With our week long stay in Boothbay being over, it was time to migrate northbound again. So we packed up, lifted up the jacks, pulled in the slides, and relocated the rig about an hour north to the Penobscot Bay Area of Maine. It was an easy commute along scenic US Hwy 1!
The commute went very well although there was some traffic and small towns to navigate through. Actually, being off the interstates has been quite nice. It takes longer to get there, but what’s the hurry? I’m retired now. 🙂
Our RV park is the Megunticook Campground in Rockport Maine. The challenges came once we arrived at the campsite.
The park is beautifully wooded and has plenty of amenities. Our site had to be pulled into (not backed in), but there were two trees at the end. No exit for the truck once we had unhooked. So, after 3-4 more attempts to move the 5th wheel coach over, we were able to cleanly unhook the truck. I guess we needed some minor challenges in this RV life.
After we leave this area, we move north again to Bar Harbor for 31 days before turning around and beginning our huge southbound journey. I have estimated our route to Mercedes Texas to be just over 3,000 miles to travel to be at our winter destination. Yikes!
As normal, we will take it in 200 mile segments and stopping for a few days or a week at each location to take in the local culture. On the way south we have a 5-week stay in our home state of Virginia for some appointments and our son Bryan’s wedding in Washington D.C. on October 6th.
Here are a few highlights from our stay here so far:
Camden, Maine
We have driven into this beautiful little town a couple of times to walk the shopping and art gallery district and ventured out to a walking trail along the harbor. They have many boats with docked in the harbor or else tied up to mooring balls. The harbor is filled.
Rhumb Line Restaurant
We first read about this place from a blog that we follow (wheelingit) and a visit here did not disappoint. We had their awesome fish tacos and shared a piece of blueberry pie made by the owner’s mother. Both were the best we have ever had!
This place has most of their tables right alongside a working dockyard. You can watch all the comings and goings while having lunch or dinner. These are my favorite places reminding me of one of my first dockside restaurant at Grills at the Port Canaveral in Florida (close to my parent’s retirement home on the water).
My family would spend many meals at this ‘on the docks’ restaurants over the last 25 years. My parents retired to the nearby town of Merritt Island, Fl. and during our twice yearly visits would always manage a meal there.
That phase of our lives is now over, but Pat and I will be back in our RV travels.
Mt. Battie
This mountain at 800 feet is located in a state park just outside of Camden. You can drive or hike up to the pinnacle for a great view overlooking Camden’s harbor.
The mountain area is very forested, reminding me of our Blue Ridge Mtn area of Virginia, but when you reach the top, a awesome view opens up of the Camden Harbor. Toto, we are not in VA anymore!
Owls Head Lighthouse
This is one of the 65 remaining lighthouses in Maine and is not located on an island, but up on a small hill at a rocky point. It looks to be well maintained by a local volunteer group. We were not able to go inside the light due to very limited hours, but did get access to the keeper’s house, now a museum/gift shop.
More to come from this area in my next post. But until then, here are a few more random images:
Thanks for riding along and God Bless.