MAINE: my final frontier. These are the voyages of the Scooter Vespa 250 i.e. Super. Its continuing mission - to explore America's most heavily forested state - to roam the vast coastline, numberless lakes, and mighty mountains. To boldly go where no scooter has gone before!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

O Happy (Hot) Day!

O glorious Spring! O marvelous beach! O how wonderful to pack away the long underwear, the double-thick gloves, the extra pair of socks under the heavy winter boots, the headache-inducing balaclava!

Today's forecast was for warm, windy weather, and Portland broke the record for the warmest March 8 in the long history of the city. Sixty degrees! And the weather expert for the National Weather Service said: "This is probably it for winter." Good enough for me. The snow-blower, shovels, ice melt, antifreeze - out of sight and mind in the far corner of the cellar.


Look closely - that is a 60 in the upper right of the GTS display. Mike T. of http://scooterthefun.blogspot.com/ and I rode to Old Orchard Beach to take in the joy of the best day so far in 2012 for riding. And it was a terrific day at the beach:


For feeding seagulls...


For walking on the sand and sitting on a bench...


For contemplating the sea and the surf...


For cuddling on the sand - there are really two people on that blanket, close together for warmth - or love. I didn't ask - I just took the picture...


For relaxing with tunes and a large, friendly dog...


For walking the little dog...


And for running perilously close to the sea, which is still - and always will be - very, very cold!

4 comments:

  1. Very, very cold indeed!

    Ogunquit is my favorite spot on earth for unwinding. Even in July and August, the water is stunningly cold. It never ceases to amaze me. And yet, I still manage to play in the surf. Go figure!

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    1. David,

      I hope you'll let me know when you plan to visit Ogunquit this summer!

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  2. What a mild winter nearly everywhere it seems. There is talk of temperatures in the 80's here next week.

    I love the two in the blanket. I'm glad you didn't ask or tell.
    ~k

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    1. 80s! We can't expect those temps until July up here!

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