Hello all! I have been out of commission lately due to an illness in my family that I have been dealing with. In fact, as a result, I will be going to Kentucky and will be there for as much as four weeks which will be my first experience at full timing. I’m sure that will lead to an article about that experience.
Now, let’s talk about next summer. My wife and I would love to head east next summer and want to make it up to Maine. We would prefer to find a campground that is on the ocean. We are looking for one that ‘promotes’ relaxation! That is, we are not really into campgrounds that have regularly scheduled activities, but just some nice relaxation next to the ocean.
Now, if someone has some suggestions in the ‘New England’ states area as well; that would also interest us . Again, we would like to stay near the ocean.
When I was young, my mother and grandmother took me to the New England states on vacation. We visited Mystic Seaport in Connecticut and also drove to Maine to get some lobster to bring back home. I don’t remember everything we did, but I remember it being a very fun and interesting trip.
My wife has always had the dream of visiting Maine. I personally think it has to do with her reading Stephen King books! Anyway, I think her dream of visiting Maine has rubbed off on me and now it is my mission to plan it out and make it happen.
From what I can figure, it would take me about three days to get there. That would be about 400 miles per day, which is the max I would want to drive on any day. So, that also means that I will need to make some plans for where we will stay on the way there and back. Or, we can ‘wing it’ while we make our way there and back.
So, if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear from you. I will be working these plans for some time and I am excited about going!
Thanks for reading and happy camping! See you next week!
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Sandie
I read the entry from Jim Stark on November 15th and I’ve also camped in the Wells Beach Maine area for many years. I do not recommend the Wells Beach resort because it’s too crowded.Visit Mike’s Clam shack and the steakhouse on route 1. Also try the Yodeling Clam for lobster to eat out on the picnic table .
We’ve camped at Sea-Vu on route 1 in Wells. Quiet and relaxing! No planned activities and spacious sites with full hook-ups and wi-fi. Don’t go to Maine in September- too cold! August is the best time because the ocena’s not so cold and the waves are great for Boogie boarding.
Jim Stark
We’ve been to a few campgrounds on the east coast in Masachusettes, New Hampshire and Maine. What beautiful country. Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury Mass., right on the ocean. Hampton Beach State Park, Hampton Beach, NH, also right on the ocean. Libbys Oceanside Campground, libbysoceansidecamp.com, York, Maine, Camp Eaton, York Maine, Wells Beach Resort, wellsbeach.com, Wells, Maine, Bar Habor Campground, Bar Harbor, Maine, and Moorings Oceanfront RV Campground, Belfast, Maine. (mooringscamp.com).
Hope you have a great time. J.Stark
Mark Walsh
David
Maine is a great state to visit. It has a number of great campgrounds however those near Bar Harbour are quite expensive. Some run over $100 per night. There are a number in Bangor area which are very good and about 45 minutes from the ocean. There is a really nice ocean campground in St. Andrews By The Sea, New Brunswick , Canada, a few minutes from the Maine Border and right on the ocean. It’s clean, reasonable, ocean front, treed sites if you prefer, full service and safe. If you plan to come to Maine or NB, Canada send me a note and we’ll cook some fresh Atlantic Salmon for your dinner. You don’t need to come in a group; you’ll make friends here the day you arrive.
Mark Walsh
Johnathon Barney
Hi David Kurtz, We recently purchased a one time owned class A and want to break it in. My wifes Father Sister and Brother all live in the Bar Harbor area and we would like to visit them this comeing travel season, provided we have the savings and vacation time, I do 99.9% of the driving so 400 miles a day will most likely do it for me. We Love Maine and look forward to going again. Lets talk, Its always good to go in a group for safety and to help one another with the unexpected. Hope to hear from you , I’d like to talk in more detail on this. Respectfully, Johnathon
Bob Brown
Good choice we love Maine’s Mid coast region from Brunswick, to Bar Harbor,
Be sure and check the Good Sam web site the new england Samboree’s are a great way to camp and save while traveling.
If we can help just email us any time [email protected]
Ron Butler
Acadia National Park and the park campgrounds!! This is one of our favorite national parks that we have been in. We can’t wait to get back to it again and maybe do some volunteering there. It has everything, great walking, hiking and biking trails (the old carriage roads that Rockefeller put in when they owned the area) great mountain vista views over the Atlantic, great beaches and areas to watch the waves pound ashore. It, the NP campgrounds, won’t have organized activities, swimming pool and probably no cell or tv reception!! Easy day drives to other scenic harbors in the area as well as all the fresh lobster you would ever want to eat from the lobster boats!!
Good luck and enjoy your trip. We loved it there.
Robert Grant
David,
I am originally from Maine, and now that I am retired, we spend a lot of time there.
Unfortunately a lot of Maine now is overdeveloped and touristy. I recommend going “downeast” into Washington County for the “real Maine” experience. There is a nice full service campground in Eastport, which is about as far East as you can go in the lower 48. Be forewarned that this is about a six hour drive from the Maine border with New Hampshire, and even further timewise if you follow US Route 1 along the coast. If you are looking for fancy restaurants and stuff like that, you will be disappointed, but for a laid back “Real Maine” experience you can’t beat it.
When we are traveling. we generally stop for the night at Super Wal-Marts or such unless the weather is too hot (we will not run the generator while we are sleeping). This not only saves money, but more importantly it saves a lot of time which can be better spent in Maine! Avoid coming into Maine on Friday or Saturday in season (summer) due to massive traffic jams on I-495 and on I-95 in NH at the toll booths.
The best time to go to Maine is August. The lobsters are plentiful and cheap then(about $4 a pound this year) and the wild blueberry harvest is in full swing (don’t miss the annual Wild Maine Blueberry Festival in Machias if you happen to be at the right time).
To celebrate my Wife’s birthday this summer, we spent the night at the Little River Lighthouse in at the mouth of Cutler harbor. What an incredible experience for only $75 which included transportation by boat out to the island and back. They opened it up this summer for the first time to overnight guests after 6 summers of restoration work by volunteers. We were only the 4th couple to spend the night there. Cutler is about the most picturesque little fishing village that you could possibly imagine.
Also not to be missed is pretty and remote Lubec, the eastermost town in the lower 48 as well as Campobello Island, Canada (home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelts summer “cottage”) which is accessible by bridge from Lubec. West Quoody Head (the easternmost point in the lower 48) with it’s picture perfect red and white striped lighthouse, is a short drive from Lubec.
Jonesport, Beals Island and Great Wass Island is an easy day trip from Eastport and should not be missed. Don’t miss the lobster boat races in Mooseabec Reach if you happen to be there over the 4th of July.
September is nice too if you can travel then. Traveling iand sightseeing in Maine is much easier and more enjoyable after Labor Day when the vacationing families make their exodus.
Bob G.