From my Vespa's parking place to the upper right corner of this photo, taken at Camp Ellis, Maine's longest stretch of sandy beaches runs for seven miles. Remember this picture; when I return in midsummer, there will not be a place to park a scooter, or room to plant an umbrella, near any of Maine's beaches.
Higgin's Beach in Scarborough is the most popular surfing site in Maine. And when the temperature rises above 60 degrees - which it does for several days every summer - this beautiful stretch of sand just south of Portland will resemble a Woodstock concert crowd.
A couple of kids sit on a Civil War cannon at Fort Allen Park in Portland, as Dad relaxes.
In a late March photo, Old Orchard Beach seagulls are being fed French fries from the only restaurant open before the tourists pour in, and the scavenger gulls enjoy a summer-long buffet.
