Activities

 For early risers, a typical vacation day at the lake might start with watching the sunrise from your own sand beach. You might even spot an eagle soaring overhead or fishing in our cove. After breakfast spend a lazy morning sunning, swimming, or exploring the lake by canoe or kayak, the best way to spot and photograph our famous loons. 

Spring-fed Little Sebago Lake is ideal for children because of the sand bottom, gradual drop off and excellent water quality, which is monitored by an active owner’s association that also provides a boating safety patrol during the season. Kayaks, paddleboards, canoes, and power boats can be rented locally.  If you bring your own boat, there is a public launch site on the western shore. The lake is stocked with bass and trout; some of the larger bass often swim around your dock, which is shared with the neighbor’s cottage to the east (owned by the same family).

Once you have had enough lake fun, you can play badminton, croquet or horseshoes in the level clearing west of the house and there is a ping-pong table set up in the adjoining pine grove. Or, for a change of pace, try reading or napping in the hammock strung between two trees in a clearing southwest of the house. Later on in the day, step out on the porch for the golden sunset hour, also the best place to trace the path of the summer moon reflected on the lake. Dine inside or barbecue and eat dinner on the cantilevered screened porch, another great place to watch the sun go down - or to play cards and board games.   

Maine is justly known for its beauty and wealth of things to do. The varied landscape of the region – lighthouses and rocky seacoast, historic villages, mountains, and pine forests – are all within a short drive. An up-to-date list of suggestions on where to eat and what to see can be found in the house guest book, but here’s a sampling: For younger kids, there's the  animal park in Gray , a hike up Bradbury Mountain,  or a mailboat cruise out to one of the islands in Portland harbor.   Try ocean kayaking, or take the cog railway to the top of Mt. Washington. Browse the craft shops and art galleries in Portland’s Old Port, Maine’s premier tourist destination. Treat yourselves to dinner at one of its many highly rated restaurants. Or dine at home with takeout steamed lobster from Bob’s in Windham or try one of the local family-style restaurants. Other fun spots to visit:  the Maine Coastal Gardens, Freeport the home of LL Bean, or a drive up the coast to Wiscasset.