Paddle Boarding at Tidal Transit!

Paddle Boarding at Tidal Transit!

Many of you have tried kayaking next door at Tidal Transit. There’s really no better way to explore the harbor and the coves farther afield. Last fall, I kayaked out the east side of the harbor, then crossed over to the east side of the harbor at Tumbler Island....
More Boothbay Restaurants

More Boothbay Restaurants

I had the chance to try a few new restaurants in town on recent visits. I’ve added these to my full restaurant recommendations list as well. Chowder to go from Waves – yum! Waves is at 43 Commercial St. where the old Ebbtide used to be. For Ebbtide...
Kennebec River Boat Trip with CAP’n FISH

Kennebec River Boat Trip with CAP’n FISH

In July, I finally went on CAP’n FISH’s Kennebec tour, a 44-mile loop from the Harbor, through Townsend Gut (separating Boothbay from Southport Island), across to Bath, down the Kennebec and open ocean back to Boothbay Harbor. Boothbay Harbor, East Side...
Bigelow Laboratory

Bigelow Laboratory

Bigelow Laboratory, or the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, was founded in 1974 but they constructed a beautiful new campus for their 70+ scientists and other staff in East Boothbay just a few years ago. In July, I attended an open house there. We...
Haunted Tours of Boothbay

Haunted Tours of Boothbay

On my last trip to Maine, I finally did something I had been wanting to do for a long time. I went on a haunted tour of Boothbay Harbor. I didn’t know what to expect, how hokey this was going to be. But I felt the Red Cloak Haunted History Tour got the...