Drive to Camden Rockport and Rockland

 

We arrived back to the boat on Thursday. Friday offered another unsettled weather day. The summer weather pattern has just not made itself know just yet - a little frustrating but we are on the boat so all is perfect. So "Let's drive to Camden!" and so we did.

The way to Camden first leads to the beautiful town of Rockport. From here you can take the back roads into Camden. Rockport itself is a wonderful harbor. We have never stayed here as it tends to have the typical summer southerly swells enter the harbor. Not enough to make it bad to moor a boat, but not inviting enough to want to spend a night here. But as you can see it is a scenic spot.

And it is a place for love birds

And seals that were well loved - such as Andre the Seal. It is interesting to think that most people today do not recall the name that Andre made for himself.

And Rockport is the location of former lime kilns. It is interesting to see and it is wonderful that they have been preserved as history, but I imagine that the smoke and fumes from the kilns made living in town less than the perfect small town it seems today.

The back road to Camden is really out around the seaside land between Rockport and Camden. But with the seaside covered with mansions and fronted with visual barriers of sufficient size and type to block the view, the water is not visible until reaching the Camden City Park which affords beautiful views of the outer harbor and Mount Battie in the background.

We walked around town which is beginning to awaken for the summer onslaught. 

Sailboats apparently made for a school project. I am wondering if they will be launched?

We drove south to Rockland. It was time to eat according to our growing sense of need to feed.

Faye spotted Wasses Hot Dog stand - Yes Perfect. I know it is not seafood but I haven't had a Wasses dog in many a year.

While Rockland is a wonderful town, our objective was to drive to Owls Head Lighthouse. I have posted many photos - like the one below - from the sea side ............

........ here are ones from the land perspective - complete with a little fog.

The reason we are smiling is we are amused about how much trouble I had taking the selfie.

Lupine

And here is Owls Head Harbor. A real working harbor - complete with fog.

We drove back along Route 1 - passing Moody's Diner. The Wasses hot dogs were still resting nicely so while we thought of stopping for at least some pie and coffee, we agreed to save the stop for another day.

So as another nice day on the Maine Coast - even if by car - has come to an end, it is time to say 

Good Night and May God Bless