White Cedar Inn Bed and Breakfast 178 Main St Freeport, Maine 04032
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Hendrick's Head Lighthouse
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| Hendrick's Head Lighthouse |
Hendrick's Head Lighthouse took a bit of finding! Mostly because I turned back too soon thinking I was on the wrong road. It's a gorgeous drive out to here and you can 'get' several lighthouses in one outing around Boothbay Harbor. You can also take a whale watch out of Boothbay in the summer.
To take a photo from this angle, park at the Hendrick's Head Beach parking and walk back toward the Hendrick's Head Trail marker. Watch for traffic. This is a busy road even in March!
Directions: take Route 1 north to Rt 27 (Boothbay). Follow Rt 27 through Boothbay Harbor and out to Southport Island (you'll go over a steel swing bridge). Stay on Rt 27 until you come to Southport Town Clerk's office and the Southport Village Store. Bear right around the triangular intersection and as the road dips, follow the signs for Beach Rd (to the left). Park at the beach.
Boat excursions offer closer views of the lighthouse and the Sheepscot River.
For more info on the lighthouse, check the Lighthouse Friends website.
Combine seeing this lighthouse with the Cuckolds, Ram Island Light and Doubling Point Light.
White Cedar Inn Bed and Breakfast 178 Main St Freeport, Maine 04032
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wordless Wednesday- Lighthouses of Maine
White Cedar Inn Bed and Breakfast 178 Main St Freeport, Maine 04032
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes
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| Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes on the griddle. |
This is one of those recipes that goes viral on the web overnight. It's fun and easy and very tasty. I'd seen a lot of blog posts on this one and decided to hand it off to Rock for him to test. Thank you to the 'guinea pigs' who gave them a try and a double thumbs up!
Ingredients:
Your basic pancake batter, whatever you like to use.
1/4 c light brown sugar
1/2 stick butter
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
Melt butter, mix in cinnamon and brown sugar. Pour into either a condiment squeeze bottle (as in photo) or use a plastic storage bag. Let set up. The mixture needs to be thick (think toothpaste or tile caulk) or it waters down the pancakes and makes a mess. (Remember, we test these things so you don't have to!) If the mixture gets too thick, knead plastic bag with (warm) hands until it's easy to dispense but not runny.
Heat the griddle or fry pan, pour in your pancake batter, cook until bubbles start to form and then quickly make a swirl in the pancakes with the cinnamon mixture, starting at the center and working out. Do not go all the way to the edge or you won't be able to flip the pancake without it falling apart. Flip pancakes and continue to cook other side. (How Rock tells if the pancakes are done: gently tap the top and edge of the pancakes. If they spring back- done. If not, cook a little longer.)
Serve bottom side up so you can see the cinnamon swirl! The butter and sugar make the pancakes nice and crunchy.
The recipes I found online showed the pancakes topped with icing like a cinnamon roll. That just makes my teeth hurt thinking about it. So, we eschewed the icing and let you top with our maple syrup if you need a bit more sweet.
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| Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes! |
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Wordless Wednesday- Late Winter- Freeport, Maine
White Cedar Inn Bed and Breakfast 178 Main St Freeport, Maine 04032
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Tired of the same old same old?
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| Wisconsin July, 2006 |
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| New Jersey July, 2008 |
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| Michigan July, 2010 |
Are all of your vacations starting to a look a little similar? Tired of having the headboard on your bed nailed to the wall? Harvest gold plastic seat cushions on your chairs giving you fits?
It's time to think outside the box. What you need is a B&B. Even if you stay at the same B&B year after year, you can select a differently-appointed room each time.
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| Maine July, 2012 |
White Cedar Inn Bed and Breakfast 178 Main St Freeport, Maine 04032
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