It turnout out that not only was the lighthouse adorable, but that it was actually situated on York Beach, just next door to Ogunquit, where some friends and I had visited last year for S.'s birthday. Honestly, I found that York beach was nicer -- quiet families and couples dotting the large expanse of really nice sand leading into a shallow bed of ocean. Shockingly, the water was even verging on _warm_ -- must be all of those 90-some degree days last week? And also the fact that it was so shallow?
After we explored the lighthouse we headed right to the beach, grabbed some grub from the beach shack just next to the water, and were plopping down into the sand. After a bit, we decided to abandon the rest of the food for a quick foray into the water. We debated whether it was safe to leave our things on the beach, then realized we were probably being too anxious about it all, and the three of us headed in. We did glance back once in a while to look at our things, and after only a few minutes in the water, we realized that some predators were indeed attacking our belongings -- except, only the the belongings of the fried-dough variety, and the predators were sea gulls! After a comical chase, E. did manage to retrieve the bread, of course only to give it back immediately. But good for him for teaching those free-gans a lesson.
The rest of the afternoon was spent without major to-do. I took a walk alone at some and had a ball drawing in the sand with my toes. Definitely going to give this beach another shot before the summer is over.
