Great Fall Foliage Driving Tour With Interesting Stop Offs!

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COLORS OF CAMDEN MAINE
Maritime Fall Foliage & Event Calendar make Camden Maine a unique New England Fall Vacation.

The fantastic spectacle that is the maritime fall foliage, the lush mountains and calm ocean set Maine fall foliage apart from other New England foliage experiences. Camden Maine Innkeeper, Kristen Bifulco, stated “guests call us in January and ask when the leaves are going to change, visitors look forward to Camden’s Fall foliage all year round.”
The Colors of Camden, like an antique New England quilt formed by the meeting of Camden Harbor, Beauchamp Point, Penobscot Bay and the Camden Hills whether viewed from the air, aboard a scenic helicopter tour, the peak of Mt. Battie, Maiden’s cliff, aboard a Historic Schooner, or the lawn of the Camden Public Library, are breathtaking. Each aspect of land, mountain, sea and sky form a unique patch in this harmonious whole of the natural beauty of Autumn: deep ocean blue and light sky blue mingle with wispy white clouds, and the deep reds of sugar Maples veined with the vibrant gold and yellow of beeches, birches, elms, and green and black ash, and the rust and amber of oaks. The backdrop of Windjammer sails and American Bald Eagles in addition to leaves and trees, make Camden Maine a unique Fall experience.

In addition to the inherently economical fun of leaf peeping, Camden has lots of local events that are worth taking that scenic Rt1 trip up the coast to enjoy. Fall events are for the sophisticated movie buffs, boat lovers, cutting edge leaders and wine aficionados.
For those that want to see Camden fall foliage from the sky, Spirit Soaring Glider Rides http://www.spiritsoaring.org/   is a great choice.
To see the foliage from the sea: Schooner Olad, Schooner Surprise and Schooner Heron offer great harbor views.

Camden Maine Lodging Fall Packages:
Camden Windward House Fall Foliage Pancake Pan-tacular:
Come to Camden Windward House in October for the Fall Foliage Pancake Pan-tacular. Commencing October 17 until October 29th, The Fall Foliage Pancake Pan-tacular includes a gourmet menu breakfast featuring several of your favorite pancake recipes and afternoon tea will feature a sampling of local apples. For breakfast try the locally picked apple pancakes with saut~ed apples on top or the pumpkin pancakes with warm Maine Maple syrup. In the afternoon sample local apples and decide if you like the Macintosh or the Cortland’s. The Innkeepers will also provide maps of some of their favorite fall foliage walking and driving tours through the Camden area. The dates of this package might change if leaves change earlier in the season.
Offer start at $130.00 based on double occupancy. Tax is additional
Camden Windward House Lovely Leaves and Lodging:
See Camden Fall Foliage from the sea or air, stay 3 nights at Camden Windward House and receive a 10% discount on your sailings, or glider ride. Ask your innkeeper for more details.
Camden Calendar of Events:
Camden Windjammer Festival: Sept 3,4,&5 2010
The Camden Windjammer Festival is a community-led celebration of Camden’s maritime heritage and living traditions.
Camden International Film Festival
Sept 30 , 2010 to October 3, 2010
The 6th Annual Camden International Film Festival will take place from September 30th – October 3rd 2010, screening the best international documentary film to audiences in venues throughout Midcoast Maine. Fun exciting event that attracts hip young folk from the north coast to see innovative new films. Come and meet film makers, film producers, film enthusiasts.
Vin Fest
October 1 &2, 2010
Cellardoor Winery’s 4th Annual Vin Fest.  Come fall, it is grape stomping time. This magical weekend begins Friday night with a 4 course dinner-dance under the stars in the vineyard. Each course will be paired with Cellardoor wines, and the evening’s menu will be prepared by local star chefs Lawrence Klang (Natalie’s Camden Harbour Inn), Chris Bassett (Azure Cafe), and Michael Salmon (Hartstone Inn). Dinner will be followed by desserts and dancing, with dance music provided by the Chris Humphrey Big Band.

Tickets to Fridays dinner-dance will also gain you access to the Saturday, October 2 Vinfest festivities Advanced ticket purchase required, call 207-763-4478. Tickets are $100 and are now available for purchase on www.brownpapertickets.com
Pop Tech
October 20 – 23rd 2010
Pop Tech is a 4 day seminar about the effects of technology on People. It is an exciting seminar bringing amazing minds to Camden Maine. If you are not coming for the seminar, be sure you have a reservation for your room and your restaurant before you get here. Rooms are hard to come by during this week in October. 2010 theme: Brilliant Accidents, Necessary Failures, and Improbable Breakthroughs. For more information on Pop Tech go to: http://www.poptech.org/

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Camden Windward House is a Bed and Breakfast in the historic district of Camden Maine, one block from the downtown and harbor, walking distance to all Camden activities. The Camden Windward House Bed and breakfast website is dedicated to posting area events and activities, as well as selling comfortable lodging in Camden Maine. The Camden Windward House web site, www.windwardhouse.com, is a great resource for travelers coming to the Mid Coast of Maine.

Foliage & Water Views the Trip North To Camden Tour Route

About Three Hours, Many Great Stops and Area Attractions

Wiscaset to Appleton via Camden and Back to Camden

• From Wiscasset take US 1 north to Newcastle and into the shop-lined streets of Damariscotta.
• Take 130 south to the fishing village of New Harbor and the lighthouse and crashing surf at Pemaquid Point. In Pemaquid, visit the Fisherman’s Museum, For William Henry and the Colonial Pemaquid Restoration.
• Take 32 north to Waldoboro, then 220 south to Friendship; go northeast on 97 and Upper Cross Road through Cushing to Thomaston. Drive down the St. George Peninsula to Port Clyde; pick up US 1 to Rockland. While there have a great lunch at the Brown Bag or if you really want a treat, Amalfi on the Water, and maybe check out the Farnsworth Museum.
• Then take the next short hop up Route 1 to Camden -we can’t say enough nice things about that Camden!
• Check in at the Camden Windward House Bed & Breakfast, have some delicious old fashioned home baked blueberry muffins or cappuccino muffins or oatmeal raisin cookies, and Windward House Blend coffee or perhaps some English tea. Then after you are fully refreshed, travel east to Lincolnville for dramatic foliage views of Mt. Battie.
• If you are in a hiking mood, pull off at the Carriage Trail, or the Maiden’s Cliff both right turns off Mountain Street, and enjoy a vista that changes as you climb showing the world to be a many faceted gem of red gold auburn, farm fields and far off hills and mountains, until reaching the top when you also have the quilt of the Atlantic broken with the green feathered islands of the bay.
• Take 173 west to Lincolnville Center, then south on 235 to Hope;
• northwest on 105 to 131; then south on 105/131 through Appleton to 17 at Union.
• Turn left on 17 and head back to 90.
• Turn left on Simonton, and right on Mechanic street and head back into Camden.

Fall Foliage Report Map and Hotline

For up to date reports and a map that indicates by colors where the foliage is peaking in the state of Maine, check out their official fall foliage website! Once you’ve driven our tour, you can even send them your own fall foliage report. It’s fun.

Check out this great video done by the state with beautiful scenes of Maine of midcoast fall foliage season.