Category: Vacations in Maine

St Andrews By The Sea, New Brunswick Canada

St Andrews By The Sea, New Brunswick Canada.

When you live in Maine, quick frequent trips into Canada happen. Why do Mainers cross the border into Canada? Lots of reasons. The dollar is worth more than the loonie. The Canadian provinces are beautiful and people who populate them friendly, warm, genuine.

Lots Of Shops, Not Franchise Set Ups. One Of A Kind Old Originals.

And if you check your family lineage, I bet you will find a DNA connection. My Dad’s mom for instance was 100% Canadian. That means your Me In Maine blog post writer has Canadian blood in the hemoglobin mixture of the red stuff.

This blog post is about a quick but fun trip to St Andrews By The Sea, New Brunswick Canada.

Honeybeans One Neat Breakfast Stop While Vacationing In St Andrews By The Sea. Maine Border Towns Can Mini Vacation Easily Due To Their Unique Time Saving Locations.

Being close to the Canadian border living in on the International boundary line is a real perk.

Houlton ME is a border town with the province of New Brunswick Canada. Just like if you live up in the St John River Valley in the “Crown of Maine”, frequent trips from both sides of the border in Maine and Quebec occur.

I tell people new to the area that living in a Maine border town is like a two nation vacation.

They Did Not Make Ford Edsels Very Long. Don’t See Many Station Wagons.

COVID did put a slight damper on the trotting back and forth border crossings trips between Maine and our Canadian cousins.

Had two boys that chased the black circle, played hockey with half their games over on a solid polished sheet of Canadian ice. It was not uncommon for four times a week or more to be crossing over from Maine into Canada with a Jeep full of young hockey players. But this past weekend’s mini vacation from Houlton ME to St Andrews By The Sea was an old travel habit resumed.

Like before COVID and from back in the hockey game at a different Canadian hockey arena days, it was a nice return.

Where parents have as much fun as the skaters. My two boys played winter hockey tournaments in St Andrews and it looked different with less businesses open and some white stuff on the ground.

Two Scoops Of Bounty Please. Unique Flavors, Tasty Ice Cream At St Andrews By The Sea.

The border crossing was a super pleasant experience.

The ArriveCAN app to make your appointment to cross the Canadian border syncs up quick and easy with your shot records and passport. If you’ve had your COVID shots, the crossing a border between Canada and Maine is nothing to fear or avoid. Red maple leaf rover, red maple leaf rover, come on over.

The Way To Ministers Island. Just Follow The Tide Charts And Ocean Floor Roadway. Looks Like A Jeep Commercial Doesn’t It?

And both sides of the border are all for the commerce benefits the crossings provide consumers eh?

So leaving Houlton ME, sliding into the port of entry lane entering New Brunswick Canada on our way to St Andrews.

Leaving Houlton ME, Entering Canada Where I-95 Connects To The Trans Canada Highway. This Is The Scene Leaving The States, The USA.

When leaving Maine, you pass right by the Houlton or whatever border town port of entry.

They will be seeing you on the return back into the states for the questions. The “where have you been, anything for firearms, alcohol, plants? Bringing anything back to declare or picked up on your trip over into Canada?”

Just like TSA, don’t be a comedian, easy on the irritation tone from lack sleep or over spending on your vacation.

For national security, the border crossing customs and immigration people are just going their job. Help them do their routine and everyone behind you can be on their return from Canada way with a little empathy!

When you get on the Trans Canada, switch your cell phone to airplay mode to avoid Canadian cell phone tower roaming charges. Learned that one on ski trips to Crabbe Mountain in Canada. There is lots of commerce happening back and forth across our common Maine Canadian border.

Entry To Canada After Leaving The Houlton ME Port Of Entry Border Crossing.

Two hours, sixteen minutes or 113.8 miles heading from Houlton ME to St Andrews By The Sea, New Brunswick Canada.

Easy trip with lots of scenery and everything on road signs in metric numbers and not forgetting those speaking French as a major language. You have left Maine and suddenly everything changes a tad in a good way. So so lucky to live this close to Canada and hope folks on the other side of the border feel the same way about Maine in the International connection.

This last minute dash into Canada on a Labor Day week found the Algonquin Hotel was booked solid at St Andrews By The Sea.

Algonquin Hotel In St Andrews. Rich History As A Passenger Train Destination Like The Hotel Frontenac In Quebec City.

This blog post about another grand yesteryear hotel that my family made trips to during Winter Carnival. We stayed at the Hotel Frontenac in Quebec City Canada.

But back to the St Andrews and making this more of a photo blog post so you can sample the eye candy and flavor of this quaint seacoast harbor town.

Harbor Scene Of St Andrews By The Sea In The Maritimes Of New Brunswick Canada.

In For The Night, St Andrews As Dusk Arrives In A New Brunswick Harbor Town.

The salt air, change of scenery, meeting new people doing the same getaway before school goes back in. The change from summer tourist season waiting for leaf peekers looking for the red and other changing color maple leave of early fall.

Each trip into Canada or Maine is a different experience depending on your season and whatever is happening in your life at the time.

Every been to Canada on a vacation and aren’t you long overdue for a Maine getaway to unplug and recharge?

Ever Had Dulse? Big Treat In Canada.

My Godfather Ralph Black was from Canada and became an American citizen and move to the states. Ralph, a World War 1 veteran who wore a few pieces of shrapnel in his lungs and knew first hand what mustard gas was in the trenches. He loved dulse. Dulse are a different kind of seaweed. Meg and i opted for the seafood. Had a bucket of mussels and then moved on to one of the best seafood chowders I have ever tasted.

Neat Little Apartment Like Cabin Units At The Seaside Beach Resort, St Andrews, Canada.

We stayed at the Seaside Beach Resort and loved the lodging set up, the ease to walk the street to our meal venue. Neat location and no car to drive again once you arrive. Or well, until we decided to head over to Ministers Island the next day before returning to Houlton Maine.

One Highly Recommended Place To Stay In St Andrews… Seaside Beach Resort.

St Andrews New Brunswick Canada. Fun Mini Vacation Destination.

Ministers Island, doesn’t that sound like a place for clergy to be? Part of this 500 acre island was once owned by an Anglican minister but bought by an American hired to build a new section of Canadian railroad. This railroad executive got the job done before the deadline and under budget. Read more about Sir William Van Horne, a big cog in the Canadian Pacific Railroad.

Bald Eagle Trolling For A Fish Dinner In St Andrews By The Sea. Photo Capture On Way To Ministers Island, St Andrews Cross Ocean Floor Roadway.

You have to watch the tides to visit Ministers Island.

Ministers Island St Andrews. 500 Acres Farm Estate With Impressive Buildings.

Traveling by foot, car, bike, you can cross the ocean floor that when the tide is out, you don’t have the 14 feet of seawater to contend with overhead. You will see one massive barn and a 17 bedroom mansion with 42′ x 30 formal dining room for all the guests.

Ministers Island, Summer Estate Of Sir William Van Horne, St Andrews Canada.

Meg and I loved touring the big yesteryear smasher sized home with all the furnishings of period.

Bought With The Million Dollar Bonus Given To Van Horne For Early Railroad Completion Under Budget.

The Wood Cook Stove On Ministers island Summer Estate. No Glass Top Easy To Clean Surface Here.

Many Course Meals Served Up In The 42’x30′ Formal Dining Room At The Van Horne Summer Estate.

8 Ball Corner Pocket. No Netflix, HBO. More Game Playing Inside And Out.

Rack ‘Em Up And Sink ‘Em One By One. Crochet, Billiards, Ping Pond, Making Puzzle Time. No Devices. Communication By Post, Telegram Not Text.

Be sure to tour the barns, stables and farm outbuildings at Ministers Island.

Not Your Average Farm Barn. And Carefully Preserved At Ministers Island.

Very impressive and well kept, over designed and not your average farm operation barns or accessory buildings at the Van Horne, Ministers Island summer estate.

Van Horne Estate’s Barn Stable Creamery Buildings. Like No Other.

I own and cherish a Maine farm barn and buildings, land around it but nothing on the scale of this St Andrews estate’s set up style and size.

Masonry, Rock, Beams, Posts And Iron. The Barns, Stables On Ministers Island.

Inside The Van Horne Summer Estate Farm Barn And Stables. Lots To See And Transport Back To The Early 1900’s Way Of Living.

Grain Silos, Farm Barn At Van Horne Ministers Island Vacation Summer Estate.

Warm Up In Late Spring, Early Fall. This Estate Only Used Summers. Not The Dutch Ancestry Motive Of The Fireplace Tiles?

Hope this little travelogue to St Andrews By The Sea gives you inspiration to tour Minister Island, the seacoast harbor surroundings.

Water, whether in Maine, Canada, everywhere fixes everything right? See you next installment of the Me In Maine blog!

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com | MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

September 8, 2022
Portland ME Sea Dogs Baseball Game Trip

Portland ME Sea Dogs baseball game trip, just a quick instate couple of days on the Maine coast.

When you live in Maine, you have “Vacationland” in your backyard. The long drive up to and leaving Maine is removed when you are a local native living in Maine. This past weekend, zipped down to one of the favorite places on the Maine coast, Wells Beach to park it and take in some coastline salt air and sand.

Hungry For Stadium Food At Hadlock Field? Pick It Up Yourself Or Sit Still, Delivered To Your Seat. Door Dash It.

Lots to cram in on the mini vacation instate trip agenda including a visit to A Portland Sea Dogs baseball game at Hadlock Field.

Hadlock Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Portland, Maine.

New experience for me and here’s what I learned and can share about Hadlock Field. Hadlock Field, named at Portland High School baseball coach Edson Hadlock Jr.

The Hadlock Field baseball stadium seats about 7,368 sport fans, compared to Boston’s Fenway Park which can handled roughly 37,500 bat, ball and glove baseball enthusiasts.

Many of the fans wear gloves. Not for warmth or to avoid frost bite. No no, to be ready to hoist that glove into the air and gain a baseball for the collection.

Hadlock Field Happy, Ready For A Foul Ball Into The Stand Baseball Fans.

Hadlock Field is used primarily as the home park for the Portland Sea Dogs of the Minor Level Eastern League.

But the Portland High School Bulldogs, the Deering High School Rams baseball teams both utilize Hadlock Field. Hadlock Field is located at 271 Park Ave Portland ME, reach out with questions to 207-874-9300. The Portland Sea Dogs baseball field opened April 18th, 1994 and cost about three million to create. The Portland Sea Dogs are a Double A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

Great Seats For The Portland Sea Dogs Game. Perfect Weather Too!

How big is Hadlock Field? Here are the stats, the park by the numbers for the Sea Dogs home stadium.

Left field, 315′, Center field, 400′, Right field 330′ is how the Portland Sea Dogs home baseball park shapes up for dimensions.

Named after long time Portland High baseball coach Edson Hadlock Jr, Hadlock field is a 7,368 seat classic minor league baseball stadium.

Had a face lift overhaul in a major renovation in 1993 and boasts great site lines and an intimate atmosphere that brings the fans right into the action. In comparison, The Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park seats roughly 37,500 baseball fans.

More Than Baseball Going On At Hadlock Field, Home Of The Portland Sea Dogs Team.

Easy park to get in and out of plus the game day atmosphere at Hadlock Field is probably similar to many other same level ballparks.

You don’t get bored, there is plenty going on to distract from the baseball action on the carefully manicured playing field. Contests, give aways, school and civic group recognition is pretty much going on using the LED big scoreboard screen and PA system. Lots of families, plenty of kids wearing Sea Dog and Boston Red Sox hats and baseball jerseys surround you. Most with gloves hoping to snag a pop fly foul ball into the stands.

Who We Playing, What’s The Score, The Count? See It All Unfold On The Big Outfield Sea Dogs Scoreboard.

A statue of the Sea Dogs’ mascot, Slugger the seal greets fans at the entrance to Hadlock Field.

Slugger is pretty acrobatic and not a bit shy as he/she inside that hot costume works hard to entertain and engage the crowd.

The Houlton Maine School of Dance team went to Portland Maine to perform their routine before the crowd at Hadlock Field in Portland ME! Both Houlton and Studio One in Millinocket dance teams combined to do a Sea Dogs game performance.

Posting more images of the trip down to see the Maine Sea Dogs baseball team that’s home games played at Hadlock Field park in Portland ME.

The Portland Sea Dogs Baseball Team Plays Home Games At Hacklock Field, Portland ME.

The Portland ME Sea Dogs Team. The Baseball Team “Play BALLLLllll” At Hadlock Field.

“How Are The Wife And Kids….”. The Baseball Coaches Confer At Hadlock Field, Portland ME.

Lots of games between innings at the Portland Seadogs baseball games to keep it entertaining.

More Than Baseball Players Providing The Action. Lots Of Contests With Crowd Member Participation.

Plenty of groups invited to the Hadlock Field home games to generate interest and revenue.

The entertainment value beyond what happens with players successfully getting hits and running the bases. The weather was sunny, the park small enough so everyone got in and out quickly. Could move around and get something to snack on or visit with other folks you always bang into when you live and travel instate Maine.

The coastline along Wells Beach ME was misty with fog trying to burn off with a hot sun hidden behind the cloud cover.

Maine Coastline Hidden By Fog And Mist This Past Weekend. The Seagulls Soar And Troll For Snacks Along The Sandy Beach.

Plenty of space along the Maine beach to play games, like one trio with sword play practice underway.

Practicing The Sword Play Stills With Wooden Not Steel Blades. Less Need To Head To A Maine Emergency Room When The Real Deal Steel Is Not Used In Sword Fights.

The mini golf, go carts and video game arcades are always a favorite for the kids in your Maine Vacation group.

Games Outside In Maine When You Are In A Coastal Town. Mini Golf, Go Karts, Video Game Arcades Always Family Fun.

SHHhhhhh… Putting For Less Strokes, Lower Mini Golf Score. Can Get Pretty Competitive When Everyone Wants To Win.

Tight Corners, Out On The Open Asphalt Go Cart Track. Welcome To Coastal Maine’s Attractions All Ages Take A Turn To Show Their Driving Skills.

Hop In, Strap Your Seat Belt Harness Tightly. Ready To Go Cart Race In Maine?

Finishing all the outdoor games with a Maine ice cream cone or sundae. Dairy bar ice cream outlets are big crowd pleasers in Maine when the temperatures rise.

Maine Ice Cream Dairy Bars, What’s Your Favorite Flavor Of Ice Cold Ice Cream?

Since COVID protocols have been lifted and folks are moving around more freely, Maine’s tourist season is back in full swing. The being parked and not able to attend some more crowded Maine venues, only makes the desire to return to them stronger. Just walking along the coastline, through Maine wood’s trails or around open pasture farm fields.

So so lucky to have few people and all this vast space to move around in Maine.

Maine Victorian Homes, They Pop Up Everywhere. Like This One Noticed Walking Along The Old Port Maine Region Of Portland Harbor.

The local Wells Beach ME area businesses I talked to commented on how busy for the time of year their locations were this year.

I try to revisit this Maine coastal region especially through out the year and never tire of the local community flavor. The more you do return to an area of Maine, the deeper the affection that grows inside. Anything Maine is fair game to write and photo about for this blog platform.

Exercise, Who’s Walking Who In This Maine Image Around The Old Port, Portland ME?

These blog posts about Maine help explain why I love living in this state up in the right hand corner of the country.

Venturing into Atlantic Canada is covered too, not just Maine blog post topics too. Outdoors, indoors, over the border into a Canadian province or two or three happens.

Anything Maine, That’s Fair Game In Our Me In Maine Blog Post Series.

When we traveled up to Portland ME to attend the Sea Dogs baseball game, we noticed lots of activity along the waterfront around the Old Port region.

Maine’s Old Port region. Walking Along The Coastline, What You See And Hear The Buzz Along The Waterfront Is Always Popular.

The Floating Parking Lot For Boats. The Maine Coast Gets Lots Of Traffic Of All Kinds. Many Powered By The Wind Using Sails. Others With Back Up Or Primary Motors Doing The Propulsion.

Thank you for following our Me In Maine blog posts.

Welcome To Maine, A Place With Many Facets To Visit. To Return To Over And Over For More.

How to share and cover more of life in Maine, what’s it like in this big unspoiled state.

I try to sample simple living in Maine and the photos, videos do the best job transporting you to Vacationland. What’s it like living in Maine? You take a lifetime exploring and discovering and never grow tired of new visits to old places in the great state of Maine.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

May 28, 2022
Maine #1 For Vacations, But Do Locals Travel Out Of State?

Maine #1 for vacations, no debate on that point.

But do locals, the native travel out of state on Vacations? Or is there so much to do and see in our own Vacationland backyard that few venture out? I am the first to admit to feeling spoiled living in Maine and so lucky to live full time in the Pine Tree State with all the farms, coastline, wooded vast tracts of land.

Life Is A Beach. In Maine, But Also In The Caribbean! Blue Green Water And Tan Sand With No Snow Shovel Is A Pleasing Sight.

If you have read a few blog posts, you have one by one learned about areas all around Maine that get sampled and shared.

Each season the same Maine location serves up a different experience that make it never ho hum or boring. The lack of crowds increases the impact of the Maine setting too. Not over commercialized happens because Maine is tucked away and hidden a fair distance from the population centers.

Taking A Boat Ride Vacation Around Some Caribbean Islands. Ever Take Sea Cruise Vacation In Or Outside Maine? Image About In DR, LaRomana.

So can’t talk for the state of Maine local residents as a whole but offer my own personal situation.

Yes, I love hitting a new area of Maine and partly to create fodder for the blog post hunt and peck. To share images and videos of the travels around Maine used to stock the information shelves. I think of the Maine blog as a community library and lots of empty shelves to one by one produce something worthwhile to fill those rows of cyber cabinets. One by one, think of a topic to post and an earlier blog post entry to revisit and update. Days working in broadcast journalism in Bangor Maine’s media market habits die hard.

Rotary International Mission Trip To Hartman School In LaRomana, Dominican Republic.

But travel outside Maine when you live here… what’s my take on that?

I like to ski, I have three snowmobiles, a pair of snowshoes and my Maine winter is not spent shivering and droning out watching TV on the living room couch.

Most of us love where we live but like to explore and discover. Travel like reading is a wonderful endeavor if you can spare the time and do it economically so you still have money left for groceries and other luxuries like car repair, property taxes, student loans, etc. Family moves around the country and that can kick start the travel to witness how the rest of the World rock and rolls.

Happy Kids Proud Of Their Humble Schools. The Needs Are Great But Everything You Do As A Rotary Club Or Service Organization Is Appreciated.

Mainers are outdoors every day of the year.

Just dress a little different with layers added or removed depending on the local seasonal weather forecast.

But cruises, sea cruises, those are fun and have climbed on the boat over twenty times. Not taking a cruise out of Maine yet but bee lining in the dead of winter to places that have boats parked and ready to board.

For sun in the fun. Blue green water, palm trees, and the sea passage to a few islands. To snap a couple shots, to purchase a t-shirt or other reminder of the Caribbean boat ride that shakes off the dust of late winter, early spring.

The Beach In The Dominican Republic. Have You Been On Or Plan To Take A Sea Cruise Vacation?

The days at sea pretty fun when you are on one big floating sea cruise ship resort vacation with lots of neat interesting people.

The kind of tourists vacationing for the same reasons the rest of us are. To get away and look back at your life for the much needed Vacation break. Also the many cultures from around the World that work on a cruise ship. Those friendly, hard working folks are fun to meet. To learn first hand from their experiences living on the other side of the World. They freely talk and share about where they live when not sailing the high seas of a floating cruise ship.

Have taken sea cruises out of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans LA, Long Beach CA.

Ever Take A Sea Cruise And Do You Use Carnival ?

The latest one has been over two years in the making because COVID threw a major wrench into flying and sailing kind of vacations.

It also made out sauntering across the USA border into our Canadian neighboring provinces not worth the hassle until recently with relaxed and removed mask, vaccine mandates. The cruise, hotel, motel and airline industry took the biggest financial hit when COVID face masks were applied Worldwide.

So last week, a bunch of us flew a silver bird out of Bangor Maine and made the Carnival Cruise Line’s Horizon ship out home away from home.

The Horizon Carnival Ship Formal Dining Room. Anytime Dining A Good Choice Using Your Hub App.

A couple days at sea starting out, first stop Aruba and then Bonnaire and LaRomana in the Dominican Republic. Before the last island stop at Amber Cove in the DR. The vacation stop in LaRomana was part of a Rotary International mission project. Our local Houlton Rotary club wanted to help the Hartman School who’s needs are great.

Here’s a video of the stop to deliver notebooks, pencils, some financial support for the Hartman School in LaRomana in the Dominican Republic.

The school kids K-6th grade were sharp, funny, appreciative and curious. We hope to keep helping the Hartman School as part of the International Rotary committee work and seeing all the garbage, the need for water filtration systems, bathrooms and more. That was what makes you want to help and at the same time to realize how lucky we are to live in Maine.

Our guide Jessica who met us at the cruise ship dock told us that her Dad, a minister who started the school wanted to break the cycle.

Of everyone working in the sugar cane field and lacking the education to become professionals in any other endeavor. There are jobs and needs far beyond cutting, harvesting sugar cane on these Caribbean island vacation stops.

What do you enjoy doing on vacation besides seeing new sights, total strangers, maybe heading to a beach, eating too much good food?

Do you reach a couple books flying and during your trip? Sip a rum drink or two. Listening to Jimmy Buffett steel drum type island music on a cruise ship deck lounge? Some folks love to gamble, others like to hoist cold and exotic drinks at the water hole bars. Work on their tan. Or buying a t-shirt, souvenir or trinket from the travels for yourself or someone at home.

Something to remember another vacation island stop by.

To share with someone you love on your do to list back home in your regular surroundings. Who took care of the dogs and cats, covered work? Those folks helped make your getaway vacation possible.

Cruse Ship Music Playing As The Ship Eases Away From The Port Of Miami.

Taking images of new destinations, learning about other cultures and locations. Getting life ideas to apply and adjust your own when you get back to Maine. Experiencing a sometimes a 100 degree temperature change in less than a 24 hour period. Sometimes leaving during a Maine winter snow storm and returning with the same weather pattern to greet you after a Caribbean sea cruise vacation.

Vacations are the dessert earned for working hard, budgeting your pay check and saving up time to get out of Dodge!

Or whatever small Maine town, or one of the handful of cities to see how the rest of the World lives. Looking back on your life and seeing the road ahead. Hard to gain that kind of perspective in your natural surroundings when hog tied up with work, community demands and local living routine in small town Maine. Small towns in Maine living means pitching in and doing more than just existing over your life. Everyone has several roles for life living in small town Maine and are greatly missed when removed from the setting.

One Of Many Watering Holes On A Cruise Ship.

Working on your tan, forgetting anything about counting diet calories. You are on a well deserved family vacation on a resort size floating boat of over 4000 souls. But now back to the real estate World and feeling fortunate to be back in Maine. To list and sell Maine real estate and add to the blog post collection with another easier entry story. Where are you going, where have you been now that COVID mask and vaccine mandates are relaxing and being lifted?

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

April 28, 2022
Trip Downeast Maine To List Saltwater Property On The Coast

Trip Downeast Maine to list saltwater property on the coast.

Maine is one big state and a very popular destination in Vacationland is any coastal region. But when you say you are going up to the Maine coast, where exactly you are referring is not so obvious. Oh sure, this Maine blog post website has one by one exposed different nooks and crannies of the popular coastal tourist haunts. But the further up into Maine you go, the more personal and special the take away experience becomes.

We all seek out our own comfortable corner of Maine.

Maine Island Jewels, Add That Ocean Frontage To The Coastline And Maine Has More Than California!

This blog post highlights a trip down to Washington County, the Bold Coast section of Downeast Maine.

If you follow our blog about Maine, you may remember one post about where exactly is Downeast Maine?

Maine has 228 miles of coastline at first glance.

But wait a minute, when you include all the islands dotting that coast and wind in and out of all those inlets and outlets, get out the pencil eraser. Check your math!

Do some more ciphering. Put some white out on that last figure and insert a much higher number.

Vacationland boasts 3,478 miles of Maine coastline. Topping California’s 3,427.

Let all those islands into the add it up tally time and whoa. More than 5,000 miles of rock bound Maine coastline. You would think that means lots of saltwater coastal properties for sale in Maine. Nope.

This week, loaded up the Jeep with 24 gauge metal real estate signs, had a property listing assignment to GPS along the Maine coast.

The Bold Coast… a little further up in the tippy top of all that water then gets much of the press ink.

Zone A in purple on the maritime map with all the Maine lobster trap markers below.

The Coastal Fishing Zones That Slice & Dice Maine’s Craggy, Rock Bound Coastline.

The real estate mission this week was listing a saltwater property listing in Maine.

The address 109 Little Machias RD, Cutler ME. The original owner bought the 2.6 acres of land with 235′ on Little Machias Bay in Washington County. Hired Katahdin Forest Products (Now renamed Katahdin Cedar Log Homes) to build a cedar log vacation home on the Maine coast. We are selling this Maine coastal property for the nephew who is moving in a new location further from great state of Maine.

Maine Oceanfront Log Home For Sale That’s Affordable!

Just a simple cathedral ceiling getaway hidden from view, with a long driveway and an open porch to use sitting and thinking. The owner a Vietnam vet that needed space, salt air and the sounds of the Maine seacoast. He built a Katahdin log home to enjoy the Maine coastal setting.

With a lot of properties, if you are lucky you can say you see the Maine ocean in a limited location on it.

Or brag to your friends that you are close to the Maine coast. But not so many Maine coastal property listings actually border the coastline. This one does and is front row, best seats in the Downeast inventory of coastal real estate. Sadly, not enough saltwater property or waterfront listings for that matter in this crazy busy Maine real estate market.

Front Row, First Class Seating On The Maine Coast. Log Vacation Home Borders Little Machias Bay Downeast Maine.

Everyone wants to own a piece of ME.

Waterfront is top on the list for today’s real estate buyer’s wish list. Especially if you are connected to high speed Internet service to stay in touch and telecommute to work remotely online. Check out this Maine coastal property just listed for sale video.

When you head to the Maine coast, it is not a simple set the cruise control and count the Interstate 95 mile markers. Then take your exit, honey your home. No no, with Maine coastal travel, there are windy roads. Twisting up and down and side to side like a snake. You pay attention. Easy to take a wrong turn. Get turned around and lose your bearings.

You see piles of lobster traps racked and stacked. Blueberry barrens, more rock outcroppings, different terrains and ocean views. Lobster boats parked on stands in yard or moored in Maine coastal harbor settings. Everything revolves around coastal life on the Maine coast.

Sunset, Dusk. The Clam Flats, The Maine Coast In Downeast ME!

Heard a fire engine while wrapping up the media collection and learned from a local the next day it was a blueberry barrens controlled fire that got out of hand.

In small areas of Maine, and most areas are rural, there is a strong connection. Not much happens that isn’t passed around quickly on the local news grapevine.

Cutler Maine named after Joseph Cutler from Newburyport MA.

Back in a time that Maine was not even a state yet and part of the Bay Colony. Before Red Sox nation spread to what now is Maine. Cutler has a little over 500 friendly souls that populate this neat sheltered area of Downeast Maine. Whats to do for fun?

Check out lighthouses like West Quoddy up in Lubec Maine.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouses, A Painted Lady That Stands Out From Maine’s 60+ Lighthouses.

Attend the yearly Pirate Invasion in Eastport Maine. Or paddle a sea kayak out to the front of Little River Island in mouth of Cutler Harbor to see another local lighthouse with the same name.

If you know someone after a Maine saltwater property listing, here is one priced to sell.

Needs a little work, but parked on the Maine coastline. Not near it, on it. Rent it out for profit when not using. The same folks rent this little rustic home away from home each year. Same spot on the calendar like clockwork. Save a few weeks and special holiday times for yourself though otherwise you miss all the Maine coastal salt air and seashore fun.

See those towers across Little Machias Bay?

What Do They Use Those Radio Towers For? Tracking And Talking To Submarines Around The World!

Those are for maintaining communications and listening in on submarine radio transmissions in Cutler Maine.

Low frequency radio broadcasts are the purpose of those Cutler Maine coastal towers.

This installment mixing business with pleasure. A quick trip to the coast to collect images, shoot some video, to go skyward with the real estate drone.

Thank you for following our Me In Maine blog post series.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

April 9, 2022
Maine Vacations | Little Time, Lots To See In Maine

Maine vacations, little time, lots to see when you live in Vacationland.

Lucky to live in Maine and whenever there are a couple days here and there, it’s time to explore. Because Maine has four seasons, the same location is so different depending on the calendar spot you visit. So mini, instate Maine stay vacation time. Taking in Maine four season beauty in bite size segments. This past weekend, decided it was time to take in a Maine Black Bear ice hockey game at the Alfond Arena in Orono.

Maine Black Bear Chilly Cheering Section In The Alfond Arena, Orono ME!

I am a college alumni of the University of Maine Orono campus.

Meg too along with most of my and her family members. The Harold Alfond Arena was just a parking lot when I joined Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity across the street on College Avenue in Orono. I was the treasurer of the fraternity house. Lived there year round working in the Bangor broadcasting market during and after college at the University of Maine at Orono.

Back in the early days around 1977 with Shawn Walsh leading the Maine Black Bear college ice hockey team, it was pretty spectacular.

Black Bears Need Polished Sheet Of Ice To Play Ice Hockey! Zambonis Remove The Carved Skate Grooves.

Seeing your Maine university college team in the frozen four for the nation year after year was awesome for U-Maine system.

“The Starting Line Ups… For The Huskies, The ME Black Bears Tonight….”

Had a little bite of Mexican food at Margarita’s in Orono ME before the Black Bear ice hockey game.

Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant In Orono, MMmmmm Tasty Meals! Pats Pizza Another Favorite Next Door.

You can’t hoot, holler on an empty stomach when you go to a University of Maine Black Bear ice hockey game at the Alfond Arena.

Pat’s Pizza’s flag ship location, the Mother of all Pat’s Pizzas is close by Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant in downtown Orono, ME in Penobscot County. After filling the pie hole at Margarita’s with “South of the Border” menu items food, we headed to the Alfond UMO ice hockey arena. Parked in the steam plant parking lot, by the river. Put on the mask, hoofed it with Meg to the hockey game between Maine Black Bears and UNH Huskies college teams.

College Hockey Games, University Of Maine Black Bear Goalie Hydrates Between Periods. Minding The Twine, Guarding The Net Is Hard Work To Deny Opposing Hockey Team Goals.

Walking home to TKE fraternity during my University years at 370 College Ave Orono ME, I remember watching the Alfond Ice Arena being built.

One board, cement pier at a time put into place. Lots of roof slopes in the design and the kind you can run hard and climb easily wearing sneakers not dress shoes. To overlook the river and reflect on the four year college education bubble experience.

Lines Coming And Going. Using The Two Bench Doors Or Usually Sliding Up And In/Out Over The Alfond Ice Arena Hockey Boards.

We had a Dan Sweeney from Buzzard’s Bay MA in our TKE fraternity house who was a Maine black bear hockey player.

Our intramural hockey games had really crazy ice times because that arena gets used round the clock. Day and night. Every season of the year. It was not uncommon to set your alarm clock, get up at 3 AM and walk over next door to the Alfond ice arena for a college recreation hockey game.

Our biggest rival was Phi Eta Kappa fraternity at UMO.

There were quite a few jocks in each fraternity that competed heavily but also made sure to be at each other’s house parties. Not sure if that qualifies as a love hate relationship or not. Let’s just call it a spirited competition and leave it at that. My Dad was in BETA fraternity at UMO.

Maine Black Bear Hockey. Got Seats Behind The Black Bear Bench, Watched The Squad Play The Second Of Two Games With UNH.

Had two boys who played Maine high school hockey and all the games with Old Town, Orono were at the Alfond arena in Orono.

And as any hockey parent knows, in high school, the sport continues year round. Summer hockey games every weekend at UMO’s Alfond Arena happened. And the parents in their shorts and short sleeves come inside out of the warm summer sun.

To watch, run the clock, announce, man the penalty box, to control the flow from the bench out onto the arena ice. To perform whatever chore at the ice arena and then in our case travel two hours back home to “The County”. All uphill heading North. Excited when you see the I-95 sign for “Benedicta ME” on the return home.

You know you are crossing the county line into Aroostook when you see Benedicta that only got one Interstate 95 exit.

A Camp Or Maine Cabin Near Baxter, Mt Katahdin. Priceless. Lots Of People Flock To The Less Traveled Vacation Options In Maine Like Baxter State Park.

Aroostook County is Maine’s largest of the sixteen.

Everyone Wants To Drive The Zamboni. UMO Black Bear Hockey Games, Fun Way To Speed Up A Maine Winter.

After the Maine Black Bear ice hockey game, Meg and I headed over to the other side of Orono. Bagging ZZZzzz’s at the Black Bear Inn right off the Stillwater Ave exit.

We got up early on Sunday to head down to Acadia National Park. Visiting Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Bass Harbor lighthouse.

Every little town along the way as you drive the hilly, snaking highways that weave in and out of the coastal villages and towns. Neat coves, amazing rock formations and harbor views that excite.

Sheer, Dramatic Rock Formations Surround You Driving Around Acadia National Park Roads.

It’s all a difference experience in a Maine winter.

We’ve blogged about returning to a Maine community vacation destination but in a different season. Like this blog post on Cape Porpoise, Old Port, the Maine coast. No or very few tourists, no bumper to bumper traffic or waiting in line. The peace and quiet replace the crowds of tourist seeking to sample Maine on summer vacation.

Not as many places open during the “shoulder season” or “off season” but the local operators are more laid back, friendlier and not so busy.

Closed For The Winter Season. Take Out Lobster Pounds In Maine Are Pretty Quiet In The Winter Months. What Would You Order If This Roadside Take Out Joint Was Open?

Rates are cheaper for everything off season in a Maine winter tourist attraction except for ski and snow sledding resort areas.

Look Mom, No People. Bar Harbor In The Dead Of A Maine Winter. Quiet, No Traffic, No People. Not Having To Share The Eye Candy In Winter.

Walked around Bar Harbor, shot some blog post images.

Then traveled on to Acadia National Park. Paid the entrance fee and took in the sights on what was open around the perimeter road. Big Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, checked out Bass Harbor Headlight. Saw Egg Rock Lighthouse too and had covered that area from boat in an earlier Maine instate stay vacation.

Egg Rock Lighthouse Off Bar Harbor Maine, Mount Desert Island (MDI).

The pathways, rocks covered with new white fluffy snow and hidden ice make it be better go slow and be super careful.

Watch your step folks. Fresh air, cobalt blue skies, a few tourists dressed warmly and wearing hats, gloves. Some strap on removable ice grips. Weather in Maine, we are outdoors year round. Just dress a little different in the exercise and sight seeing when in Maine.

Rock Bound Maine Coast Line. Not A Lot Of Topsoil But Plenty Of Cadillac Mt Pink Granite. Pretty Impressive Places Hidden Here And There.

Someone put a lot of work into the trails, the preservation of the wildlife habitat, plants, trees.

The Sights, Sounds, Smells Of Being Outdoors On The Maine Coast. Priceless Experiences Outdoors Year Round In Maine.

You see families, a few with pets as you travel to the open areas of Acadia National Park on MDI in Maine in winter.

Granite, Nothing Taken For Granite At Acadia National Park’s Stone Walk Ways.

Lots more open areas in Acadia this trip compared to last year when most areas were shuttered and closed up to the public.

Always thinking of seafood with the fresh air stimulating the taste buds. After taking in all this eye candy, your hunger for local Maine seafood only increases. Sure we can get lobsters, mussels, clams and crab meat at our local Maine Piggly Wiggly groceries. Or from a pick up with a box truck cooler on back that can fish you out just about anything sea food wise.

But nothing like tapping the source and knowing what you dine on was swimming in the sea not long before the same day direct from the harbor pound.

Bass Harbor Me Lighthouse, The Skinny On This Seacoast Navigational Guide.

Today’s cell phones do a decent job taking images and capturing video loops.

But we have camera lust. Use them everyday in our job as Joe Maine Real Estate Broker. The Sony with the telephone lens cost more that two and a quarter books of green stamps. But so so worth zeroing in on the action. Whether a hockey game and up in the stands. Chasing the orange ball around the courts. Or on land, looking out at what’s parked off shore and up in or among the trees.

Bambi Crosses The Winding Coastal Road Right In Front Of Us. Quick, Pull Over, Pull Down That Rear Window. Hurry!

Another lighthouse in Maine is the rear attraction along the coast of Vacationland though.

Needing A Little Paint, The Metal Work Around The Top A Tad Rusted. Bass Harbor Headlight Shot Up From Among The Snow Covered Granite Strewn Rocks And Rubble..

Some Maine lighthouses you need a lobster boat ride or sight seeing tour to access.

Others are a sea kayak on a smooth windless day easy peasy to paddle out and back to see. Bass Harbor lighthouses in the summer when lots of other tourists had the same idea as you. It is way way easier to just park your car. Unhook the strapped on back bike to pedal in and out because parking spaces are as rare as four leaf clovers. Or live show tickets to Bob Marley, Maine’s comedian.

Bass Harbor Headlight Is Needing Some Paint, Attention.

Lots of friends of all the Maine lighthouses.

Some Maine lighthouses have associations stronger than others to preserve, promote and protect. A few lighthouses in Maine private residences now or rented out for vacations for tourists visiting the Pine Tree State. Looking for something different for a location smack dab front and center on or off the Maine coastline.

Providing Light, Sound, Navigation For Sea Captains Plying Their Boats Off The Rock Bound Coast Of Maine. Winds, Salty Sea Air And Low Winter Temperatures Are Hard On ME Lighthouses.

After spending hours around Acadia National Park, venturing over to Bass Harbor Headlight, we just continued on our way back to Bangor Maine for the night.

Decided to sample some Geaghan’s BBQ wings and lay the head in the bed Sunday night in Bangor because Monday was President’s Day, school vacation too. There are many times just too busy to sneak out of town to see some new surroundings living in Maine full time as a native, local insider.

The Harbor View In Maine Coastal Towns. No Two Village Harbors Quite The Same If You Look Close. Visit them different seasons.

Maine instate stay vacations.

Have you been to Maine and where? Is it time for a re-visit to unplug, unwind and recharge? It’s winter but that does not mean nothing is open in Maine for vacation, instate staycation options. Until next time, already have ideas what to serve up in the next few blog posts about anything Maine that’s fair game. Thank you for following our Maine blog!

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MOOERS REALTY 69 North Street Houlton ME 04730 USA

February 24, 2022
Instate Maine Vacations | Cape Porpoise, Old Port, Wells Beach ME

Instate vacations, Cape Porpoise, Old Port, Wells Beach ME.

When you are lucky enough to live in Maine full time, Vacationland is your playground. Ready to tap. Short trips, instate vacations are quick and easy when you already live in the state of Maine.

This blog post more of a photo log about a three day trip from Northern to Southern Maine and back.

Anything Maine to cover is fair game right for this blogging post channel right ?

Cape Porpoise Harbor Maine

Had a little Maine winter snow storm change the instate vacations weekend plans just a tad.

Because a foot of new fluffy white stuff arriving in the weather forecast last Friday, Meg and I decided to head out a half day earlier. This Maine snow storm started north and headed south so we got on Interstate 95 Thursday afternoon to stay ahead of it. Pushed along during daylight and just warmer temperatures, light rain happening outside the car.

Good cruising to git while the getting was optimum. We both knew the weather was influx, it was going to change. If we sat still or waited getting “out of Dodge” for harder travel conditions to change to match the current forecast. .

Thursday night staying at the Hilton Garden Inn in the Old Port where we could walk to some place new to eat.

Staying In The Old Port ME, The Hilton Garden Inn One Where To Stay Lodging Suggestion. Stayed One Trip At The Portland Harbor Hotel An Early Runaway From Home Mad Dash.

No reservations, no need for calling ahead when it’s during a snow storm or in the middle of winter during your instate Maine vacation.

The winds picking up and change over from icy drizzle to a snow crystal like sugar. You don’t have to be an Eskimo to know about the 50 kinds of snow. Living in Maine, because of her sheer size and many weather zones, you get a chance to experience it all. More than the eyeballs see what is developing. You can taste, smell, sense weather change in the Maine air any season.

Old Port ME During Ice Storm.

Back in Aroostook County, over a foot of just white, fluffy light snow landing to blanket the Earth.

While in the Old Port region of Maine, the accumulation was under four inches of a different kind of snow. Granular, more ice than light airy snow flakes. A lot like sugar, sand and hardening up like compact cement to make it harder to plow or shovel.

We ate at Scales in the Old Port.

Scales, Old Port ME Restaurant. Fresh Fish On Ice.

Maine seafood… Meg got the scallops, I worked on a pot of steamed clams.

Nothing Fresher Because Swimming In A Salt Water Holding Tank At Scales Restaurant, Old Port ME.

More whole belly fried clams after that.

When in Maine, on the coast, it’s seafood the choice of many. Because it was probably swimming in the sea earlier in the day.

Not caught, hanging around, shipped eventually to all four corners of the World.

Maine Scallops Cooked Just So At Scales, Old Port ME

The neat thing about staying in an Old Port Hotel is the car is tucked away for the night.

Steamed Maine Clams in The Iron Pot At Scales, Old Port ME

No windshield to scrape. No snow to clear off the hood, roof and everywhere else after a Maine snow storm wraps it up.

Our winter jacket hoods were up like the zippers and braced for the Nor-Eastern seacoast winds. You could see even the Portland Harbor chopping, ice chunk water and swells forming as the winds picked up.

The plan on this trip was to re-visit and old familiar haunt, Wells Beach Maine.

The Old Port region of Portland ME’s waterfront just a bonus lead in stop for Thursday night.

Winter Surfing In Cold Air, Icy Water Temps On Wells Beach ME!

The next morning, it was breakfast at the Hilton Garden Hotel lobby.

We could leave the car in the hotel parking garage until 3pm when we would be on our way to the next instate vacation stop at Well’s Beach Maine. Meg wanted to walk to Whole Foods to see her Nature’s Circle Farms produce display at that nearby location.

The yellow potatoes looked great, there were red beets there too. Whole Foods a really neat store and supportive of locally sourced farmers, fishermen, everyone in one neat display.

Check The Locally Sourced Maine Farm Produce At Whole Foods Portland ME. Yes, There’s Nature’s Circle’s Organic Vegetable Farm Brand.

Exploring the shops up and down the hillside leading toward the Old Port harbor, we wandered in and out to sample the wares.

Landing at Market Square Jewelers to check out the estate pieces. Low key, no expensive oriental runs covering the floor that you don’t want to mess up with slushy feet.

No pressure and had fun locating a few pieces to celebrate the approaching Valentine’s Day and Meg’s birthday this past weekend.

Organic ME Farm Produce, Nature’s Circle Display At Whole Foods Portland ME Store.

All that walking, and knowing how much great Maine seafood is waiting to try at new venues, we trudged back down the slippery sidewalk slowly to wander into Gilbert’s Chowder House.

The seafood chowder was loaded with lobster, clams, shrimp, scallops, haddock.

There was not much room in there for the potatoes but those and onions showed up for the lunch date too.

These instate Maine vacations mean more food, working up an appetite to sample local dining fare and no diet worries.

Night Or Day, Sunny Or Stormy. The Old Port ME Is A Neat Instate ME Vacation Retreat!

But life is short, you and I need to take a break right?

The local restaurant and hotel lodging owners in Maine during the winter months are much more laid back. Not so summer tourist season hurry scurry.

No, because the Portland area weather was becoming more difficult to drive in, Meg and I decided to saddle up, to get on the road to Well’s Beach, Maine.

Wells Beach Maine, Local Instate Vacations Are Cheaper, Less Hassle In Winter, The Off Season.

Six accidents along the road, most were single car and just off the road without damage.

We did not speed, we live in Maine and have experience on driving in snow and ice. To keep the shiny part of the vehicle on top.

Old Port ME, Gilbert’s Chowder House Worth A Stop!

Stayed at Misty Harbor, ate at Veranos in Wells Beach ME .

Loaded To The Gills With Fish Of All Kinds, All Maine. Gilberts Chowder House, Old Port ME.

We blogged about that instate Maine vacation stay last year about this time on the blog.

When you find something you like, you repeat the pleasant experience right?

Old Port ME Shops, Slippery Going To Ply The Sidewalks During A Maine Winter Storm.

Every summer, a vacation stay in Wells Beach Maine was a tradition of Meg’s family that continues.

Saturday we walked two hours down Mile RD to wander from Wells to Moody Beach, ME.

Saw some surfers braving the stiff breeze, blue skies, sunshine and low temperatures. They had a cheering audience and we snapped a few shots and video to use in future blog posts that always sample the many facets of this state called Maine.

Old Port ME, Ice In The Harbor Hunkering Down During A Maine Snowstorm Stay.

Had to hit a favorite store, Reny’s to see if anything was on the shelves for the loved ones back home.

Grandchildren are fun to shop for and give back so much enjoyment when they get a gift. We had some hours to spend before the dinner bell rang again on our coastal instate Maine vacation.

The extra half a day going in really made the time go slower, more enjoyably.

Let’s go to Cape Porpoise and see if we can snap an image of the harbor, of Goat’s Island lighthouse.

Old Port ME During A Winter Snowstorm. Pretty Nice Place To Explore, To Be Holed Up And Hunker Down!

The usual trip up Ocean Avenue in Kennbunkport, Maine part of the re-tracing familiar steps in this coastal section.

After seeing another Goat Island ME lighthouse to add to the collection, we noticed a couple going into a buoy covered hideaway.

At first glance thought the restaurant overhead was shut down for the Maine winter. Like many places that are not open or will re-open in March, it was a surprise to go into “The Ramp” part of Pier 77 located upstairs.

Cape Porpoise Harbor, The Ramp Hideaway Down Under.

Lots of New England sports memorabilia filled the pub and met a nice couple from the Boston area.

Sneaking away for a mini vacation like we were doing. We are all part of the same Red Sox Nation right? Decided the starter for tonight’s meal would be sampled here in the Cape Porpoise Harbor.

Steamed clams that never go out of style or fail to hit the spot. But this second dose of shell food was switched up to star steamed mussels instead of clams.

Old Port ME Becky’s Diner For Breakfast Sunday Morning On Way Home To “The County”.

We worked our way back to Wells to the Misty Harbor Motel.

The Verano’s meal stop for Chicken Marsala for Meg was not possible the night before due to the storm causing many places to not open for the evening.

We trudged to nearby Shop and Save to gather what we needed to dine in and the little apartment efficiency kitchen worked like a charm. While catching up on the day of winter Olympic events from the other side of the blue and green spinning marble.

Downunder In “The Ramp” Cape Porpoise ME Pub Eatery.

Hope you enjoy the images salt and peppered in this Maine blog post today.

We ate at Becky’s Diner in the Old Port on the way back up to home in Aroostook County Sunday morning.

Earlier, the Maine Diner was the breakfast venue the day before on our instate Maine vacation. Lots of snow greeted us on our return and no vacation, no matter how long, short or in between goes unpunished.

More Fuel, More Food. Part Of The Instate ME Vacation Fun At Becky’s Diner Maine Instate Getaway.

Maine instate vacations.

Always a rush trying to get away and out of town. The adjustment to get back into the routine on the return but oh so so worth it. Where are you planning to head in Maine for your instate vacation next?

Meg and I will make sure to let you in on where we head out to sample and share on this blogging channel!

Sea Legs. Fresher Fish Is Only What’s Swimming In The Sea. Maine Fish, It’s What’s For Dinner!

Hunkering down and snowed in somewhere new in Maine is an adventure.

The Winter Olympics were on and we caught the highlights between lots of meals, plenty of exercise. On our much anticipated Maine instate vacation trip down to the southern coastal regions of the state.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

February 7, 2022