Castine, Maine

This past weekend we drove up to the little town of Castine, Maine. One of Darcy's co-workers owns a house there that he rents out during the summer months. Lucky for us, he let us stay for free. To add to the excitement, we were joined by some friends who have a two year old named George.

It was a great three-day weekend except Ellie was sick the entire time with a high fever. Literally an hour up the road and Ellie started to complain she wasn't feeling well. Needless to say, it was not a very relaxing vacation.

Despite that, we found Castine to be a very picturesque and quaint New England coastal town with a lot of history.



The Lodging: An 1800's farm house over looking a golf course.

The Crew: A 5 month old a, 2 year old, and a 3.5 year old. And a Porcupine that climbed a tree in the front yard.

View of Penobscot Bay:

Castine History - Occupied continuously since the 1600s with the French, English, Dutch, and Colonial Americans all vying for it at one point or another. As a result, Castine was the home to many different forts, although only 1 kinda/sorta still exists.

In 1779 the Brits built Fort George. It played a crucial role in the Penobscot expedition, the largest naval expedition of the Revolutionary war and the worst defeat in American Naval History (until Pearl Harbor). It didn't end well for the Americans. Paul Revere was in charge of the artillery during the expedition and was nearly court marshalled for disobedience and cowardice.  

In the 1850's Castine supposedly had the 2nd highest per capita wealth of any city in the US, but times were not always good!!

Today it is a very sleepy little town, with the tagline "under the Elms by the sea".

Despite being sick, I think Ellie still had a good time.