Saturday - September 22

H A P P Y 1st Day of F A L L

Sunny, cool and very windy start to the day....we exercised (indoors for me), had a big breakfast of ham/eggs/toast and then just caught up on stuff on Flo.   We left around 10:45 and had quite a big day out and about!    First stop was Rockland, cute little town and known as the "Art Capital of Maine" - lots of galleries, etc. - got our coffee fix there and off to Camden.    Banners that hang on the lampposts in town say "The HeART of Rockland"

Then we were off to Camden, another neat town and bigger - 5,000+ population.    We were here in September, 2012 and had wanted to stop\; however, we were in Daisy, it was raining and hard to find a parking spot.    It was a "wanna come back to" place and today, we did just that.    Around noon the sun came out, the wind died down and temp was 63 - gorgeous!!!    Lots of folks out and about!

Mark found a neat little spot to get some sandwiches!    He had a crab roll and I had what they called, a shrimp taco with chutney, lettuce, tomato, etc.....actually it was a big wrap - .both were very good and we sat on a bench along the water overlooking Camden Harbor.

And finally, decided to drive on past our campground and check out Boothbay Harbor again as yesterday was cold!   So, the weather warms up and time for an ice cream fix!    Of course, at all these towns I checked out the shops and browsed.    Mark wandered around and always enjoys being near the water!

There is nothing quite like the charm of Maine and its architecture - beautiful old homes sitting high on the hills, B 'n B's and inns are everywhere and one more beautiful than the other, shutters are practically on all the homes, etc.     Just oozes charm!!!!!

And of course, all the seafood - lobster, crab, shrimp, bisques, chowders, etc., etc.

The Lord Camden Inn 

Camden Harbor 

One of many church steeples in Camden

I walked around the park when we got back to Flo - it is sooo pretty out and love the scent of pine here at Shore Hills.    We just had cheese/crackers/cashews/wine tonight and enjoyed them on our picnic table.    but once that sun goes down...it sure cools off!

And today, Liam, Connor and their Corpus Christi teammates won the sectional baseball tournament 6-0.    Now onto state (elite 8) next weekend!!!     One year ago we were there for the games - the Saints came in 3rd!!!

Congratulations boys!!!