Maine Part 2

8/23/25 - After I made a quick visit to the world's smallest farmer's market, Pat and I left the Acadia NP area. We headed west-then-south to Camden, Maine, to visit my friend from Procter & Gamble, Kathy Barksdale.

As we were setting up (in the lovely, wooded Camden Hills State Park) we noticed one of the kitchen slides wasn't extending properly. Pat determined that a bolt in the extension mechanism had failed. He got to the hardware store right before it closed to get what he needed to fix it.

Kathy had come over to help, and to see the rig, so after Pat fixed the RV, we followed her to her cabin.

Kathy has a house on a beautiful river in Camden, Maine.

After a brief tour of her property, Kathy, Tucker (her partner), and we went to a nearby blueberry farm that had music and cocktails in the afternoon sunshine.

Although blueberry season was over, this picture shows their hills filled with blueberries

Tucker, Kathy, and we enjoyed great blueberry-infused cocktails and a beautiful view

We went to Camden Harbor for dinner.

This gorgeous yacht was tied up next to our restaurant in Camden Harbor

8/24/25 - We started the day with coffee and blueberry muffins (purchased at the blueberry farm) on Kathy and Tucker's dock.

Jazz was VERY interested in Pat's muffin

On the way to brunch near St. George, Kathy drove us by the home her parents had purchased in 1988 (which she sold last summer).

We had a delicious brunch with made-to-order bloody marys

After brunch we took a short walk around Clark Island before driving further down the peninsula to visit Marshall Point Lighthouse.

Pat is imitating Forrest Gump, who ran to this lighthouse in the movie

Kathy drove us back to Camden where we walked around the cute shops and visited the new Irish pub.

The band at the pub played the Swallowtail Jig for Pat

We picked up pizza on the way back to the cabin and enjoyed it on the dock before time on the river.

Pat and Tucker fly-fished from kayaks (they both caught bass) while Kathy, Jazz, and I canoed. The local loon came within 20' of us after catching a fish.

8/25/25 - After a brief meeting with Kathy at the Post Office (to get our final Amazon packages), Pat and I went west to Augusta to get a guided tour of the Maine State Capitol.

The capitol was built in 1832 and enlarged in 1910. We learned that Maine: 1) Was part of Massachusetts until 1820, 2) Is the only state that only borders one state, 3) Was once known as the Toothpick Capital of the World

We drove west another 2 hours to our campground in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest.

We have a nice view of the Presidential Range from our campsite

Before dinner, we ran 11 miles on a tree-covered rail-to-trail that offered views of the mountains.