Headquarters

Best Western Black Bear Inn & Conference Center
4 Godfrey Drive, Orono, Maine 04473
(207) 866-7120

Approximately 25 miles from the grounds
Exit 51 at Orono, Maine.

They will hold 40 rooms until the reserve is lifted on August 31, 2002.

Special rates for the cocker national will be $69.95 for a single and $74.95 for a double. They have 68 rooms on hand, but have already had bookings for many. Get your reservations in ASAP. Dogs are welcome and there is a field available for their exercise.

Other Area Accomodations (miles listed are from Three Rivers Wingshooting in Milo)

Any one interested in camping should contact Jim Keller.

• Dexter Motor Lodge (207-924-3500) approximately 28 miles from the grounds.
  Seventeen rooms and restaurant. Dogs welcome
• Peak's Kenny Motel (1-207-564-0700) 18 miles from the grounds.
• Down Home B&B (1-888-909-3422). 2 miles from the grounds. (all full)
• Hitching Post B&B (1-207-9493-2493) 2 miles from the grounds.
• Agnes Howlett (house) (1-207-943-5675) 2 miles from the grounds.
• Mills Camps (207-943-7914) 6 miles from the grounds.
  Two cabins - 8 per cabin, both with shower, one with outhouse
• Carousel B&B (1-207-965-7741) 10 miles from the grounds.
• Beech Ridge Cabins (1-207-965-8819) 12 miles from the grounds.
  Three cabins with kitchen
• Bishop's Rooms Boarding House (1-207-943-7416), 2 miles from the grounds,
  no breakfast
• Ellen DeWitt Camp on Schoodic Lake (1-207-943-5225) 8 miles from the grounds.
  sleeps 6
• Jayne Lello (house with kitchen) (1-207-564-7740) 10 miles from the grounds.
• Nelson's Guest House (1-207-564-8568) 13 miles from the grounds,
  no breakfast
• Doris Washburn's camp and bunkhouse, (1-207-943-7429) 13 miles from the grounds.
• Worcester's camp (1-207-965-8070) 7 miles from the grounds.
• Sebec Village B&B (1-207-564-0185) 10 miles from the grounds.
• Wildflowers B & B (1-207-564-2763)
• Cahill's B & B(1-207- 564-3359 days; 564-8415 evenings) 13 miles from the grounds.
• New cottage on a lake, sleeps six, $80 a night. Dogs should be crated if inside. Three miles from Milo. Contact Sue Sutton (MSFTC member) at 207-564-3656.
• Here is a link for some other cottages that are for rent in Milo.
  http://www.cottages.org/cities/ME-Lakeview.htm
  
  

Driving Times:

From various airports to the Black Bear Inn at Exit 51 off I-95:

• Bangor International Jetport -- 10 miles -- 10 minutes
• Portland, ME International Jetport -- 141 miles -- 2:15
• Logan International Airport (Boston, MA) -- 247 miles -- 4 hours
• Manchester, NH Airport -- 253 miles -- 4:10

If you are staying in Milo and driving from the south, you should get off I- 95 at Exit 39 in Newport. Travel north on Rt. 7 through Dexter to Dover Foxcroft. Then go east on Rt. 16 to Milo. (thirty something in miles)

Airports and Airfare Rates:

The AKC has arranged a discount flight deal to all National events.
The information is as follows:
Airline Partner: Continental/Northwest
Call your travel agent or Continental Meeting Works (800) 468-7022 and give them the AKC reference number "VMK8ZC."

If you choose a NWA flight you still must call the Continental phone number and then request a NWA flight.

Nearby Airports:

• Bangor, ME (closest one)
• Portland, ME
• Boston, MA
• Manchester, NH (quite nice, relatively small, and offers some good prices)

Other Areas of Interest

For those of you interested in hunting before or after the trial, you can go to the Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife website at http://www.state.me.us/ifw/index.html for more information and to purchase a license.

Here is a link to the chamber of commerce's site at www.spccc.org fir those who want to become familiar with our region. We would also recommend that your members to also check out the region's web site at www.themainehighlands.com