Our Visit to Ogunquit, Maine

These are shots from Marginal Way - a beautiful walkway that goes about a mile along the coast. It's got places along the way where you can get down to the water or rocks. If you follow it south from Ogunquit you will end up in the charming Perkins Cove - a small and quaint waterfront with a few shops and restaurants.

I, however, didn't ever actually walk the whole thing. I wussed out. Normally I LOVE to walk. I could walk for miles and miles. I really could. But it was TOO HOT that day. All of us started off together (me, DH, my Dad, SIL, Brother, DD and my niece). The two girls were complaining before we even GOT to Marginal Way and my dear SIL was kind enough to offer to take them back to the house we were staying at. Which looked like this, btw:
Dad, DH, Brother and I pressed on. We got to Marginal Way and whew, it was HOT. Not really any shade, just walkin' out in the blazing hot sun. Which is pretty much the last place you would normally find ME on any given day. I bravely went along, but finally I decided to turn back. I did make it back to the house, only narrowly escaping heatstroke. The thing that really was the clincher in my decision to turn back was there were geocaches along the way - and sometimes that can take up a lot of time if they're not easy to find. A few hours later the menfolk did eventually make it back, hot and sweaty, but they did successfully find all FOUR caches along the way.

So needless to say, *I* did not make it to Perkins Cove THAT day. However, we went and had lunch there another day (we drove!), so I did get there eventually.

In Perkins Cove is this very cool footbridge that is a drawbridge:
This shot was taken from the outdoor deck of Barnacle Billy's. We were sitting outside eating our lunch (I had a lobster roll, DD had clam chowder and DH had a 2 lb lobster) and enjoying this lovely view (in the shade!). Apparently President George Bush Sr. occasionally comes here to eat (he lives in nearby Kennebunkport) - they had pics of him in the restaurant. There's barely any parking in Perkins Cove, although you can pay (a lot) to park a little ways away. However, if you eat at a couple of the restaurants, they have free valet parking. This was the most informal "valet parking" I've ever seen. No receipt, or ticket or anything. Guy just takes your car. Tells ya just to be sure to be back by 9pm when he gets off work. When you get back you just tell the guy which car is yours, he just leaves the keys in it. Had to laugh.

But that's how it is in Maine.