Three Families Love of Brigham Cove for 8 Years
Review Submitted: September 11, 2008
Date of Stay: July 2008
My husband and I spent three weeks this past summer at Brigham Cove Cottage watching/helping the owners, our son and his wife, furnish and decorate their home. We love to cook and there is a well stocked kitchen. New furniture, lamps, and books (from the library of my husband, an English professor) provide for good summer reading. There is a separarate cozy room with a large high definition TV and DVD player. A cupboard full of games and large picture windows with a gorgeous view make even rainy days fun for the family.
For those who don't like to cook there are several good restaurants not far away. One favorite is Spinneys which is on Popham Beach one of the best sand beaches in Maine, only 20 minutes from the cottage. Popham beach stretches for miles and has a river which crosses it. At low tide the river provides warmer tidal pools for small children. There is a fee for Popham Beach but one can buy a pass for the season. Go early, take a picnic and an umbrella and chairs. Watching the tide and cross tides and river and an island is an all day occupation. No need to bring beach toys with you to Maine. Our favorite store (and everyones) in Bath is Renys. They have anything you need for the beach, and everything else! Bath is a fun town. Not too touristy. The Bath Iron Works is an integral part of the town and keeps Bath from being just a "tourist" town. Thirty minutes south is Brunswick, where Bowdoin College has a summer theater and an art gallery. Brunswick has fun shops, good restaurants and a Farmer's Market, as does Bath. Not to forget that Bean's Outfitters is perhaps 45 minutes away in Freeport.
For the larger family, as ours is, there are nearby rentals. We had three families in two houses 10 minutes apart. Lots of fun for cousins at the beach and family lobster dinners or hot dogs and hamburgers on the great new grill and huge new picnic table at Brigham Cove.
Our family rented Brigham Cove Cottage for 8 years before our son bought it. We come from Michigan, our son's family comes from France, our daughters and their families come from Florida and Chicago. That should say something about our love of Brigham Cove Cottage, Bath, and Maine.
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