

i thought they are missing out on the variety that this world has to offer. Many eye catchers.įor decades I was wondering why other tourists return to the same place on their vacation year after year. If you are an early bird and love photography, Popham Beach has a lot to offer. One day it was purple, one day it was golden, on another day it was flaming pink, one day it was deep blue. The sky and clouds had a different color on each single morning. The weather was perfect, we had 5 wonderful morning skies around 6:15 a.m. Our beach cottage was on the opposite side of a peninsula and near the Kennebec River mouth, so there were small boats to watch every once in a while. Two of them have light houses (Pond Island and Seguin Island), others have one house. The special thing about Popham Beach (particularly about our part near Fort Popham) is that there's more for your eyes to see than just the endless ocean. There are not many people walking and even in the pandemic we felt safe at all times. The good thing about visiting Popham Beach in October: you can see horses and dogs on the beach, but overall you have the beach for yourself. In August 2005 I spent one night at the building near Fort Popham which serves now as the Life Guard Station.

Since I had read Douglas Kennedy's master piece "Pursuit of Happiness" some 20 years ago in which he describes Popham Beach State Park in an irresistible way, I wanted to explore it. We rented a beach cottage at the other end of Popham Beach from 10/2/21 until 10/9/21 (near Fort Popham), but visited Popham Beach State Park twice in the afternoon at low tide.
