Denny & Jen Trevett live in Trenton, Maine just across the bridge from Bar Harbor. Two years ago in August 2019 we celebrated Ken & Bev’s Commitment Ceremony at Tidesway, Jen & Denny’s home in Trenton. After two years and a global pandemic we had much catching up to do. Jen kindly and authoritatively mapped out my next several days exploring Downeast* Maine.
* “Down East” is best described as any point on the coast between Ellsworth and the Canadian border. At times, it is jokingly referred to as any point east on the coast from the speaker. The truth is no one really knows it’s origin, but every Mainer cherishes it. There is even a Downeast magazine. Some think the term hearkens back to sailing-ship days when ships navigating from Boston upta the Maine coast experienced a downwind journey, thus “Down East”. Clearly recalling the hurricane of 1954, that was and remains the prevailing wind, a tailwind to modern Navy men, but Down wind to any sailor modern or historic. As Brother Rich informed me years ago, if you were headed “Upta Camp” it was heard as the same, but served to identify a “flat lander” (a person from Boston, or worse, New York) who ignorant of Maine dialect, pronounced that she was going up to Camp. But I digress.
Tidesway,
their home on the water, is undergoing renovation to accommodate year
round living and the Maine coast winters. Designed originally by Jenifer
and built in 2006, their home in Trenton views across the inland
waterway to Acadia National Park.
These rocks throw off a beautiful reflection when the tide comes in.
This property with sculptures, a pottery shop, and a home kept my attention for an hour. I purchased a spoon crock which we will use at home in California.
