Hangin' Out in Ogunquit, Maine ~ A Preview

Every year, my sister Fran vacations in Ogunquit, Maine at a beautiful Victorian Inn on the Marginal Way.  She always rents the two units closest to the sea in Beachmere South and invites the whole family to stop in, spend a few days or a whole week.  Every year we have a wonderful time "beaching it", going to art galleries, wandering through quaint shops, and revisiting some favorite places and finding new ones.

The Beachmere is quite a fancy place and is booked a year in advance.  As a result, more then once, our vacation in Maine has been peppered with a hurricane.  This year, Fran got a double dip...first Hurricane Bob when she moved in last week....and early this morn about 3 A.M. when the winds and rain of Hurricane Dan came into town.

Despite the two hurricanes, we did have several very nice days with clear skies and hot weather.  After a good breakfast of toast and fruit, we might walk the Marginal Way, a coastal trail, down to the famed Perkin's Cove.....

Along the way we might see wild flowers....

or discover a "treasure" along the way.

Fran found this little pocketbook and shoes last Monday and hung it on the fence.  This morn it was still there.  Some poor Cinderella has lost her shoes....and will never get her Prince.

At Perkin's Cove, we might watch the fishing boats going out to sea.....

or have lobster for lunch at Barnicle Billy's.

By now, the tide is out and it's time to go sunbathing by the sea. There are small beaches by the Beachmere....but across the river (it's shallow during low tide) is the big public beach.

We just usually go to "First Beach", right in front of our place.  This year we decided to make cairns by the sea.

After an hour in the sun, we are ready to take another walk down the Marginal Way to see the flowers at the Sparhawk ....another fancy resort.

Leaving the Sparhawk, we ambled down to a new gallery, The Barn, to see their new collection.

Of course you know how I love nudes...I found this headless body out in the gardens.

Then we walked over to the Ogunquit Museum of American Art to see their new Charles Woodbury pieces.

They don't allow any photos to be taken inside the museum.  I tried my Gather "fib" but they didn't budge.

Coming home, we stopped at The Anchorage, another resort along the Marginal Way, to see the grounds.

Another day, early in the morn I got up real early and went over to take pictures at The Footbridge Beach....it was just after dawn so I got some really neat pictures without people.

Then I took a ride over to Kennebunkport.  Several years ago I took Mom here to see Bush's estate.

Down the road from the Bushes, I found St. Ann's Episcopal Church and when I saw the sign "All welcome", I pulled into the parking lot and took a tour.

Heading home, I saw a sign that read "Rachel Carson's Wildlife Refuge so I stopped and took a hike through the woods, across some marshland down to the sea.

By now it was 12 noon and I had promised Fran I would be back so we could go to

a showing of John Lennon's artwork that was in Ogunquit for three days.