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Camden Harbor

Many years ago I learned of the Indian tribe known as the Penobscot Indians. Members of this tribe still live in Maine. They are supplying time at Acadia National Park repairing a native wigwam for educational purposes.

Penobscot bay

Laurie, and I, visited the community of Camden Harbor during our eastern excursion. This harbor is part of the big picture of Penobscot Bay. While walking along I couldn’t help thinking of the movie, “The Birds.” Remember that movie was filmed along a coastal area. Since, Laurie isn’t a big shopper for the most part we sat on a bench and talked with a few local veterans. We spent about forty minutes talking about politics, and girl watching! (The older fellows, not me!)

Camden looks the part as a fishing community. Lobster places are everywhere. Shipbuilding played a big part to the community in years past, as well as, the lobster industry.

The Penobscot Bay is the result from the Penobscot River draining  into the harbor. Of course, the Atlantic Ocean plays a much bigger part in supplying the water. (That’s a joke, in case, you didn’t get it!)

We traveled uphill to Mount Battie of the Camden Hill’s State park. At this site we could look forever into the distance. The bay meanders all around including Camden. From this height we could see a part of the Camden Harbor including the community buildings. What a view!  This panoramic view was a thrill to witness.                                                     

    The one thing Laurie, and I, witnessed was the wealth of this area, and the many other communities. We saw the President George Bush (41)estate near Kennebunk. Various celebrities own homes on, or about, Maine islands. Many wealthy people build, or purchase multi-million dollar summer homes here, too! (Note the homes are summer homes!) The homes are beautiful styles typical of the area.

We visited Kennebunkport, too. This is another area primarily for the tourists. Some of the very old homes have black stripes around the chimneys to designate the homes of Tories during revolutionary War times. The Tories were people sympathetic to England, and not those attempting towards independence.