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01 Aug
A Train Ride Into the Past: Boothbay Railway Village
www.railwayvillage.org Boothbay, Maine While touring around Boothbay we also took in the Boothbay Railway Village. We bought our train tickets and headed out back to check out the pond and some of the old trains and fire engines that were on display behind the station. The boys loved climbing up on those fire engines and running around on the lawn and at the edge of the pond. They got to climb up on old John Deere tractors and play around in old rail cars. When the time came to board the train we all grabbed seats and headed into the next... Read More 30 Jul
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: Boothbay, Maine
Boothbay, Maine Your average person gets a little funny about dropping serious coin to look at some pretty flowers. And while you may not be shocked to pay 15 bucks a ticket at Longwood Gardens–it is outside of Philadelphia and has been there for a gazillion years–12 dollar tickets at the new botanical garden in Maine can give you a mild case of whiplash. Trust me on this one: pay the money for the ticket. They could charge a lot more. We showed up at the Botanical gardens thinking we would have our picnic lunch and check out the... Read More 28 Jul
