A Day in Milbridge

August brings out our family who live in the midwest and on the west coast.  Our 3 families plan each vacation day and it seems we must always have the ocean included in any day's itinerary.  Our ocean is an intricate element in our lives, speaking of my husband and me, so it stands to reason as one place we can all agree to visit every day.  Here's a sample day we love:

Wake bright and early and walk to the shore or ride bikes all the way to the end of our "island."  After breakfast head to Milbridge for a hike around the rocky coastline at McClellans Park.  Geocaching your thing?  There is at least one cache at the park.  Walking on the ledges and rock hopping is a favorite for us and so is setting up a few canvas chairs and just drinking in the smells and sights of this glorious place Milbridge offers to all who yearn to visit the rugged coastline here.

 

Just in time for this summer of good eats in the area is the opening of The Fisherman's Wife restaurant and takeout.  We highly recommend this place for lunch or dinner and be sure to try Christie's blueberry crunch pie.  The dining room is decorated creatively with motifs around lobster fishing and family.  Every meal has been one we have talked incessantly about.  Right in Milbridge!

 After lunch we head back to Camp or the Cottage and soak up the sun, play catch with our Pearl, the border collie, and maybe take a quick snooze or read.  Then it's off to town again for our sea glass hunt or a visit to the Milbridge Historical Museum.  The Schooner art gallery might be more your interest area or check out our new library facility.  Milbridge has a terrific grocery story, a pharmacy, a movie theater, a Saturday morning Farmer's Market and nearly any thing you might need, you can find in town.

End of the day is perfectly perfect down at the Cottage or Camp beaches.

Maine, the way life is.