Wassawki Springs Campground, Scarborough, Maine
Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. ~ Proverbs 13:6
Does the name ‘Old Orchard Beach’ sound familiar to you? We visited there 23 months ago. You don’t remember? Really? It’s the place where we discovered the amusement park on the beach that was closed and the teen boys swimming in the frigid water on a frigid day, and the pier was closed. Still no recollection? What if I told you it’s the beach where 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh landed because of fog in 1927 as he was making his Victory Tour following his successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris? Still nothing? Maybe just a hint in the back of your mind somewhere? (hahaha! I don’t expect you to remember! We barely did! 😊)
Well, we rediscovered it today!
We were riding our bikes on a great trail, when we came to a street sign labeled “Old Orchard Beach Road”. We had no idea we were that close! Blaine checked Google Maps, and sure enough! We were going to ride to it, it was that close, but it would’ve required riding on a narrow road with no bike lane for several miles. Nope.
So we turned around (we were ready to be done biking anyway), and then drove to the beach, where we sat and soaked up the sun and the waves. It was waaaaay more crowed than the last time we were here! Of course, it was also warmer and the end of summer instead of the beginning of fall. Blaine ended up buying new water shoes which he was sorely in need of, and we walked around the touristy town looking for something to eat, and finding nothing worth spending a tourist-town-fortune on. So Subway turkey it was! 😊
So now you know what we did, let’s do the tour in pictures.
This wasn’t part of the trail.
We’re supposed to turn and ride on that road. No thank you, very much!
We turned around and headed back the way we came.
the observation tower we’d seen in the distance when we were kayaking in the marsh.
Looks like we weren’t the only ones happy to find a rafter of turkeys!
And yes, of course a car came by as they were crossing.
Thankfully the car stopped, or I would’ve felt really bad!
This is where we discovered how close we were to Old Orchard Beach.
OOB stands for Old Orchard Beach.
Good thing I was waiting on Blaine and looking all around, or we would’ve missed it!
We were a little far from the water, but we could see quite well.
It was a marvelous side trip the Lord took us on today! We very much enjoyed sitting on a bench and taking in His creation – the breeze, the water, the sun, the sand – and the people!