On the way to Canada

Tuesday - September 15th

Yesterday we stayed in Camden, Maine after leaving Wooster, Ohio on Saturday, September 12th and driving somewhat steadily.  However, our driving habits changed a bit on this trip as we do not hesitate to stop at rest areas to relax with a cup of tea and a cookie or two, or three, or ten. : -)  We did not take any pictures on the way up because it rained almost constantly since leaving Wooster.  However, we did stop in Jamestown, NY to go to the I Love Lucy museum because Lucy was born in Jamestown, then continued on our way.  It was only partly cloudy so we drove up the Maine coastline.  There were many quaint villages and many antique stores.  Since Dunkin Donuts is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, there is a Dunkin Donut store in every village up this direction.  We stayed at a state park where you can go to the top of Mount Battie inside Camden Hills State Park and look down over the harbor of Camden, Maine.  (shown below)

When we left Camden, we continued on to Castine, ME, a quaint village on one of the many coves of Penobscot bay.  The weather is just perfect, 75 degrees, very little humidity, and very few tourists.  This area of  the country has the rocky coast that is well known for Maine.

On the way to Castine, there was a fairly new bridge built across the Penobscot bay right beside an old fort that was built for the revolutionary war, Fort Knox, also known as America's first Fort Knox.  The new bridge was designed to resemble the Washington Monument and it has an elevator to take you up to an observation deck.  The picture below shows the bridge as we approached it. The tower on the left is the one with the enclosed observation deck.

The next picture below is taken from the observation deck looking SE down the Penobscot river.

From the observation deck looking towards Bucksport, ME over looking "The First American Fort Knox" below.

We went on down to Castine to have lunch on the water side patio at a wharf restaurant.  The clam chowder, or as they pronounce it up here, chowda, was great!  Castine is not rv friendly, so this gave us the opportunity to park farther out and ride our bikes through the village.

Also located in Castine was one of the more than 100 lighthouses.

OBSERVATIONS:
As mentioned earlier, Dunkin Donuts is very popular up here in the New England states.  But equally popular are the amount of antique stores.  Also, at least here in Maine, I have spoken to quite a number of people who pack it up in October and head to Florida.