The day started at the Maine Maritime Historical Museum in Bath, which was really great. The main building houses lots of artwork and ship-related artifacts, and interesting exhibits about maritime trade in Maine. The museum, housed right on the shore of a river, also had a schooner available to tour. It was nice to be on the boat and see what life was like for fisherman. We also saw the lobster exhibit which explained all about the importance of lobster fishing in Maine.
After spending a few hours at the museum, we drove to Boothbay Harbor and ate at a local restaurant, The Lobster Dock, where we finally experienced the Lobster Roll. We had seen advertisements for lobster rolls all over Maine and were not really sure what they were. The roll was just okay, turning out to be a fifteen dollar sandwich of lobster on a white bread roll. It was, however, really nice sitting outside at the restaurant overlooking the harbor. The rest of Boothbay Harbor has lots of shops, restaurants, and ice cream places.
On the way to Pemaquid Peninsula we took a few wrong turns and ended up in the middle of nowhere on Southport Island. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was the highlight of the day. You can go up into the working automated lighthouse for a great view of the rocky coastline. Most of the coast in this area has been eroded by the waves exposing interesting layers of rock. We were able to walk out on these rocks and sat there watching the waves for a while. It was very scenic, picturesque, and tranquil. The sound of the waves crashing on the rocks was very soothing. We had a really nice time there.
That night we decided to camp in Rockport at Megunticook Campground by the Sea, which did not seem to be on the ocean. When we arrived it started to rain with lots of thunder and lightning. We sat in the car for a few minutes and decided to set up our tent and canopy in the rain - which was a good decision, because it was still raining at 10:00 PM. Since we were trying to set up as quickly as possible, we ran out of room and ended up setting up the canopy right next to the tent.
