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Maine Day Tripper: Bar Harbor
While it’s great to spend your time relaxing and taking in the fresh sea air at the campground, there are lots of wonderful places to visit within a short drive.
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 MoreMaine Sea Scallops, a Winter Delicacy
This is the first in our guest writer series”What’s Cooking in Maine” by our friend and accomplice Alice Seeger of Belfast. Yesterday brought us a layer of fresh snow…and scallops for dinner. But this story actually started in June, 2014 when I attended Maine Fare Festival in Belfast. I spent two tasty hours learning about the sweet, succulent scallops…
Read MoreMaine Indian Baskets
Last Saturday Alice and I traveled to Orono (about 1 hour 15 minutes from Searsport Shores) to the Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market held at The Hudson Museum on the University of Maine Campus in Orono. For one reason or another, neither of us had ever made it to the Market but wow…we were missing something grand! First…
Read MoreAnd the decorations were hung with care…
At the campground, we’re a mile from Searsport and about 5 from Belfast so we’re just as apt to go in one direction or the other. When we head South to Belfast it never fails that we pinch ourselves as we drive over the Passy Bridge and hear a little voice that says “wow, I…
Read MoreShore to Mountain Trails
New trails are being cut to connect the Shore to the Mountain. Searsport Shores campground was originally part of a larger farm. Last year the purchase of 120 acres, situated across Route 1, restores much of the original footprint of the farm. Steve and a dedicated work crew have been working for the past month…
Read MoreCommon Ground Fair Weekend
On Friday we left Dad in charge of the Campground and spent way too much time looking at the vegetables in the CGF Hall…but aren’t they pretty? This is the weekend we eat great food, dabble at the Common Ground Fair and fill the evenings with impromptu music.
Read MorePatchwork of Color, quilts as inspiration: August 28 – September 24
Here is an event in Belfast, just a short drive away!
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