Coffee by Design

  Walking down Main street in Freeport it would be easy to miss Coffee by Design unless you’re going into the LL Bean building at 95 Main Street. While it’s inside the LL Bean building it’s actually a separate business. It’s a comfortable coffee shop serving good coffee and and speciality options including hot and cold tea.…

Red’s Eats

Driving North along Highway one into the town of Wiscasset you will almost always encounter a slow down. As you pass through this picturesque town you’ll find Red’s Eats on the left just before you start across the bridge over the Sheepscot River. There’s always a line waiting to order and it doesn’t move fast…

Ablative Paint for a Zodiac?

This post is a bit of a side trip for me but I just had to get it out.  I took up sailing after moving to Maine and this, of course, necessitated a place to keep the boat during the season.  I ended up with a mooring which necessitated a dinghy.  So I purchased a…

Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park

Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park occupies 200 acres on a neck of land between the Harraseeket and Casco Bay. There are several trails through the woods and along the water. The park is home to a pair of Osprey who return each year to Googins Island to nest and raise their young. In the spring…

Walden

When Henry David Thoreau moved to Walden Pond he did so with a specific purpose.  In his words: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to…

Nubble Light – Cape Neddick Lighthouse

You’ll find Nubble Light in York about an hour south of Portland if you travel on I-95. It will probably take about 90 minutes if you travel the more scenic coastal roads. The lighthouse is not open to the public but sits on a small island and the view from the park is iconic. It’s…