I grew up in Maine and all my extended family still live there, but I've only been back a dozen times in the last thirty years. Whenever I'm there, I always have to get an Italian sandwich from D'Amato's. I used to drive a delivery truck down route 1, stopping in every little coast town. Camden is by far the most quintessential Maine town. Go to Camden if you have a chance.
We spent a week in Maine few years ago. We stopped in Camden- and stayed at Mount Battie Inn. Beautiful little place.
Our favorite place was Oqunquit- and walking the Marginal Way- just breath taking.
Been to Maine 3 times, we love it.
Camden is a must visit. My wife’s favorite .
I like Camden well enough but prefer Tenant’s Harbor which is still a little working class, quiet and really scenic. I enjoy talking to lobstermen. Rockland, Rockport and Camden are kind of phony-magnets and very small pondish for this New Yorker. I also like the interior with its small country stores and small, rural homes that are still - sometimes - lit by candlelight.
Maine is changing drastically. Even on St. George Peninsula, the rich are buying up swathes of land and building McMansions which is ruining the Wyeth landscape.