Rockland is well known for its lobster, including the Lobster Festival every August.  You can find fresh lobster in most restaurants around town, from gourmet fine dining restaurants to wear-a-bib lobster shacks.

Rockland is equally known for its lighthouses – 14 of which are located in Know Country – many accessible by car and foot.  Built back in the 1800’s, each lighthouse is unique in its design, with special tales of shipwrecks, rescues, legends, and ghosts.

Lobsters, Lighthouses & Luxury packages, offered by four of Rockland’s luxurious Historic Inns, include:

• Two nights at a historic inn, with an option to add on a third night at a specially priced rate
• Two tickets to the Maine Lighthouse Museum, including a guided tour
• Two tickets on Captain Jack’s Lobster Adventure (an eco-tour and boat ride when you learn about lobstering)
• $50 voucher for a lobster dinner (for two) at participating restaurants
• Maine Lighthouse book and map
• Self-guided Knox County lighthouse tour
• Exclusive guide tours of the Rockland Breakwater Light
• Chocolate treat
• Exclusive tour of the historic inns
• Two silly lobster hats

Packages are offered during the month of June, and start at $365/couple, representing up to a 30% savings.  You may also want to add on air service from Boston to Rockland via Cape Air (starting around $120).

Participating inns are:  LimeRock Inn, Captain Lindsey House, Berry Manor Inn, and Granite Inn.

You can book the Lobsters, Lighthouses & Luxury package with the Historic Inns of Rockland, through the inn website, or by calling (toll free) 877-ROC-INNS.

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Lobsters, Lighthouses & Luxury in Maine

I looked at a photo of my family (Father, Mother, my sister, brothers and me) seated on a rock with the Cape Neddick “Nubble Lighthouse” in the background.  This brought back memories of trips from our home in New York State to visit relatives in Maine and our picnic suppers at the lighthouse view.

So, in addition to writing about family trips to Nubble Light for my class, I’m relating some memories for our family legacy.  I marvel how Mother and Father had the patience to take four children in a car (no vans or SUVs in those days).  There were simply the six of us squeezed into a two seater car with small trunk for luggage.  We traveled many miles this way, often stopping to repair flat tires. 

Do you have memories of family trips in the pre-Alzheimer’s days?  Remember the adventures, the frustration, and the fun that we captured in photos and now in words.

Additional Information:

Sentinel of the Sea – Nubble Light: a History of Cape Neddick Light Station by Rose Labrie.  (Finding a listing at Amazon of this book brought back memories, too.  I knew Rose Labrie years ago when we both belonged to the Seacoast Writers Group.)

(AllPosters.com image at Amazon)

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