Here is a reminder to our patrons that the Gardiner Public Library will once again be providing a Maine State Park pass for you to use free by checking it out with your Gardiner library card. The pass goes out for three days on a first come/first served basis and allows a vehicle and all its occupants’ free access to a State Park in Maine. Enjoy the warm weather now that it has arrived!
As I mentioned last month, one of my favorite daytrips for a beautiful summer day in Maine is to take one of the many ferries out to an island off the coast. This blog will talk about a day trip to the island of Monhegan. Monhegan has long been a destination for artists. There is something different and magical about the quality of light on the island. There have been wonderful paintings done by Edward Hopper, Jamie Wyeth, George Bellows, and Rockwell Kent among many, many others. You can access the island via ferry from Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor, …
One of my favorite daytrips for a beautiful summer day in Maine is to take one of the many ferries out to an island off the coast. This blog will talk about a day trip to the island of Vinalhaven. I take the ferry out of Rockland. It leaves about every 105 minutes and the schedule can be found at http://maine.gov/mdot/ferry/assets/docs/schedule/Vinalhaven.pdf. There is no need to bring your car for a day trip. Vinalhaven is very walkable for that time span. The fee for walk-on passengers is $17.50 for a round trip ticket. The ferry trip itself takes about …
In honor of the beginning of summer, I am featuring several destinations featured in the book, Off the Beaten Path: Maine, a guide to unique places. If the places piqué your interest, you can find more by checking the book out of the library. I’ve also included web sites for the destinations featured in this blog. 1. “L.C. Bates Museum is situated on the campus of the Hinckley School just off Route 201 south of the intersection with Route 23. The museum was founded by L.C. Bates, a successful entrepreneur from West Paris, Maine, who financed the conversion of the …
When I set off on a vacation, particularly to a place I have never been to before, I enjoy borrowing travel books so I can have the lay of the land and major “hot spots” already in my mind. The library has many volumes of travel books such as Fodor’s, Frommer’s, and Idiot’s Guides to help you plan and think about your trip way before you actually arrive and begin to make those decisions on the spur of the moment. I was saved during my first trip to Disney World by these guides. Without them I would have had no …