Fog can be friend or foe to Mainers Inland shops seeing increase in trade when beaches overcast

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | July 24, 2003| | Copyright

CAMDEN - Fog happens.

And it's been happening a lot, it seems, the first few weeks of summer in coastal Maine.

While blue skies and bright sun dominate the scene a few miles inland, a drive to Camden or Lincolnville Beach these days can put a family in the middle of a fog bank, obscuring the view of islands, sailboats, seals and the rest of what brings tourists here to spend their vacation dollars.

"We've had more than our share," said Ken McKinley, a Camden- based meteorologist who provides forecasts for boaters.

But then he amended his statement, saying that the past few summers along the ...

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