New Inn Keepers

May 27th, 2013
Wow, we can't believe we're going to be hosting new friends at the Brewster House on Thursday!  After almost a year of searching New England for opportunities, growing an understanding of what we were looking for, and 5 months after discovering the Brewster House, we're finally about to live there and meet you all!  We oscillate daily between excitement and raw fear, and Mary is seriously challenged by the level of the breakfast bar that Ruth has set.  

Tomorrow is our closing, then we change places with Scott & Ruth, then WE'RE RUNNING AN INN!!  Please bear with us (no, not a bad Maine joke), while we jump into our new craft with all four feet, we know we have alot to learn.  Mary is most excited about blowing you away with her own twists on Ruth's ideas, and some new ones my kids and I have had the exquisite pleasure to test for you in the last month or so.

Gotta go now, two weeks of packing has us pretty beat, and we need to be fresh for the reception that the Thomas's have been kind enough to put together for us at the inn, moments before we slip into the driver's seats.  We owe them a bucket of gratitude for all of their grace and support in helping us with this huge change in our lives.  Thank you so much Scott & Ruth!!  

Scott & Mary
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast, Freeport, Maine

Explore the Maine Coast on an Antique Schooner

Our friends at Portland Schooner Company have already begun their 2013 season. That is always a happy time for us. It means good weather is here (yay!), and that our guests can now book a two-hour schooner cruise during their visit. We don't like telling our guests that they are just a few weeks too early for a schooner cruise!

Portland Schooner's two boats, Wendameen and Bagheera, sail from Portland harbor, several times each day, taking guests through the network of islands and, fair winds permitting, down the coast to Portland Head Lighthouse. Seeing that beautiful lighthouse from the sea is an experience one rarely gets!

If you enjoy sailing, or photography, or both, do yourself a favor and book a schooner cruise on  your next visit to Maine. In fact, at Brewster House we offer a special called "Sail into the Sunset" that includes a two-hour schooner cruise for two from Portland Schooner Company (and other special items, as well)!

Ruth & Scott
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast, Freeport, Maine

Visiting Maine Lighthouses - Cape Elizabeth (Two Lights)

Not nearly as well-known as its nearby cousin, Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse (called Two Lights, as it consists of two light towers aligned so the two lights make a range, and mariners can easily identify their position as a result) sits at the end of a road, near a wonderful lobster shack (The Lobster Shack at Two Lights), and not far from Two Lights State Park (which affords a good view of the lighthouse towers).

Aside from the view in the state park, if you go to the end of the road, there is a small, dirt parking lot, from which you can walk out on the rocks and get a good view of both towers. On a clear day, from the end of the rocks you can also see Portland Head Lighthouse, a few miles away.

Two Lights was depicted in artist Edward Hopper's painting, "The Lighthouse at Two Lights". The keepers house is not accessible, as it is now a private residence.

Stop by the lobster shack. It sits on a hill, and affords a great view of the lighthouse, as well as out to sea.

Two lights is only about 45 minutes from Brewster House, and we include it in our Lighthouse Tour.

Ruth & Scott
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast, Freeport, Maine