Day 3: Popham Beach, Maine
Popham beach is an hour or so drive south of Boothbay Harbor. It was here that we noticed that just about everything we wanted to is an hour or so away.
We arrived at the beach and noted that we would not be able to do what we intended to do until low tide.... We left the beach in search of food and found the oddest/coolest little farm that was basically a hippie compound. they served organic sandwiches and were in the process of making an earthen kiln for baking bread. Did I mention the loose chickens running amok...?
After our luncheon adventure we headed back out to the beach. At low tide (approx. 1pm) the beach forms a land bridge to an island a short walk off the coast. We walked out to the island and even had to carry a few SoTs across the water - specifically MBK and Diana Terry...
The waves were breaking against the edge of the island shooting foam and spray into the air...
We had the island to ourselves and went to work painting and sketching in the most majestic display of the might of the ocean I've ever seen.
The waves were breaking against the edge of the island shooting foam and spray into the air...
Andrew Day was inspired to paint a lovely view of the ocean and a lighthouse on a distant island...
Diana kicking back on a piece of driftwood...
MBK working hard on capturing each and every wave...
We got so swept up in the moment that we nearly lost our land bridge back to the main land. We did have to walk through waist high ocean water as it came back in. Frigid....
We made it back, but we made MBK and Diana cross the water themselves. We had a glorious day. Probably my favorite day of the week.
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