what to bring

 

 For the week

Suntan lotion
Bug spray
Your fishing pole (see also Fishing?)
Bathing Suit & towel

FOOD!!!

Our Friends at Black Fox Farm in Montville, ME will be selling shares for fresh, local, organic veggies.  Their selections will be posted soon!

Whole Foods Market in Portland delivers daily FREE to the island via Casco Bay Lines, for frozen items there is a $5 deposit - you will be reimbursed when you return their freezer bags.

Hannafords in Portland delivers to the island on Tuesdays only.  You have to shop between 7-11:30am & check out on registers 17 or 18.  It's $2 per banana box.

Rosemont Market & Bakery in Portland and Yarmouth.  Their menu can be found here.  For same day delivery, place your order by 10am, and it will be on the island between 2-3pm.  It's a $10 fee to ship. For orders requiring insulated bags, there is a $5 refundable deposit.




 

What to bring to the wedding

A Sweater - it does get chilly at night
Your dancing shoes

Why Long Island, Maine?

Our connection to the island is through our friend Marly Larrabee.  She grew up on the island and encouraged us to go there to check it out for our wedding.  We headed out there for a day trip from Portland to meet her Mother and Step-dad, Barbara and David.  We both fell in love with it.  It was all the things that we love about the state of Maine; rustic, undeveloped, naturally beautiful.  Surrounded by mooring fields of boats and beautiful beaches.  We sat on a log on the beach overlooking Casco Bay and decided it felt right and that we wanted to be married there.

For more information about the island, click here 

Traveling info

Getting to Portland, Maine and more:

For those traveling "From Away", you have options.  Public transportation is reliable and efficient in New England and we strongly recommend using it because parking is expensive and bringing your car out to the island is not necessary and really, really expensive.

 

 

 

By Plane:

You can fly to Portland -  The Portland Jetport is highly recommended if you can find a reasonably priced flight.  The airport is 5 miles from the ferry that will take you to the island.  Click here to find out transportation from the airport to downtown Portland.

 

If you decide to fly into Boston,
How should you get to Portland?:

Take the bus - Concord Coachlines.  This is the cheapest and easiest option; it is not a Greyhound, it's fancy. They play old movies on the way. They ask that you are not on your cell phone (text is ok) make your travel plans before getting aboard. It will pick you up at Logan airport and bring you to South Station where you will purchase a ticket and then will bring you to the Train station in Portland.

Take the train - the DownEaster.  This will also bring you to the train station in Portland.

Rent a car - it's an easy (depends on traffic!) 2 hour drive into Portland.  But, then you have to worry about parking.


PARKING!!!

Downtown Portland .   Parkin' Map (it can be pricey!) (ranging between $5 and $31 a day)

Or you can park at the airport.  at $14 a day

You can also park at the Amtrak Station. at $4 a day.

On the street:You can park anywhere on the East End of the Portland peninsula, Munjoy Hill for free.  There is street cleaning on Monday or Tuesday mornings once a week.  Check the sign!  They will ticket or tow you during these times.

Getting to the Ferry:

The  Ferry is located on Portland's picturesque working waterfront at:
Casco Bay Lines
56 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04112

Taxi Services
ASAP Taxi

 

 

The Ferry schedule can be found here.

Once you get to the island and on the days of the event there will be a shuttle service running from the ferry to the VFW

 

 

Staying on long Island and Portland

If you're interested in staying on the island or in Portland, book a place as soon as possible!! 

We cannot stress it enough, Maine is Vacationland! Places fill up fast!

Our families are going to be staying on the island June 23-30.  Make sure the rental days go from Sunday-Sunday!
Every cottage on the island are individually owned and managed.  Check the calendar for availability   The rates for "off-peak season" should apply to the end of June.
http://www.vrbo.com/search/keywords:long%20island%20maine

A couple of places people could stay on the island include:

http://www.vrbo.com/292497 I've talked to this owner a few times, Joyce Hartwick.  This home is not waterfront, but it seems like it's a lot of bang for your buck. It sleeps 10 people and comes with a car.  For $800/week!  It rents Sunday to Sunday.

Christine's on the coast, a B & B on the island.  $50/day per person.  She has 2 bedrooms available.

Hotels in Downtown Portland

Staying in downtown Portland is really expensive ($210-340/night!), and there are no discounts for weddings. 

 Here are your choices; check availability - many are already booked

Hampton Inn on Fore St.  

Residence Inn  on Fore St.

Holiday Inn by the Bay on Spring St. runs from $210-220/night

Hilton Garden on Commercial St.

Regency on Milk St. $330/night

Portland Harbor Hotel on Fore St. $340/night

The Inn at St. John on St. John's St. $185/night (this is NOT walking distance to Casco Bay Lines!)

Hotels in Greater Portland

Embassy Suites $250/night

La Quinta $129/night

Other islands

Chebeague Island Inn $240-420/night

Peak's Island Treehouse This place is really rad. Minimum 2 nights stay - $135/night

Big changes!

We got engaged and moved to Pennsylvania!

We got engaged on Father's day 2012,  June 17 at the Town Landing in Falmouth, Maine.  We were on our way home from Lewiston visiting Ben's family.  Ben took a detour on the way home and popped the question on the dinghy dock.  He collected local Maine stones, Tourmaline and Garnet and commissioned artist and friend, Kate Mess to create a one of a kind engagement ring.  Ben had known he was going to pop the question for a while.  He talked to Jodi's brother in laws and asked her Dad at Christmas time, 6 months before!

We moved from Portland to Edinboro, PA in August.  Ben was accepted into Graduate School at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.  He is studying Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics.  It is a three year program.  He has been blogging about his process here.

Jodi got a fulltime job at Bayfront Maritime Center in Erie, PA.  It is a very simliar non-profit organization to Compass Project, where she was working in Portland.  She is still working with inner city youth teaching Boatbuilding, but more importantly teaching job skills, social skills, and personal development.  Her students have been keeping a blogging about their project, a 22' rowing skiff here.