“Best Family Ties”

Seaside Inn, Kennebunk
Few folks in New England reside on land that’s been in the family since the 1640s; fewer yet are 12th-generation innkeepers on the same plot (since 1667). Patricia Mason and her husband Ken, now operate a 22-room motor inn on the beachfront property where her ancestors lodged travelers before ferrying them across the mouth of the Kennebunk River. Rates from $120, including continental breakfast.

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