Maison de Waterfront sur Muscongus Sound, Round Pond

Andrew has thought of everything to make a home-stay complete, from things like binoculars, night lights, a hair dryer, LOTS of games, to many useful kitchen items. Even some condiments and soaps were left by previous tenants, to make it easier to begin one's stay. The view from the home and deck are spectacular - I watched numerous cormorants fishing, saw a seal one morning, a jumping fish (which splashed so loudly that at first I thought a person had dived in - further inspection showed it to be a fish [or perhaps a mammal like a dolphin?]), and a lobsterman checking his traps right offshore. High rocks and a bench at the waterside make it easy to get close to the water to watch such things. The house sits on a quiet dead-end road ~ 1.4 miles (an easy walk) into the little town of Round Pond, which though small and "quiet" and free from busy traffic, has such enjoyable things as an ice cream "parlor", a coffee house, 2 lobster "shacks" with outside tables, a very nice restaurant, a general store complete with old-fashioned gas pump (a store which on Mondays hosts a jam session of about a dozen musicians), a bakery, and a church which hosts Wednesday night concerts. It's an easy drive to Pemaquid lighthouse and to Damariscotta, as well as Boothbay Harbor. A short walk from the house is a preserve in which one can access shoreline rocks to get into the water (Andrew's house is a bit too far above the water for this, so if you have little children who want water access, try the nearby preserve), and one can also walk around on the rocks near Muscongus Bay Lobster. This was our first experience renting a home in Mid-coast Maine along water, and based on the success of our week, I'm sure we'll return.