In early February 2020 we were in Florida and friends of ours, Ed and Connie Tilman, convinced us we should join them in BoothBay, ME in August. We made the reservation but after returning home COVID turned everything up side down. The deposit was non-refundable so we had the reservation moved to September 2021. We had not communicated with the Tilman's since February of 2020 and when they did not show up for their reservation at the Tampa RV Show in February 2021 we assumed they would not be in Maine this year. We got to the campground on Wednesday afternoon, September 1st, and had only been here about 30 minuets when to our surprise Ed and Connie returned to the campground from a shopping trip and saw us walking. It was a pleasant surprise.
Boothbay predates the Declaration of Independence and the sign as you enter the area says Established 1764. The area is referred to as the Boothbay Region and consists of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, and several other communities in the area. The economy today appears to be based mostly on tourism and lobster fishing. We took a boat tour of the harbor and saw many colorful floats in the water. We were informed that they marked individual lobster fisherman's assigned trap location. The floats are unique to the licensed fisherman and no two are alike. Each licensee is allowed a maximum of five traps.
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