We traveled down the coast of Maine. So many little bays, inlets and rivers. Also many little towns. The first one we stopped at was Belfast. There was a nice boardwalk on a harbor with boats ranging from a dingy to massive yachts. It was sunny but windy and only 43. Seemed very affluent.
Next was Camden. It had a very nice park next to the library which was just up from the harbor. They actually had a nice public parking area which we drove right to. There were many Clinton / Kain signs.
At both these towns there were people working. That may seem strange but we haven't seen the level of activity other places as here.
Next town was Rockland. We didn't stop here but this one reminded us of Klamath Falls. It had all the stores, shops and fast food places. It went on and on and on. The first 2 towns were touristy, this one was just more a normal town. We took a road just south and went to a little community called Owls Head where there was a light house.
Next we drove past Port George to Saint Clyde and the Marshall Point Lighthouse. What was very nice about this place is how remote it was. The only things to be heard were a boat that was checking its nets, some birds and water lapping at the rocks. Even though it was only 47 degrees, we had a picnic.
Next lighthouses were Kennebec River Range lighthouses. The interesting thing about this is that there are 2 and the are for a river, not the ocean. There was one 235 yards behind the other.
Enough interesting things so off to find our motel in Freeport ME. We couldn't believe the traffic on Highway 1, like Oregon 97. It was solid stream of traffic both ways. After dinner at a very nice restaurant, Muddy Rudder, did some research. Freeport is only 11 miles north of Portland; which is Maine's largest city at over 66,000. The 3rd largest city is just 12 miles south of Portland with 32,000+. And all this time we are trying to avoid the bigger cities.
That's the big and little of it.
