Day 6 - Bar Harbor to Portland, Maine

Looking at the Tall Ships at Camden Harbor

Lobster Buoys

We awoke to a beautiful and sunny day.  We hated to leave Acadia National Park - it was so beautiful.  We drove down Highway 1 in Maine to Camden.  Camden is a neat little town, known as the jewel of the Maine coast.  It is a beautiful place.  The harbor is lovely and has lots of tall sailing ships.  We found the bed and breakfast that Jan & Mick stayed in for their Anniversary trip a couple of years ago.  It was a beautiful place - with wonderful antique furnishings.  The name of it is "A Little Dream".  The caretaker gave each of us a delicious blueberry muffin to enjoy - wrapped in plastic with a pink bow.  We then drove to Camden and walked around the harbor area watching people on the ships.  Then we drove up to Mt. Battie which overlooks the town and harbor of Camden. 

From Camden, we took a back road to Rockport, Maine.  Along the way we saw Curtis lighthouse, a group of wild turkeys, and belted galloway cows (called Oreo cows due to their coloring - front and back black with a stripe of white in the middle). 

Next, we drove to Owl Head lighthouse.  Along the way, we saw a bay with many lobster boats.  Clearly Owl Head area was a big lobster fishing wharf.  We saw many Lobster bouys decorating walls of buildings and roadsigns.  This area of Maine (Rockport, Rockland) is the big Lobster fishing area in Maine.  As we were walking to the lighthouse, we saw many lobster bouys in the water, and a few lobster boats busy setting and checking their traps.  We enjoyed seeing the Owl Head Lighthouse, and also enjoyed the walk to it along the wild Maine coastline.

Mother was overwhelmed by everything she has seen.  She especially came to see the colored foliage that so many people have talked about.  She certainly did, but much more as well -- from the Trapp Family Lodge, to  the wild and rugged ocean and coastline, to enjoying the group of people from Bay Bridge Community, to attacking her first full lobster meal, to learning all about lobster fishing -- it was all a fantastic experiece.