Camp & Create! 2015 Artist in Residence program
Each Week this summer we have invited a resident artist to stay at the campground to teach workshops, and demonstrate their skill each day for our guests~ either at a low cost or for free. Keeping with our mission of facilitating family vacations, these daily activities will be attractive to both children and adults and …
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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…
Read MorePenobscot 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…
Read MoreBees 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…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreFire 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…
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day
And the days go by…
What do we do in February?…eat well, exercise and play with string.
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…
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