Tips for Booking Your Perfect Campsite

By astrig | February 18, 2025

We took over the campground more than 30 years ago. Reservations often came in envelopes through the mail with a SASE. We wrote each reservation onto a huge grid of cardboard. Then we mailed back confirmations. How I wish we had saved one of those monthly grids just for the curiosity factor! But those huge…

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Mud Season

By astrig | April 17, 2023

The peas, radishes, carrots and beets are planted. The kale and Spring onions are ready for harvest…there’s no holding back now!

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Walk with me 

By astrig | May 24, 2016

It’s been a beautifully warm and dry spring.  In the past couple of weeks we’ve hosted many more guests than we usually see before Memorial Day Weekend. Some years I cringe at the thought of sharing our muddy roads and cold fog with people who have traveled so far to be with us; but this…

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Another Snow Storm in March

By astrig | March 22, 2013

Like anyone else in a mom and pop business, we juggle a lot of balls and are always hoping that we didn’t lose one up in the clouds or under the couch.  Last Saturday I was in Augusta to be part of the Fiber College Class Jury…if you’re curious about the September classes proposed, check here. …

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For Cheryl…your campsites

By astrig | January 27, 2010

Hi Cheryl, This is what it looks like to stand at site 93 and look to the ocean…site 73 is the site in front of this one…both are really wide, shaded wonderful sites…a minute to the bathhouse and playground…2 minutes to the beach…

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And another new project…

By astrig | November 17, 2009

Between you and me, I wish it would get cold and snow because I’m tired of new projects and that tiny little voice that keeps nudging me to take advantage of our unseasonably warm weather (think 50’s, not 70’s).  But alas, it’s still really nice out and this morning Steven was outside working with a…

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50’s-60’s Celebration

By astrig | November 15, 2009

We got together this morning for pecan Cinnamon rolls and coffee…just to catch up a bit and talk about the months to come…but as always, the subject drifted to camping…and then to “what are we going to do next summer?”  And the 50’s-60’s weekend was born…just like that. Tentatively slated for July 30-August 1, Searsport…

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Seining for Knowledge

By astrig | November 14, 2009

The Penobscot Bay Watch has been collecting information this fall to establish the importance of the upper Penobscot Bay fish nurseries.   Their blog is one of my “must reads” and one of the only RSS feeds I subscribe to.  Although we’re not able to stay as active as we’d like, we do manage to participate…

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Fanning the flames

By astrig | November 12, 2009

Part of the fun of doing the tree work is smelling the fresh wood chips and burning the brush at the beach…last night the stars were out, the breezes were calm, a few good friends gathered and we drank red wine while the pine branches crackled…might not be the glamor of Desperate Housewives et.al. …but…

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