T Stands for Sun and Surf

 

For lunch this day we headed South to York Beach and the Sun and Surf Restaurant on Long Sands Beach. It was a perfect day for fried clams, but MP (market price) on the menu means expen$ive. The waitress told me the fried clams were $42. Yup, thank you, no.  Portions at restaurants are hefty, and I didn't want to bring back anything to the motel. Reheating fish in a microwave isn't a pleasant thing. (To think when I came up here with a work friend 47 years ago, while Teague was living in California, this restaurant was just a little clam shack)

I opted for a cheap less expensive  cod basket and an Arnold Palmer. We ate outside on the terrace. If I stood up and looked over the seawall around the restaurant I could see

Nubble Light at the tip of the point

After lunch we drove over. Yup, the lighthouse was still there. The only difference was the cloud formations were different and a fog bank was rolling in.

I struck up a conversation with an elderly couple. I have to stop thinking like that because I don't think I was far behind them in age. They had ridden up on a motorcycle. They told me the day before you couldn't see the lighthouse because of the fog. We watched a young woman putting on scuba gear. She had booties, gloves, a hood. The water was really cold. I had never seen anyone diving here. Teague told me they did testing and diving certifications.

After conversation and admiring the scenery, we decided to stop at Ogunquit Beach. If there was parking and the parking app I downloaded worked. We found a parking space, the parking app worked, and I dipped my toes in the water. The water was a brisk 61 °F (16 °C) I thought my heart was going to stop from cold water shock. No wading that day.

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