Camden, Maine

 

Camden Harbor

A couple of weeks ago Steve and I got away for the weekend!  Friday night on our way to Portland, Maine we had the best Japanese dinner in Biddeford, Maine.  Anytime Steve can get Japanese food he's happy!  Since he served his mission in Japan he is even happier when it's authentic Japanese food.  It was, and he was in heaven!  It's not that far from our home so I think it's defiantly on our must go back list.  After spending the night in Portland.  We meandered our way up route 1 to Camden, Maine. Along the way Steve would see a sign for something interesting and we would go check it out.  He is the best at finding little hidden treasures of places to explore!  We had heard from our good friends that Camden is one of their favorite places in the world to go for a quiet weekend.  They were so right!  It was just perfect.  We needed to relax and slow down the pace.  It was absolutely perfect!  I just can't get enough of little harbor towns here in New England. This was defiantly one of the prettiest places I've ever been! We found the greatest places to eat, strolled around town, stayed in a great hotel, went to church, toured a few lighthouses on Sunday afternoon and just spent time together talking and enjoying the beautiful sights! 


Our hotel

We stayed in this beautiful hotel that over looks the ocean and a river that runs through the middle of town.  We were on the river side.  When we first walked into the room, we heard all of this quacking, looked out the window and saw a couple of ducks swimming and playing in this great river.  The falls up the river made it even better.  The hotel was this old building that they converted.  I love the character that you get when old buildings are remodeled into hotels and apartments!  They don't tear buildings down they convert them into what they need and they turn out amazingly cool!

Sunday after going to church in the morning we ate lunch and toured 4 lighthouses on our way back home.  This lighthouse is called the "Breakwater Lighthouse" in Rockland Maine.  We walked out on this stone wall to the lighthouse. It was kind-of a scary walk at times because there are wide gapes in between the stones once in a while.  You had to really watch where you were stepping so you didn't step in between and hurt yourself.  If you can believe it, it was a little less than a mile to walk out to the lighthouse, so it was not for chickens.  We loved the view of the ocean and harbor once we got out there.  Outside of a lot of the homes in this area were stacks of lobster traps in their yards.  That's when it really hit me what a big business Maine lobster is!  We had a great weekend!  Thanks, Steve!