain and glorious sunrises…I think the weather changed every 20 minutes from Thursday to Monday. But we had a great time and here’s a collage of the activities that filled…
Read MoreHappy October!
Last couple of Days
Fall is such a marvelous time to be here…need convincing?
Read MoreCommon Ground Fair
It’s written in stone, I get the Friday of Common Ground Fair off…someone else must man the campground because I’ll be in Unity at 9:00 AM waiting for the gates to open. This wonderful celebration is only 45 minutes from the campground, always around the Fall Solstice. For me, the weeks of anticipation between Fiber…
Read MoreMrs. Dee’s Photo Tour of the Campground
Back on Track
Fiber College has been the focus of the past weeks…and then it took a week to get rested enough to want to look at the computer…but I’m feeling great again so… This morning Steve needed to be on Sears Island to monitor the clam flats at 6:00AM…(it was a really low tide this morning) and…
Read MoreAnd then there was Brambles…
Does three make a herd? Our big purchase during Fiber College was a 6 month old cashmere goat…Brambles. His temperament is sweet, he’ll provide me with cashmere to spin at the end of every winter and he fits right in. It’s funny to see how different he is from the other Angora goats…Brambles acts more…
Read MoreHeavy Metal Gary Rocks!
One day Gary said that his metal shop would be having a slow time…I started babbling about artwork I’d like in our garden…he said how big…I said how big can I go…look what Gary made for me! I’m so very happy! This is how it was done:
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