Most summers we spend a day, or sometimes more, at the beach in Maine. This summer went by way to fast, and barely felt like summer, but we made a very quick trip to Maine last weekend. E, L, and I drove to York with four goals in mind: 1) put our feet in the Atlantic, 2) buy salt water taffy, 3) eat at JJ’s Eatery Too in Old Orchard Beach, and 4) see a lighthouse. Mission accomplished!

The forecast was pretty bad for the day (and days before and after), so we didn’t bring bathing suits or anything, just us. We got to the beach, lucked out with a perfect parking spot, and went down to water. Feet in the water. ✔ The water was cold!! Within a few minutes, it started thundering and the lifeguards cleared the water. We cleaned off our feet and walked over to the taffy shop. ✔ The taffy shop is also an ice cream shop, so we got taffy and ice cream and walked back to the beach in the rain. We thought it would be fun to sit on the beach and eat ice cream under umbrellas, but the thunder and lightening worsened and it started to feel unsafe out there, so we headed back to the car pretty quickly. Fortunately, with our prime parking spot, we were able to enjoy our ice cream and watch the storm over the ocean, with help from the busy windshield wipers!

When we were done with our ice cream we took the scenic route, through cute towns being pummeled with rain, to Old Orchard Beach, a cute beach town with a theme park and lots of souvenir stores and food places. This is a pretty popular place, but the only time we’ve been there before is when Rosy, E, and I happened across it one night on the way home from Portland. E loved it and wanted to take Lex there. LOL. So we went. We enjoyed our food ✔, walked around in the rain a bit, then headed back to the car.

We had one more task to complete and the rain finally slowed, then stopped, so we started looking for nearby lighthouses. We found a cute one but there was nowhere to park, so we just drove past it twice. ✔ LOL. Lex was done with our nonsense by then, and it was getting later, so we pulled over at a nice rocky area so E and I could get out and smell the ocean one last time, then we headed home.

It was a great day with lots of laughter and silliness. 💗💕