5 enjoyable issues to do in Damariscotta

Glenn “Mitch” Mitchell has lived and traveled everywhere in the world. He moved to Maine 25 years in the past, and the day he visited Damariscotta for the primary time, he knew.

“I always felt super comfortable here,” he stated. “It just has felt like my real home. It’s a pace of life here that works for me.”

In 2005, he purchased the enterprise that’s now Midcoast Kayak, which gives kayak, paddleboard and canoe leases, excursions and classes. Eight years in the past, he purchased a home in Damariscotta and now lives there yr spherical. He has gotten to know each the lands and the waters of his city effectively.

He took a couple of minutes throughout the busy summer time season to reply 5 questions on Damariscotta. This interview has been edited for size and readability.

Where do you go to eat?

My go-to for positive is Best Thai. I’m going there ceaselessly. I’ve tried plenty of issues on the menu, however I as a rule go for the curry dishes. It’s not an uncommon factor for me to complete up work and simply go by myself, or perhaps seize a buddy and sit on the bar and eat there.

Where do you go for a drink?

My favourite place, particularly on a pleasant night, is Schooner Landing as a result of it’s proper on the water. It is an open-air bar. It’s a spot that basically does carry out a wonderful mixture of locals and guests, and so they are inclined to have music. I used to be there Sunday afternoon, and so they often have a great band, and individuals are up dancing. I adore it.

Where do you go to attach with nature?

I do plenty of wandering within the woods round right here, however I must say my go-to remains to be kayaking on Muscongus Bay.

If I’m out on the bay, I’m sometimes island hopping. I assume if I used to be gonna choose considered one of my spots that I’ve actually liked over time, it could be Thief Island. It’s somewhat bit farther off shore than a number of the nearer islands, though it’s actually solely a pair hours’ paddle from the harbor we put in at. I’ve camped there many occasions, and it simply has a sense of being somewhat extra out to sea. You’re surrounded by different islands. You don’t see any mainland. Especially within the night whenever you’re tenting, you actually really feel such as you’re on the market in nature and indifferent from the street world.

Where do you store native?

I just like the Main Street Grocery. The larger market now we have right here on the town is Hannaford, proper, which is simply fantastic. But the Main Street Grocery works for me as a result of it’s smaller, extra Maine type. There’s solely, like, eight aisles. For my day-to-day getting what I would like, I undoubtedly pop in there. It’s simply straightforward. I don’t must run a mile to get the whole lot I would like, and it simply feels very native. The similar individuals are working there day by day. I do know their names, and so they know me.

What’s yet another factor you possibly can’t miss in Damariscotta?

If you’re going to come back up right here to Damariscotta, you gotta discover a method to get on the water. It’s not simply the ocean up right here. We have ocean, then now we have the Damariscotta River estuary, after which now we have plenty of lovely lakes. I’m a water man, clearly, however it’s a perspective of the Midcoast that you just don’t simply get on foot or on street.

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