July 4th in Camden Maine

We spent time in Camden from July 3^rd to the 5^th. Winds were low on the 4^th so rather than sail we went for a walk over to Rockport a neighboring coastal town. We have heard of a restaurant there called “Shepherds Pie” that gets good ratings. Coming from England I am a lover of a good Shepherd’s Pie. However, they were closed. Even if they were open I would only have eaten the lamb part since the potato crust doesn’t go with the low carb diet.

Camden is a beautiful town and allowed Yolande to do some of the compulsory shopping. But this included a book for me about Shackleton. On the afternoon of July 3^rd part of the street was blocked off by the Post Office with a Bomb Squad truck. There was a suspicious package in the Post Office that they were handling. We then heard a “Fire in the hole” hole call and a sharp bang as they detonated the package. Crazy times that we live in.

You couldn’t pay me enough to do this bomb squad work, but I sure am glad that somebody does it.

I have a dream of getting a second boat for blue water sailing. We are pinning our hopes on our company making good and using the proceeds to realize our dreams. Yolande spotted a candidate. First we saw a Discovery 67 made in Southampton UK. Too big as I want to be able to single hand it as well.  

Then she mentioned here is the second boat if the company doesn’t do as well as we wish for.

After watching the England women beat Germany 1-0 in the 3^rd/4^th spot match of the World Cup we made our way over to a new restaurant, The Pig and Poet then back to Prairie Gold to watch the compulsory fireworks.

Note that the vertical black lines in the fireworks are the mast of other sailboats.