One of my favorite places along the coast of Maine is Ocean Point.
Ocean Point is located in East Boothbay, close to where I grew up in Boothbay Harbor. To get there you take a 10 minute drive along a windy road lined with many rosebushes, trees and waterfront houses; you pass through a quaint village with a few boat building businesses and art galleries. One spot along the way is known as Thrill Hill. If you speed up just a little when going over the hill, it gives you a little thrill in your belly, like a rollercoaster.
When you finally reach Ocean Point, the first spot you come to is Grimes Cove. At this spot, the road narrows and curves to the right. Straight ahead is the ocean, where there is a boat launch area. If you are not paying attention to the road, you could drive right into the cove. In the summer, Grimes Cove is a popular spot for swimming, exploring, and collecting sea treasures.
One side of the road hugs the ocean, where the rocks are jagged and rough and beach roses grow wild. There are many beautiful summer cottages perched on the ledges, with the ocean lapping at their steps and roses sprawling across the yards. On the opposite side of the road, close together
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At this spot, three tall pine trees grow in a clump between the rocks; their branches have been beaten by many angry storms. There are several ledges here that have been smoothed over by the ocean waves. Looking out at the Atlantic from here, you can see Fisherman’s Island and Ram Island, and in the distance you can see the horizon, which seems to never end. There are lobstermen hauling their traps and sailors enjoying the sunshine and sea. The air has a salty taste and scent, along with the soft scent of beach roses. The low moan of a fog horn from a lighthouse can be heard as the wave’s crash along the rocks and seagulls cry as they fly overhead and dive into the ocean hoping to catch a
The only landmarks available to the eye are dozens of miles of ocean waves, occasionally broken up by an ocean going freighter or container ship that might sometime plod past the area, on their way inbo...
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The whole island is in the shape of a giant square with white sandy beaches full of people sunbathing, swimming and fishing right on the shoreline. From the end of the hot pavement parking lot to shore of the beach is an ocean of soft white sand. The pearlescent white sand seems to know how to invade every nook and cranny almost as if it enjoys it. Walking around the beach on the fluffy whiteness surrounding the parking lot, the seagulls are fighting over scraps of food on the ground. “Sandy beach ecosystems provide invaluable services to humankind. Their functions have been exploited through history, with significant anthropogenic effects (Lucrezi, 2015)”. This white sandy beach is a beautiful refuge from the mundane grind of everyday life. The smell of the misty ocean air mixed with the sound of seagulls hovering above and kids playing is a tonic for the mind. The feel of the sand between their toes and the waves crashing over them as people swim in the water, or the jerk of a fishing pole when someone is catching a fish makes Fred Howard Park one of the best places to relax. Standing on the beach looking out on the water, people are kayaking and windsurfing. The lifeguards watching vigilantly in their bright red shirt and shorts, blowing their whistles when they see someone being unsafe. After a long day of swimming and laying around visitors head back over the soft white sand to the showers, in order to rinse off the menacing sand that clings to everything like a bad habit. Everyone rushes over the hot pavement burning their feet to reach their cars so they can put away their beach paraphernalia which is still covered in the white sand, nearly impossible to completely leave behind, so when they get home it serves as a reminder of where they were that
The sea, this "water of the Gulf," is the deepest, most mysterious place Edna has ever explored. Until now, Edna had lived her life on the "white beach," a perfectly virginal island of blind men leading even more blind women. But Edna dips her toes into the dark waters and now she wishes to leave the island and swim out to a better place; or soar overhe...
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There I stand on the Atlantic Ocean beach in Daytona, Florida. It’s 7:49 A.M, June 28, 2015. I feel my size ten feet sink into the frosty sand. With my board in my left arm, and sand covering my body, I seize my direction towards the blue ocean. As I halt at the base of the monumental ocean, I gaze in both directions, not a life in sight. I feel at peace, solitude, in my own meager world. As the crisp ocean mist wipes my sand replete face, I bounce into the ocean with my board under my body, cruising into the profound blue sea.
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Jim is an innocent young man, living on the coast of Queensland. In this peaceful town, everybody is happy and at peace with themselves and with nature. The people enjoy the simple pleasures of life - nature, birds, and friendly neighbourly conversations. Their days are filled with peaceful walks in the bush, bird watching and fishing. Jim and his friends especially enjoy the serenity of the sanctuary and the wonders of nature that it holds.
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