Dream Vacation in Downeast Maine
Review Submitted: July 22, 2008
Date of Stay: May 2008
No sleeping pills were needed.
The crashing sounds of waves hitting the back-yard granite boulders of our vacation cottage was all the sleep aid needed in the heart of the “Land of Lobsters,” to wit, the Schoodic Peninsula in Downeast Maine.
The setting was specifically “Schoodic Surf Cottage,” a two-story, three bedroom rental that sits directly over the ocean’s “Downeast” coast nestled between three harbors, Prospect, Winter and Corea located about 30 miles from the more well-known Bar Harbor.
To land-locked Tennesseans, the setting was not only therapeutic and picturesque, but educational in touring America’s last operational sardine processing plant, and the experience buying fresh-caught lobsters ($7 a pound) straight off the boats.
As land-lubbers, we realized we had not previously experienced the spectacular fresh succulent taste of truly fresh lobster, until you’ve cooked them on the cottages’ outdoor patio over a Bunsen burner in a pot of boiling sea water straight out the ocean.
One of the truly most “blessed” experiences came when the chickadees would fly up and softly land on our raised cupped hands, and eat their morning meal of bird seed. This was almost “a spiritual” experience to be this attuned to Mother Nature there by the seaside.
How exciting was the total experience? We’re booked to go back to Schoodic Surf Cottage on the Schoodic Peninsula in the fall. And it’s a truly affordable cottage, that is sparkling clean, complete with a full kitchen and breath-taking views of the cascading ocean waves and fleet of working lobster boats.
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