A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall OOB, ME Photos

I thought you all might enjoy seeing some photos of Old Orchard Beach, ME's beach today. It has 7 miles of sandy beach and for our rocky coast, that is wonderful.

Here is Maxi w/ his boogie board after getting totally trashed by the surf. It was actually too rough for boogie-ing, so he ditched it and went in alone.





Here is me.





Warning! This next photo may be a little bit disorienting for all you West Coast Beach Goers who are used to having the beach on the left when facing North. But this is actually the view here facing South!





more in next post....

Some pictures of Maxi in the water.

Great memorable pictures, Merme!

I was supposed to go to the beach this past Friday up in Connecticut - first time in 2 years, but it rained the entire day. I do have a raincheck though, so hopefully I will make it to a beach at least once this summer.

Looking North, w/ the ocean on the right....

From where we were standing, we were facing the center of the tourists up the beach, an area known as The Pier.







Looking South....






And the pretty, stormy surf... and Maxi in the middle.

Hi Lynne!

It is good to see you on! I do so hope you can get to a beach at some point this season.

Great pics..

..it's a shame, I live so close to the beach yet just don't care for it, never did. Mind you as a child I lived at the local river. I know I'm strange

Love the pics! Our coast isn't as nice. Oregon and California are have a much nicer coast than Washington does. I've only been in the Atlantic once and I barely remember it. Boogie boarding looks like fun!

oh Merme. Thank you so very much !! I LOVE the beach.---
seeing a beach agian made me so happy.

I am sure you both had a wonderful time.

Only been out of the mitten a few times, Ont a few times and to gatlenburg ...dollywood lol ..that's about it.
Would be nice to see the ocean one day , we always talked about the eastcoast.

Nice pics, glad to see you had a great day :wink:

snow

Cheryl boogie boarding IS a great deal of fun. Here is another picture of Maxi from today showing his boogie board more clearly and it's open-mouthed shark!



Snow you should come to Maine -- and meet Angel & Scott & I. But come in summer so you can enjoy the sun & the surf. True, that would mess up snowmobliling plans, but, it would still be worthwhile!

Yes Carol, nothing like the beach to make people happy!

Tam I've met others who don't like the beach. That it a tough concept for me to understand because I have Beach Bummery way down in my soul.

That makes me feel so sad...we take so much for granted when it's in our own backyard (to speak).

Merme, it's the feel of the sand that creeps me out and the not being able to see through the water.. When we went to Prince Edward Island last year..I was worried they'd want to see the 'red floor'..thankfully we just bought pictures

I just love the look on Maxi's face in the last pic...all mothers have seen that one before.."it's the just take the pic and get it over with" look.