Appledore Trip

Number of People: 1

Budget: $0

This is a regularly scheduled walking tour of Appledore Island, arranged primarily by the Vaughn Cottage curator (2024: Linnea Huston, vaughn@starisland.org). You should contact the curator in June to confirm the date and time, and to inform them that you are the coordinator for the AS2 trip.

The Vaughn curator will:

• Reserve the boat (2024: Shining Star, Capt. Jack Farrell)

• Schedule the trip with the Shoals Marine Lab Programs coordinator (2024: Jenna Lilly, Programs Coordinator, Shoals Marine Lab, Jenna.Lilly@unh.edu)

• Put out a sign-up sheet on the lobby writing desk

• Confirm capacity (2024: 49 shoalers)

• Keep/check shoaler attendance going out and coming in

The tour is typically scheduled for Tuesday. You should confirm the following schedule:

• Meet at the Well House at 2:15pm for check-in.

• Walk to the Dock and board the boat for 2:30pm departure.

• Boat returns to Star by 4:30pm.

The AS2 coordinator will:

• Attend the cruise and tour.

• Put an announcement of the trip in the Dockside Post (and the Sandpiper, if it exists).

• Check that the sign-up sheet is out on the writing desk in the lobby.

• Make a couple of meal-time announcements about the trip. In your communication, tell people:

  • The tour will visit and discuss the Appledore tower, Shoals Marine Lab, the site of the old Appledore Hotel, the Laighton Cemetery, and Celia Thaxter’s garden.

  • Warn people that Appledore is prime sunburn territory, covered in poison ivy, and quite hilly, including the walk up/down from/to the Appledore dock.

  • Costs will be added to attendees’ hotel bills. (2024: $35/adult, $20/youth)

• Confirm with the curator whether the boat will cruise by Duck Island to observe the seals up close. If so, make sure you tell the conferees about this – it is a very fun part of the cruise!

Remind the group that this is a guided tour and the group needs to stay together. Prompt boarding and departing is important for permitting the continuation of these tours as well as scheduling boats at the docks of both islands.

There is usually plenty of enthusiasm for the trip, so getting enough people will probably not be a problem. (2024: about 40 people)

Last update: Matt Ronn, July 2024 (post-conference)