The day began as a very pleasant sunny, cool day, so we took the opportunity to visit a familiar place nearby: Camden, Maine. Many years ago, we were frequent visitors to the beautiful small town when we frequently sailed aboard the fleet of Maine Windjammers, many of which are based there. These old wooden schooners have been adapted to passenger service, and provide cruises of a couple days up to a week, as they roam around Penobscot Bay and the Maine coast. But today, we stayed ashore and just viewed the beautiful harbor from the land. Indeed, most of the windjammers were out cruising, with only the Mary Day in port that afternoon. The bustle of the public landing brought back many good memories of our windjammer cruises long ago. As did our stroll through the town. Many things have changed since we were last in Camden, but it still was very familiar. We had lunch at the Camden Deli, a favorite spot of ours, and made time to browse in the Smiling Cow, a popular gift shop where I naturally purchased some postcards. It was a lovely afternoon, returning to the scene of so many of our youthful adventures.
We headed home and stopped in at the Tenant's Harbor General Store just as some dark clouds appeared in the sky. The moment we got home with our groceries, the first raindrops started to fall, and our evening was spent reading and writing to the sound of the pattering rain.
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| Camden, Maine |
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| Camden Harbor |
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| Mary Day at the dock between cruises |
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