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» Barbara Rogers - Mid-Coast Maine

Your timing was good -- I was traveling up the coast to New Brunswick and decided to stop in Rockland as you suggested. There was so much to see that we ended up spending an extra night there on the way back.

Farther north, in Waldeboro, we made a detour from Route 1 on Route 220 (turn at Borealis Bread -- a wonderful bakery) and visited Morse Sauerkraut. The German family that owns it has recently added a little restaurant (breakfast and lunch only) and sells wonderful sausages and European foods, along with the sauerkraut they make there. Maine has so many small family food producers that you could eat your way around the state.

We are going back later in the fall -- do you (or other readers) have any other suggestions? We'd like to camp near the coast and do some kayaking.

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» Stillman Rogers - Mid-Coast Maine

In response to Mid-Coast Maine posted by ciaomondo:

Recompence Shores is a very good campground in Freeport, right next to Wolfe's Neck Farm. The campsites are well-separated, the owners are really nice and you can put in your kayaks by the bridge, just up the road.

And speaking of food sources, Wolfe's Neck Farm raises organic beef, so you can buy meat there to grill on the campfire.

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» franfolsom - Mid-Coast Maine

In response to Mid-Coast Maine posted by ciaomondo:

Hi, Now I want to go to Waldoboro,I love sauerkraut! There are a few state parks in the Rockland area. Birch Point State Park is in Owl's Head Maine 1-207-941-4014. Warren Island State Park in Lincolnville 1-207-941-9014 is very remote, campers must use their own boats to get to the island. Camden Hills State Park, 1-207-236-3109,about 30-minutes from Rockland,atop Mt. Battie with excellent views of Penobscot Bay.

-- posted by franfolsom

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» franfolsom - Mid-Coast Maine

In response to Mid-Coast Maine posted by ciaomondo:

Further up the coast in Down East Maine. Eastport offers two campsites, Seaview Campgrounds 207-853-4471 and Harris Point, 207-853-4303 has cabins and campsites. www.eastportmaine.com

-- posted by franfolsom

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» Barbara Rogers - Mid-Coast Maine

In response to Mid-Coast Maine posted by franfolsom:

We have have gone deep sea fishing with Harris in Eastport -- such nice people! And we always come home with a cooler full of fish, too. But I did not realize they had campsites.

I haven't been to Eastport in several years -- it was like stepping back into a coastal community of 50 years ago, with those nice brick buildings and little independent businesses. But it was having rough economic times when I last saw it. Is anything new happening there?

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» franfolsom - Mid-Coast Maine

In response to Mid-Coast Maine posted by ciaomondo:

Eastport is on the way up. The downtown is restructing headed up by an organization called Eastport for Pride.

Lots of new businesses; shops, art galleries, a new general store that's open year round. Many buildings are under restoration. A group of 5 women have purchased two buildings in downtown, one they made into a cooperative artisans gallery, the Commons. The other, the old canning factory, they are restoring into a boutique hotel with a bistro, health spa, and luxory condos.

This is a town that hit bottom when the sardine industry left, it has no place to go but up now.

-- posted by franfolsom

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» franfolsom - Pies on Parade Rockland Maine

In response to Mid-Coast Maine posted by franfolsom:

The Pies on Parade event takes place in Rockland Maine on two weekends; January 14t-16th and 21st-23rd. Contact Historic Inns of Rockland.

-- posted by franfolsom

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