Belmont Inn
Travel Blogs from Camden
Oh this beautiful coast
... customs house, bank, general store.
Then we drove across a bridge an island and a causeway to reach Great Wass Island Preserve looking for a walk but as they all seemed to be through pine forest to the sea, instead of by the sea, we gave up on that and headed out to Mt Desert Island, Bar Harbour and Acadia National Park - a gift from the Rockefellers and other wealthy folks to the nation. ...
Pumpkin festival
In Damarascotta Maine, apparently this pumpkin festival started off as a couple rednecks carving out their huge pumpkins and paddling them across the bay in a race. Over time this became a pumpkin regatta and evolved into a multi day pumpkin festival with contests and festivities. The hugest pumpkin ...
Camden & Rockport, Maine
Left Dave & Julie's about noon today, and they suggested we drive out to the coast and see the quaint little villages of Rockport and Camden, as we headed north towards Acadia National Park. Camden and Rockport were indeed pretty little coastal towns, but we didn't stop. We got such a late start, and we really wanted to make it to Bar Harbor before dark.
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Jefferson, Maine
... down the final gravel road out in the wilderness (or so it seemed at that hour), not reallly knowing what lay ahead of us. It was a perfect ending to an otherwise stressful drive.
Below we have posted some fun photos from Dave & Julie's place and a walk we took with them the next morning after breakfast. We walked in the country to see the turning leaves, and passed by the summer/country home of their French Canadian friends who are elderly artists.
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Needed to see what it would take
... We also found beautiful harbors full of sail boats. It was so peaceful and the sun shining on it made it very pretty.
The coast lines were very rocky not a place where you would most likely go to sit on the beach, but we did see those also.
Drove around the park a little and then started the drive back to the campsite.
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking