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Winter Hike on Ragged Mountain
After a stretch of gray, sort of warm days, we’re back to the bright blue skies that characterize our January/February months…actually one of my most favorite times of the year. It’s cold with no humidity in the air so that the snow crunches under your feet and if you don’t wear sunscreen, you’re certain to…
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 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 MoreBack 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 MoreKen Goes to the Penobscot Marine Museum
Ken came back this summer and found his way to the Searsport Museum…Here’s his letter to you… It almost seems like New England created the idea of the maritime museum. The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport is among the best with its diverse collection of exhibits, educational offerings and hands-on activities for both adults and…
Read MoreIs 45 the mountain’s peak?
Clamming for the Weekend
Steamer Clams…some say this is the best seafood one can eat…personally I think digging them is great fun and eating them is just plain disgusting…but I’m only revealing this opinion in case you were to ask me later to join you for dinner… Digging for clams is easy…choose a day when the breezes are warm,…
Read MoreDiversions
We’re still deep in the Spring set up mode…today I’ll walk around and take some pictures so you can see what I mean…but in the meantime, two guys drove into the campground yesterday afternoon asking about fishing in the area. They headed to Searsport to talk with the fishermen at the pier and I stayed…
Read MoreBeyond Expectations
You know when you have a day that just flows?…everyone one is nice, all the colors are brilliant and everything you touch is magical. As opposed to the days where everything you touch breaks, sours or gets your shoes dirty? Well, yesterday I was treated to the good day…and it all happened in Belfast. I…
Read MoreThe Center for Maine Craft
If you’re visiting Searsport by way of the Maine Turnpike, then a stop worth scheduling is inside the West Gardiner Travel Center…new this year. Bright, beautiful and well displayed, you can’t help but enjoy the variety of crafts offered in this one location…I don’t know of any other retail space that offers such a range…
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