The town of Camden is situated on a picturesque harbor. There were many beautiful expensive-looking schooners in the harbor. The river flows right through the town, even under some of the buildings. We walked around Main Street and by the water. We enjoyed the scenery very much.

We then drove to Camden Hills State Park where we hiked the Megunticook Trail. The trail ended up being more difficult and longer than we expected, due to climbing on lots of rocks. When we finally reached the top of the trail it was definitely worth it - the views of Penobscot Bay were truly awesome. We sat on top of huge granite slabs/boulders of rock and had a light snack of grapes and trail mix. It was sunny and very breezy at the summit.

From there we decided to go to the Blue Hill peninsula which sounded nice and was recommended by someone we know. On the road there, it started raining torrentially which made driving difficult. The storm passed rather quickly and the sun was out by the time we got to the town of Blue Hill. We walked around the really small town and wondered why it was highly recommended in the travel book. We thought that possibly we went to the wrong place because it wasn’t anything special, and ended up staying there only about 15 minutes.

That night we called ahead to the Balsam Cove Campground. It was a pretty scary-looking place on first glance with lots of hillbilly types running around. The two sites across from us were occupied by 15 or so migrant workers. They were living there while they worked the local blueberry fields. They seemed nice enough, but often stared at us and played their Spanish music loudly. The site right next to us was occupied by two youngish guys who were in charge of the migrant workers (or as they called it, “the blueberry crew”). Everyone went to sleep fairly early but at 5:00 am, we awoke to lots of voices and again, Spanish music. It only lasted for about 15 minutes or so but it was still a nuisance. The bathrooms at the campground were not well maintained. The camp staff, however, were really helpful. For example, our site didn’t have a picnic table, and they brought us one right away. The camp map said that they were completely renovating the campground so hopefully these things will improve over time.