Having a rustic family “camp” in Maine

[Anonymous]

I’ve been watching way too much of Maine Cabin Masters on HGTV over quarantine. All I want to do is spend my summer telecommuting from a ‘camp’ on an island in Maine.

How do I make this happen? Tell me more about your ‘camp’ lifestyle. How does it work?

[Anonymous]

We know people that do this. Mom is a SAHM though. Would LOVE to do this.

[Anonymous]

Good for picking up ticks and mosquitoes get bad as well. Just rent a cabin. Probably lots of cheap options this summer courtesy of stabler genius.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know people that do this. Mom is a SAHM though. Would LOVE to do this.

Do they rent or own? It seems like most of the camps have been in local families for many generations. Not a ton of turnover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for picking up ticks and mosquitoes get bad as well. Just rent a cabin. Probably lots of cheap options this summer courtesy of stabler genius.

I mean, this is basically summer anywhere on the East coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for picking up ticks and mosquitoes get bad as well. Just rent a cabin. Probably lots of cheap options this summer courtesy of stabler genius.

I mean, this is basically summer anywhere on the East coast.

I don't think you two know how the word camp is used in this context in New England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been watching way too much of Maine Cabin Masters on HGTV over quarantine. All I want to do is spend my summer telecommuting from a ‘camp’ on an island in Maine.

How do I make this happen? Tell me more about your ‘camp’ lifestyle. How does it work?

Wouldn't it just start with buying land? Does it have to be an island?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for picking up ticks and mosquitoes get bad as well. Just rent a cabin. Probably lots of cheap options this summer courtesy of stabler genius.

I mean, this is basically summer anywhere on the East coast.

I don't think you two know how the word camp is used in this context in New England.

+1

[Anonymous]

My BIL’s family has aa camp on an island in Maine. He and my sister spend two months there every summer. Glorious.

[Anonymous]

I vacationed in Islesboro for a long weekend last August, and while it was picturesque and quite relaxing, the ticks and mosquitoes were next level. Not sure I could do it again.

[Anonymous]

I love this idea of Maine. But the ticks. Yuck. Say what you will, but Florida is not full of ticks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this idea of Maine. But the ticks. Yuck. Say what you will, but Florida is not full of ticks.

I'll take the Maine weather and do tick checks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for picking up ticks and mosquitoes get bad as well. Just rent a cabin. Probably lots of cheap options this summer courtesy of stabler genius.

I mean, this is basically summer anywhere on the East coast.

I don't think you two know how the word camp is used in this context in New England.

I;m not from NE- but I hear this a lot. They basically mean some version of a cabin right? Usually on or near a lake or body of water. A camp is a house in this sense? Or is it like a commune of tiny homes? I hear that people are going to their "family's camp" with cousins, etc. I just thought it meant lake house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love this idea of Maine. But the ticks. Yuck. Say what you will, but Florida is not full of ticks.

I'll take the Maine weather and do tick checks.

There are like 1500 miles of options in between too, just saying!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for picking up ticks and mosquitoes get bad as well. Just rent a cabin. Probably lots of cheap options this summer courtesy of stabler genius.

I mean, this is basically summer anywhere on the East coast.

I don't think you two know how the word camp is used in this context in New England.

I;m not from NE- but I hear this a lot. They basically mean some version of a cabin right? Usually on or near a lake or body of water. A camp is a house in this sense? Or is it like a commune of tiny homes? I hear that people are going to their "family's camp" with cousins, etc. I just thought it meant lake house.

Yes, it's just a cabin or a small compound of cabins on a piece of land. In many cases, the cabins are not insulated and have no running water or electricity. They are only intended for seasonal use.