Category: Daytripping
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Evening at Fort Knox
Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrow Bridge is about 15 minutes from the campground in Prospect. Last night Marie and I attended “Business after Hours” sponsored by the Bucksport Chamber of Commerce…what fun…wine, nibbles, happy people and a private tour of the Fort with guide extraordinaire Roger Bennatti. Admittedly, history fascinates me most when it has…
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Fort Point Light House
Spring is coming quickly. Already we’re hearing song birds at the feeders every morning and every ski feels like it might be the last…so we schedule our work so that we have the brightest part of the day for playing outdoors. Yesterday we drove over to Fort Point. It’s a lighthouse and state park about…
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Common Ground Fair
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. We’ve moved into full Fall mood…the pumpkins are scattered in the flower gardens, the hydrangea have melted into that…
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Roy Paddled 10 miles Today…
There’s going to be a Harbor to Harbor paddle next week…so Roy decided to train a little bit, and he was kind enough to take these pictures as he went along. He started from the Searsport Shores Beach, paddled under the Passagassawakeag River Bridge in Belfast, then came back and paddled the shore to Northport…
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History Lecture
On Tuesday, June 8, at 7 p.m. at Curtis Hall on Church Street, Charlene Knox Farris will give her first talk since being named the official historian of Searsport. The topic is one she has been researching for the last three years, called “Searsport’s Wagon Train.” This presentation will cover the town of Searsport during…
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Sandy Point Beach
Yesterday, friend and camper Douglas wrote on my Facebook wall… How about that light snow, this morning – followed by gale winds, still continuing? I never know what to expect when stepping out the door, since this solid brick house keeps us separated from the sounds of winds and the like. Maine is interesting at…
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Fishing in Bucksport and Orland
Did you know there are 2200 lakes in Maine? I can’t even find the number of ponds…and then there are the rivers and streams…Bucksport and Orland are two towns about 15 minutes North East of Searsport Shores Campground. A quick Google search found 11 ponds for you with public access for fishing and swimming…take a…
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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…
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Fling 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…
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Common 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…
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