Dan and Kathy Pease had offered us to use their mooring in Camden Harbor and it took us at least 20 minutes to find it in that large harbor but we finally did. What a benefit to have use of a free mooring in this popular town! Camden is truly one of the prettiest towns in Maine and we hadn’t been here since 2015 so we were very happy.
Upon arriving, we dinghied into town and tied up at the very full dinghy dock next to a rushing waterfall (which turned out to be a mistake).
We walked all through this lovely town with its upscale shops and many restaurants. We had to pick up some prescriptions at Walgreen’s which was very conveniently located in the center of town. Jonny, unfortunately, discovered that one of his ATM cards is no longer functioning as he tried to withdraw case from a couple of ATMs. Good thing we have back-ups!
After that we decided to find a place for happy hour and then eat dinner onboard. We found the Waterfront Restaurant to be right up our alley with a working man’s bar and a waterfront setting. We enjoyed it so much so that we decided to stay for a bite to eat which included a huge portion of mussels and a fried oyster dinner which we shared sitting at the bar. We have never had such a big serving of mussels. Delicious!
When we returned to the dinghy we discovered that it was inundated with flies! It turned out that being right next to the waterfall when the tide goes out is not smart. The flies flock to the beds of seaweed that are exposed. What a mess! Jonny had to rinse off the dinghy and everything that came in touch with it when we got back to Zendo.
On Saturday morning I had an early morning Spanish lesson and afterwards we went into town to explore some more. Dan had recommended a walk through their neighborhood and up a hill for a great view of the harbor. We walked through attractive neighborhoods and headed to the recommended trailhead to Mount Beattie. Jonny and Archie walked up the trail but not all the way and I stayed back resting on one of the big rocks at the bottom.
We saw our first Kamala lawn sign and then noticed several others popping up. Definitely not as many Trump signs this year but those we have seen are very large!
Jonny noticed a familiar boat in the marina called Ancient Mariners II. We saw this boat two years ago in Belfast, ME. It is owned by a man who was almost 100 then and his wife who was in her late 90’s. We were thrilled to see them both still at it and thankfully they have a captain to crew their beautiful boat for them!
That evening we enjoyed a date night together having made dinner reservations at a highly recommended Asian restaurant called Long Grain. We could only get seats at the bar but that was fine because we got to see some of what was happening behind the scenes. We had a delicious dinner of mackerel fried rice, an Asian noodle dish with pork belly, and a side of kale. The servings were so large that we took some of everything back and had it for dinner the next night.
We really enjoyed Camden. It’s extremely pretty and quite popular but not overrun with tourists. We would gladly come back to visit next time we’re in Maine. We keep reiterating to each other that we’d like to spend more time along this magnificent coast in the future.
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