Spring – Finally! Sun in the garden; fog on the bay.

We’re celebrating spring with a new Memorial Day Getaway Special — dinner for two at Solo Bistro, two fabulous lobster rolls at Five Islands Lobster Company, and entry for two to either Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens or the Maine Maritime Museum all at no additional cost with a three-day (or longer) stay in May. Check out our new packages and specials — including a new kayak getaway – here. (We’ll be posting some blog entries describing our new packages in the coming weeks).

As for the scene on Gotts Cove — spring has finally arrived, after a chilly winter.  Reservations for next summer are filling up, however, and we expect a sunny season filled with happy guests.You can now make reservations directly on our website, but we’re always happy to talk by phone or email.

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(very) early spring at Coveside

The other sign of spring is the annual reopening of the iconic “Fat Boy” drive-in on the old Bath-Brunswick road.  Great greasy burgers, frappes, fries, and car hops [are you old enough to remember car hops?] to deliver them to your car!  Here’s a link to a story on the event in the Bangor Daily News.  And here are some pics of Fat Boy in the summer that I found on the web, along with the following comment: “Going to Brunswick, Maine, set me back in time where drive ins still exist and manners never went out of fashion. I can only make reference b/c I used to watch Happy Days growing up as a kid. If you like burgers, fries, and nice sweet young girls serving you in your car – it’s never to late to go to Fatboy and enjoy your Happy Days.” Can summer be far away?

Summer at the Fat Boy

Busy car hops prepping trays for delivery

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The effects of the recent Nor’easter were evident along the trail — many downed trees and other wind damage.

The view from the top

First look at the beach

First look at Seawall Beach

Beach and Seguin Light

Up and down the beach:

Toward Small Point Beach

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Rocks at Half-mile Beach

Mid-coast Maine was hit in late February with a serious winter storm, one of the worst in recent memory. Wind gusts along the coast were clocked at over 60 miles per hour, many trees were downed (including several pines in the woods around Coveside) and power was out in parts of Georgetown for as long as four days. We blessed the fact that we had a generator! During the storm, the wind howled and rain (6 inches in 24 hours) flew horizontally at the house. We have a new appreciation for those enduring hurricanes.

The waves at Reid State Park, even a couple of days later, were spectacular. Fortunately, unlike the situation at Popham State Park, the beach — while full of debris — was left intact.

Surf on Mile Beach

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Squirrel Point Light, a 30 minute walk from a trailhead in Arrowsic, a short drive from Coveside:

 Across the Kennebec River is Phippsburg.

A fisherman’s cottage in Marrtown, West Georgetown

Scenes from Reid State Park:

Little River Estuary from the Woodland Trail 

 Mile Beach

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