Last Day In Maine!!

Our last day in town!!!  :(  We had listened to the weather forecast and anticipated a beautiful day.  We waited long enough for it to finally arrive.  The morning was typical, a heavy dose of fog was out there.

I decided I really wanted a robust breakfast, so off to the Brass Compass we went for my breakfast.  

We had to wait a while to head north, since the main reason for heading to Camden was to hike Mt. Battie, which was promising a fantastic view of miles of Maine coastline.  

My friend Dick D. had also advised us to make sure to check out the Camden Harbor as it is the site for the largest collection of multi-masted schooners in North America.  The harbor was our first stop and there were a few schooners in sight, but most were bundled up for the winter.  

We went poking around in a few shops and happened in one where the owner immediately filled us in on the local politics.  Was a very interesting monologue.  He had very strong opinions regarding the ultra liberal very rich residents of the community.   

From there we headed to Camden Hills State Park to hike Mt. Battie.  We decided to hike up to the top and explore the trails.  There were gorgeous views everywhere and we could see for miles up and down the coastline.  While we were on the mountain the sun finally broke through. 

The fall colors are still incredible and the trails were very easy to follow.  For those of you who know me, you know the Buckeye Trail is marked with blue blazes.  Seems the blue blazes followed me to Maine!!

From there our map indicated that there were Belted Galloway Cattle on a farm nearby.  I know, for those of you reading this you gotta wonder what goes on with me.  Certain things just strike my fancy and Belted Galloway cows are one of them.  We found the farm.  I took some photos…of course.

We finished our last night in Rockland back at the Black Bull Tavern, which is where we started it last week with Diane and Betts.  Dinner was good. 

We want to get packed up and ready to go tonight, so it is an early evening tonight.