Well, this is a Friday but a day of not working so this means that I can do whatever I please even though that could happen on most days anyway. Today's adventure finds me planning to go to Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth. Of course, I have not been to this state park before so everything will be exciting and amazing to my eyes and through the camera lens!
Oh what a gorgeous day! The sun is shining. Oh my. I best not forget my sunglasses. As I pack my bag with necessities, including my camera with Kodak ISO 200 film and my boat shoes for walking on the rocks, I wonder what my eyes will see today as I make my way to Portland then on to Cape Elizabeth. First stop? Boynton's for extra provisions, such as water. As I venture down the road around 8:00 a.m., WCLZ is on the radio so that I will experience new music sounds as I venture forward down to I-295. The traffic is as expected during this time of morning but is doable as I wonder if everyone is going to work or if they are going to play!
The state park is not hard to find as you are traveling down Rt. 77 into Cape Elizabeth. The road is well marked as I go. I mention this fact because I forgot to bring my MapQuest directions with me this morning. Oh well. It happens as I did get up around 5:00 a.m. this morning. Coffee was certainly needed.
Anyway, I pulled into the state park, showed my state park pass and inquired where I would get my state park passport stamped. The parking lot was nearly empty with only two other vehicles in the lot. The lack of cars bodes well for photographs as there would be limited number of people in my view. I believe that this is the best time of day to take photographs anyway.
After I parked my car and put on my boat shoes, I slung my camera over my shoulder and wandered down to the path closest to me. The ocean waves were booming and beckoning me to come closer. Photographs 1 through 3 is what you see as you wander down the path and up to the stairs to view the water. As I climbed the stairs, the sounds became louder and louder. Oh my! What a sight to behold. Gorgeous waves were there to greet me as they pounded on the rocks below.
With my camera tightly at my side, I carefully made my way over these massive uneven rocks that lined the shore. There were so many rocks in general that the ocean waves met with a fierce intensity as the time was coming closer to high tide at each passing minute. A perfect spot was found as soon as I found some level footing. I sat with awe, watched and listened to nature and all its glory. What a perfect day! What a perfect feast before my eyes. During the course of my adventure, I sit down to observe and take in what is before me with my naked eye and through the viewfinder in three different locations in the same area but at various heights. Photographs 4-7, 9 through 21 show what I see as I gaze upon the magnificient ocean. The rocks that you walk on or even sit to observe the ocean is what is shown in Photograph 8.
As I sat here and pondered life, a fisherman was trying hard to sneek up on his catch of the day. Even though he was some distance away, I could tell that he must have loved what he was doing because of the intensity of the throwing of the line on the fishing pole. I wondered how long he had been there and if he had caught anything at all or was it just an elusive dream. Photograph 22 captures the fisherman in a distance.
Lost in thought, I wandered back to the parking lot taking one last photograph to show the way out. This becomes Photograph 23. Along the way, I spotted the same fisherman who must have left his post at the other end of the shore. I inquired if he had any luck at all today. He answered that he had not but had to leave because the ocean waves were getting intense and that his wife would never forgive him if he got caught up in one of those waves. I certainly understand his point in regards to intensity of waves. Mother nature can sneak up on you without any notice and take what is left of your life on this earth.
Before I load everything in my car for the ride homeward, I walk over to make sure that I stamped my state park passport. A combination is needed to unlock the stamp so I turn the pages in this passport to the appropriate page for Two Lights State Park, then I enter the comination on the lock and presto! Or is it "Open Sesame!" Either way, I opened the box and stamped on the correct page. Phew! I am so glad I got the right one.
The parking lot does have a few more cars than when I had arrived so that bodes well for this popular state park. The area is just breathtaking. I think I should come back with a picnic lunch. No seagulls were noticed at this time but they could very well have been around somewhere just waiting for someone to leave food for them to steal.
The trip back home was uneventful except for the one white car that had three state trooper cars behind it on the side of the turnpike just outside of Portland. As I proceeded further north, another state trooper came screaming down the southside of the turnpike in the direction of the other state troopers. I wondered what was going on. No way to tell then but maybe later on the news.
WCLZ was still playing on the radio as I pulled into Slates Bakery Parking Lot so that I could eat lunch outside and to ponder what life held before my eyes today. What a gorgeous, gorgeous day! Phew! This makes me oh so very happy. I wonder about my next adventure. Where? Who knows. I have to look at my list and go from there. The decision could very well be made on the day that I decide to go forth and conquer. Well, not really conquer, but you know what I mean.
So long for now!
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