Island Kids Have Always Loved to Explore Their Surroundings
Whether on Foot, by Horseback, or Now on Motorbikes

Campobello Kids
The Island is Their Playground

Joyce Morrell, who moved to Campobello thirty years ago, when she was ten years old, explains what life on the island is like for its children. "As soon as I saw the playground [that was built several years ago next to St. Anne's Church] I knew the idea of a playground on this island wouldn't go over because closing these children in a cage, with any kind of fence, is ridiculous. They went there one day and used all the swings, played on everything, and have you ever seen a child in there since? They don't want to be tied down. The island is their playground. It's a marvelous place for children because they're loose and they're free. Kimberly Savage Offers a Friendly Smile While Gathering Evergreen Boughs to Fashion Christmas Wreaths "A friend of my mother's who lives up the road, her children have children between nine and thirteen and they live in Winchester, Massachusetts. They cannot walk around the block by themselves. Anywhere they go they have to be supervised: in a car, by a parent, to a specified place, then turned loose in an arena under supervised conditions. They wouldn't even let their little girl walk around the block, and it's a very nice neighborhood. They bring her up here and turn her loose on her bicycle and she goes everywhere and they never think of it. It's sad to think that you can't do that with children. "When you're young you want to see what's at the end of the trail. If you haven't been on one spot, you want to get there. They have a marvelous childhood here." A Favorite Bend in the Road Outside Wilson's Beach is Called, "The Rock"

Copyright ©1995 Stephen O. Muskie