Searsport Maine

We arrived at Searsport on Wednesday afternoon and stayed at Searsport Shores campground.  It is right on the water and we were lucky to get an ocean front site.  No cable TV and our antenna picked up only 2 stations in Bangor...ABC and Fox.  They have WIFI, but in order to get a signal at our site, we had to put the lap-top on the dashboard passenger side and if a car drove by, it interrupted the signal and I'd have to connect all over again.  We did have 25 mph winds and a lot of rain on Thursday afternoon and night, but thankfully nothing like they had in NYC yesterday

That being said, it was the best view of any campsite so far on this trip.  This is the view from our site:

When the tide was fully out on Thursday morning, I took the dogs for a walk along the rocky bottom that was exposed.  They had a great time smelling everything from sea weed to the mussel shells that the seagulls would open by flying with them in their mouths and then dropping them on the rocks to break them open.

This is a view of our site from the rocky shore:

A couple owns this campground and the wife was a very creative type.  She had wool for sale to make into yarn, art projects for kids and very natural plantings.  You can check out her photo gallery on their website for more photos (http://www.campocean.com/), but here are a couple of my favorites I found there.  The first is a flower weaving.  How creative because you could change the flowers depending on what was in bloom:

The next one is a weaving made from something that aqua farmers use in cultivating mussels.  The husband tried to explain its original purpose to me, but I didn't quite get it except to understand that this is just one piece that makes a circle and then they drop ropes off of it for the mussels to attach to:

The husband told me that the items that are woven in were done by campers this summer, mostly children.  I think this is a great way to re-use something.

We left there this morning and headed south to catch 202 over to New Hampshire.  While we didn't get lost, I did pick another campground that's only 10 miles from Louden, NH where the NASCAR race is this weekend.  This is the 2nd time this trip I managed to do this  (last weekend it was Richmond, VA).   When we realized it, we called ahead to the campground and they told us they had a site for us.  Because it's race weekend, we had to pay a premium price so we will only stay here one night and move on.  The WIFI signal is strong, fast and free!  

The nights are getting cooler and the fresh air is great.  It was only around 60 for a high here today, but it feels good to wear socks, jeans and a light sweater.

Doug just made me a fresh pot of coffee and I'm ready for a cup....