Searsport Shores Sings!

[vimeo 134772835 w=500 h=275] Visitors at Searsport Shores are offered a challenge to sing the song “My House” by Kasey Musgraves. Successful performances of the entire song could win a free night of camping. This is Signe and the Bell Tones with their very own version of the song “My House”!

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July 4th Celebration at The Shores

And hail the Day; May it forever shine, And prove our rights divine, To bless the Day.* [vimeo 132704582 w=500 h=281] *a verse from A Favorite Song. Sung on the Fourth of July, by a number of the true Sons of Columbia. Tune, ‘God save Great Washington.’” The Mail; or, Claypoole’s Daily Advertiser, 8 July 1791,…

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Meet Tanya Mitchell

  The Maine Day Tripper By Tanya Mitchell Hello to all! My name is Tanya Mitchell, and I am very happy to have joined the fine folks at Searsport Shores this season. I’m really looking forward to meeting you all! Let me tell you a little about myself.  I grew up in Belfast and have…

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They’re here!

It’s so much fun to finally arrive at Memorial Day Weekend…we plan, we clean, we prepare…and then the guests arrive in magic numbers to celebrate the beginning of camping season! With the help of friends, family and dedicated staff, we’ve been able to open the park with fanfare because we’ve never looked better so early…

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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…

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Bees 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…

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It’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…

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Fire 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…

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