May 06 2009
Facts About Maine - Visiting York Beach
Want to learn a few facts about Maine? One of the best kept secrets of this part of the seacoast are the many family portrait ideas that you’ll find scattered across the York, Maine part of the east coast. We live barely half an hour from the Maine seacoast, and I’m always shocked that the York Maine Chamber of Commerce (or York Beach Maine Chamber of Commerce?), doesn’t feature more images of this stunning coastline on their home page.
Family Portrait Ideas When Visiting York, Maine
Just last weekend, we took the girls to our favorite hangout, York Beach. One of the facts about Maine that you’ll find at the York Maine Chamber of Commerce website is the fact that the Nubble Lighthouse, right down the road from York Beach, is one of the Maine lighthouses most featured in photographs and artwork. However, just down the road, right on the beach itself, you’ll find an ocean view and a coastline that’s really hard to describe unless you’re sitting right on the beach - smelling the ocean air and gazing out over the cool Maine coast.
All I had available on this trip was my trusty windows mobile phone, so the resolution isn’t great, but you get a good sense of the vast expanse of this scene. Nothing is quite as calming as the soothing sound of these waves on the beach. Looking around, there were easily hundreds of folks on this beach during this abnormally warm spring day in Maine, long before the summer season has even gotten started. I suppose the free parking during this time of year probably helps as well.
Just looking at this rough photo of the Maine coastline, you can probably imagine the opportunities for some pretty cool family portrait ideas at this beach. One of the few facts about Maine that few tourists realize is that the Maine coast really offers just a few really pristine beaches. York, Ogunquit, and Kennebunk offer some of the choice locations for enjoying the Maine seacoast, and obviously summertime family portrait ideas abound at every single one of these - just bring along your high quality digital camera and you’ll be overwhelmed with photo opportunities.
One of the things we’re hoping to try out this year is called "seacoast camping," where you actually camp out near the beach. We’ve typically always gone on our camping trips deep in the forest (most often in the White Mountains of New Hampshire), but beach camping certainly offers these sort of ocean-side opportunities that you’ll be hard pressed to find anywhere else.
If you’ve never been to Maine before, or you have but it’s been a while, I highly recommend a trip to York, Maine - just check out the York Maine Chamber of Commerce website for maps and local business information. Trust me, the water may be freezing, but the sights, sounds (and the lobster) completely make up for it!
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