This was going to be an easy, relaxing day. Aren’t they all?
Everyone agreed last night that we were going to be sleeping
in today, and sure enough everyone did. It was 9:45 when I hit the button on
the coffee maker, and I was the first one whose feet hit the floor. As you can
imagine from our previous track record, it took us a little while to get ready.
We hit the road at about 1:00. Our timing was perfect, believe it or not,
because the plan was to visit the Portland Head Lighthouse (ya I know….me and
my lighthouses), then to head home for a late lunch and get to the beach to
enjoy the late low tide again. Everything was going pretty good until we got to
Fort William and realized that there was a lot of walking to do and Guylaine
and I hadn’t brought our running shoes.
The lighthouse was amazing, but it also used to be a fort
complete with gun batteries. It was pretty neat. We didn’t get to go into the
lighthouse, but the views from all around it were spectacular.
We were supposed to head back to two towers state park where
we had walked along the cliffs at Cape Elizabeth, but after having to carry
Xavier through the parking lot for the last 50 yards, we decided it would
probably be best to skip it.
We got home and made some lunch. The sun was out with a
slight breeze, so we hung all of our wet stuff from the awning, then we changed
and headed for the beach. From the time we left the campsite to the time we got
to the beach (5 minutes?) the wind had picked up considerably and the dark
clouds had started to move in. Everyone was coming up from the beach, but we
decided to check it out anyways What a show? The surf was pounding. Only a
handful of people were left at the beach and even though it was low tide the
waves were huge and crashing on the shore. After standing in the water for a
bit, the kids convinced me to go in. Was I ever glad I did. The water was so warm, and it was a blast going in those
waves. The only problem was that we were getting covered with pieces of seaweed
and the larger pieces were wrapping around our feet. What we didn’t know was
that it was also getting inside our bathing suits and an awful lot of it was
going to end up coming home with us. Guylaine took pictures while I played in
the surf with the kids. She called me out because she could see the rain coming
down the beach. We made a run for it, but the rain started and it started hard.
Guylaine ran to the car with the kids, I took some pails to the shower to rinse
our feet. I was soaked anyways. I don’t know how strong the wind was, but
between the wind the waves and the driving raid, I can’t imagine how bad it
gets during a hurricane.
We got back to the trailer and the rain had not only soaked
all of the stuff we had out, but it also took away the place we had to dry all
the wet stuff we were wearing. Not a lot of room to hang stuff in our small
trailer. We hung what we could and everone took a shower and played while we
made dinner. Not much to do on a rainy night.
Alex and Guylaine started feeling lousy today. Hope they
don’t have what I’ve got.
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