ITINERARY #1
The Teaser - General Introduction to Area’s Activities
Day One
- Visit the Lighthouse Museum and learn about our rich maritime history
- Walk the Breakwater
- Drive Cheryl’s favorite scenic loop- Rockport, Indian Island, Children’s Chapel, Oreo Cows, Camden shops, Camden Hills State Park
- Lincolnville – lunch Lobster Pound
- Windsor Chairmakers
- Cellar Door Winery
- Lake Megunticook
- Camden shops
- Wine Seller or Maine State Cheese company for local wine and cheese
- Enjoy a whirlpool, put your feet up nap
- Walk to dinner at In Good Company, Rustica, Amalfi or Café Miranda
Day Two
- Up early
- Pick up box lunch (order 24 hours in advance) and frozen water
- Borrow knapsack, and binoculars head to Port Clyde – Monhegan Boat Line
(too ensure space and to get your discount have your innkeeper make reservations at least 1 day in advance), catch the 10:30 mailboat
- Enjoy the natural beauty of the cliffs and artist community and the 17 miles of hiking and walking trails and many artist studios
- Back to Port Clyde on the 4:30 ferry
- Drive by Marshall point lighthouse and Owl’s Head light on your way back to town
- Caress those feet in a whirlpool or soaking tub
- Dinner at Primo, Amalfi or Sushi Bar – (must have advanced reservations)
Day Three
- Sleep in a little
- Enjoy a “Day on the Bay” with Captain Jack Lobster tour in the morning where you can pull traps and be a lobsterman for an 1.5 (or watch if you prefer!), buy the lobsters you help catch a boat prices and head to Catch of the Day where the staff will cook up the lobsters you caught, then on to Morning in Maine or the Bugeye Jenny Norman for an afternoon sail where you can appreciate the rugged side of the maine coast and learn all about the marine life in Maine by a Marine Biologist.
- Stop in at the Audubon Society’s Puffin Visitor Center and watch the remote webcam of this unique birds and hear about the efforts to bring them back to the area.
- Walk Main Street and enjoy the unique shops, and many are galleries. Stop in at the Farnsworth Art Museum. If it is a Wednesday in the summer, enjoy extended hours at the Farnsworth and the gallery walk from 5-8pm.
- Grab and early dinner and take in a movie at the renovated Strand Theatre.
- Sleep well and dream about your next trip back to Rockland…
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