Linda and I enjoyed the stunning scenery along the Kennebec River en route to Northern Outdoors in the Forks a couple of week ago. We were traveling Old Canada Road (Route 201), and at several points along the way, Linda had to remind me to keep my eyes on the road! Maine has lots of […]

Our latest Travelin’ Mainers column, published on Thursday, couldn’t begin to describe all the wonderful aspects of the Inn by the Sea and its Sea Glass restaurant in Cape Elizabeth. I especially liked the friendly staff. Justin Douglas served us dinner last Friday night. He’s worked at the Sea Glass for three years, and even though the […]

What do you get when you combine historic inns in Kennebunkport, Rockland, and Bar Harbor? How about six-day itineraries featuring food, adventure, art, and a lot more. A new collaboration of historic inns include three of our favorites and some others we now can’t wait to visit. Check out the website for information on this […]

Linda and I are headed into the woods above North New Portland soon for a weekend birding adventure. When Greg and Patrice Drummond opened Claybrook Mountain Lodge in 1984, their first guests were deer hunters. And for many years, the November deer season was their busiest. But things have changed. “The deer herd in our […]

The five Historic Inns of Kennebunkport are stunning and unique. One recent weekend, Linda and I stayed at two of the five Historic Inns of Kennebunkport, while visiting the other three inns. Each inn is unique, and all offer wonderful hospitality in historic buildings. We will also have a travel column for you on our […]

As Linda and I traveled the state over the last four years for our Travelin Maine(rs) column published every Thursday in the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, I have often asked inn and restaurant owners and managers for stories about their customers from hell. Everyone gets those from time to time. Some of the stories […]

It was not the first battle, and it probably won’t be the last, but the fight between inns and room renters fizzled out this week. The legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee unanimously killed L.D. 436, “An Act to Require Providers of Short-term Lodging to be Licensed by the State.” I reported on the hearing […]

Surprise! Moosehead is more than a lake. It’s a brand! “What do we want to be known for?” That’s the excellent question that a Greenville group has been working to answer, with the help of Roger Brooks, an internationally-known community branding expert. Brooks presented the Moosehead Lake Region Branding Initiative in an exciting speech to […]