Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort

We stayed at Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Established way back in 1759 as a farm, and made into a campground in the late 1960’s, this campground has been around a while, and has the amenities to show for it, if you’re into such things. Very popular with weekenders. Though we did visit on the Fourth of July weekend, so it might have been more busy than normal.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-06-29
  • Check out: 2025-07-06
  • 7 nights

Weather:

  • Partly cloudy, a little rain
  • High temps 76-87°F, lows 61-68°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 24 MPH, but sheltered by trees

Noise:

  • No road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • A lot of neighbor noise (dogs, kids, partiers)

Site:

  • #819, pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
  • Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Gravel driveway about 70 feet long by 20 feet wide
  • 12 feet to neighbor on passenger side
  • 0-35 feet to road on driver side
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • Tall trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 220 feet, front facing NW

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located towards rear of site
  • 80 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located towards rear of site
  • Unthreaded sewer connection, two ports, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 176-224 Mbps down, 13-30 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 7-9 Mbps down, 0.1-2 Mbps up, 160-190 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
  • AT&T: 28-216 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 50-120 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool
  • Restaurant on site (didn’t try)
  • Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Great base for New England exploration

We’re not really “campground activities” kind of people, but if you are, this is the place to go and do that. For us, it was a great home base for exploring Boston, Cape Cod, and a daytrip into CT and RI, so we didn’t spend a lot of time at the campground itself. I really enjoyed having a massage therapist on site, however. What an awesome perk that I wish more campgrounds had. While the amenities offered definitely live up to the “resort” name, the sites themselves were a bit on the basic side, with gravel roads, pads that weren’t entirely level, and no garbage pickup. The utilities all worked well, however, and they do accept packages. We’d be happy to stay here again when we’re in the area. We camped at Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Cabins:

Cabins

Activity center:

Activity center

Playground:

Playground

Court:

Court

Field:

Field

Horses:

Horses

We’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Trenton, Maine to Foxboro, Massachusetts

We drove our coach 324 miles, about six hours of driving, from Trenton, Maine to Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading southwest — the start of our westward journey, which will culminate in reaching our Washington home base in September:

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

The 360° camera magnetically mounted on the rear of the truck, for a different angle:

360° camera on truck

I-395 West:

I-395 West

Rest area:

Rest area

I-295:

I-295

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

Service plaza:

Service plaza

Service plaza

Look familiar? Same one we visited on the previous travel day:

Service plaza

Popeyes and Dunkin for lunch this time:

Popeyes and Dunkin for lunch

Back to the coach:

Back to the coach

Exit to I-95:

Exit to I-95

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

I-95 and Maine Turnpike:

I-95 amd Maine Turnpike

“Welcome to New Hampshire”:

Welcome to New Hampshire

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

“Massachusetts Welcomes You”:

Massachusetts Welcomes You

Exit to I-495 South:

Exit to I-495 South

Interesting food trailer:

Interesting food trailer

Exit signs are now mile-based, but have old sequential exit numbers too:

Exit signs are now mile-based, but have old sequential exit numbers too

Arriving at Nomandy Farms Campground:

Arriving at Nomandy Farms Campground

Check in lanes:

Nomandy Farms Campground

Office:

Nomandy Farms Campground

Security gate:

Nomandy Farms Campground

Our site:

Nomandy Farms Campground

Narrows Too Camping Resort

We stayed at Narrows Too Camping Resort in Trenton, Maine. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A Thousand Trails campground in the northeastern corner of the US, convenient to Arcadia National Park.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-06-22
  • Check out: 2025-06-29
  • 7 nights

Weather:

  • Partly sunny
  • High temps 64-87°F, lows 56-64°F
  • Little wind, gusts to 17 MPH

Noise:

  • Some road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise
  • Frequent airplane noise from nearby regional airport

Site:

  • #848, front-in, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
  • Fairly level site; a little high in the back; used hydraulic leveling
  • Gravel driveway about 70 feet long by 20 feet wide
  • 30 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • Tall shrubs behind site
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 30 feet, front facing SW

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 50 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Unthreaded sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 90-190 Mbps down, 10-30 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 3 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 170-210 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
  • AT&T: 5-15 Mbps down, 0.03-0.15 Mbps up, 100-490 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool
  • Waterfront
  • Package delivery to building near office; no charge

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Good base for Acadia NP

We were initially assigned a short, very narrow site crammed in between two trailers, even though the park was mostly empty. We went to the office and asked if we could move to another site that would be a better fit (and not wedged between other campers), and the very friendly and helpful young lady was able to move us across the road into one of the front-in sites, which was much nicer and even gave us a peek of the water from our windows. The site was level and plenty long for our 40′ motorhome and tow vehicle. The utilities all worked well. They also accept mail/packages with no charge. We camped at Narrows Too Camping Resort in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Walk across the street to Gateway Lunts Lobster Pound for excellent lobster rolls and fish. Sugar Bakery is also good, but they are only open early in the day and only accept cash.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

A glimpse of water from our site:

Glimpse of water from our site

Adding the Arcadia National Park sticker to our slide from the inside, since this slide was broken:

Adding Arcadia National Park sticker

Adding Arcadia National Park sticker

There’s a local airport near the campground, so occasionally have planes flying over:

Plane

Activity center:

Activity center

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Cabins:

Cabins

Area used by nesting bald eagles:

Area used by nesting bald eagles

Waterfront:

Waterfront

We’d be happy to stay here again, though are unlikely to go to that area of the country again.

Travel from Wells to Trenton, Maine

We drove our coach 197 miles, about four hours of driving, from Wells to Trenton, Maine.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

A nice farm stand:

A nice farm stand

Narrow roadworks:

Narrow roadworks

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

Downtown Portland… Maine, that is:

Downtown Portland

Classic cars:

Classic cars

Exit:

Exit

Service plaza:

Service plaza

Service plaza

Service plaza

Service plaza

BK and Dunkin for lunch:

BK and Dunkin for lunch

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

Rest area:

Rest area

Exit:

Exit

Arriving at Narrows Too Campground:

Arriving at Narrows Too Campground

Office:

Office

We were assigned this short and narrow site, despite the campground being mostly empty:

Assigned site

So we went back to the office and asked if we could move, and ended up in a much better site; sometimes it pays to ask:

Better site

Thousand Trails Moody Beach

We stayed at Thousand Trails Moody Beach in Wells, Maine. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A short stay at a Thousand Trails park.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-06-18
  • Check out: 2025-06-22
  • 4 nights

Weather:

  • Mostly cloudy, some drizzle
  • High temps 74-80°F, lows 61-65°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 24 MPH

Noise:

  • Some road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Some neighbor noise

Site:

  • #314, back-in, gravel
  • Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
  • Unlevel site; high on passenger side and rear; used hydraulic leveling with blocks on front
  • Gravel driveway about 64 feet long by 10 feet wide
  • 22 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • No trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 50 feet, front facing SE

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 60 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 200-330 Mbps down, 22-38 Mbps up, 28-35 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 3-9 Mbps down, 9-15 Mbps up, 130 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
  • AT&T: 4-11 Mbps down, 0 Mbps up, 80-1000 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used (paid)

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Good basecamp

This was a fine place for a short stay, and it was convenient to things in southern Maine. We even took a daytrip down to Salem. We had a back-in site at the front of the park, and it was fine–a little awkward when leaving because the sites are angled in such a way that you have to cut across the neighbor’s site a bit to get out. Utilities all worked well and the site was mostly level. We camped at Thousand Trails Moody Beach in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Tiny homes:

Tiny homes

A nice Thousand Trails park. We’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from White River Junction, Vermont to Wells, Maine

We drove our coach 138 miles, about three hours of driving, from White River Junction, Vermont to Wells, Maine.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Heading down a narrow road in the campground; fortunately we didn’t meet anyone trying to come up the hill:

Narrow road in the campground

I-89 South:

I-89 South

Weigh Station Rest Area closed for the season… why would you need to close a rest area?

Weigh Station Rest Area closed for the season

Exit to I-93 South:

Exit to I-93 South

Rest area:

Rest area

New Hampshire Welcome Center plus Liquor & Wine Outlet… weird to sell alcohol at rest areas, but seems common in this area:

New Hampshire Welcome Center plus Liquor & Wine Outlet

A very cute welcome center:

Very cute welcome center

Lunch:

Lunch

I-93 South:

I-93 South

Exit to I-95 toll road:

Exit to I-95 toll road

Toll plaza; we took the rightmost lane as it looked a bit wider:

Toll plaza

Maine state line on Piscataqua River bridge:

Maine state line on Piscataqua River bridge

“Maine; Welcome Home; The Way Life Should Be”:

Maine; Welcome Home; The Way Life Should Be

Route 1 North:

Route 1 North

Rainbow crosswalk in Ogunquit:

Rainbow crosswalk in Ogunquit

Arriving at Thousand Trails Moody Beach:

Arriving at Thousand Trails

Mini golf out front:

Mini golf

Entrance gate; needed to buzz the office to be let in:

Entrance gate

Our site:

Our site

Replacing cover on vent fan lid lift motor

Back in 2023 I replaced the rear bathroom vent lid motor after the cover broke.

A little while ago it broke again — the lift mechanism seems to put a lot of strain on the plastic cover. But this time, instead of replacing the whole motor, I just ordered a replacement cover from Amazon (I actually ordered two of them, in case it breaks again).

Here’s the broken cover:

Broken cover

After removing the cover from the motor:

Motor

The replacement cover:

Replacement cover

The cover on the motor; I needed to unscrew the useless handle to get it on:

Cover on motor

Finished:

Finished

Let’s see how long this one lasts!