We headed to Kennebunkport for our family vacation
renting the same house as last year. We
were ½ mile from the beach, a 5 minute walk to town, and had water access in
the backyard to launch the kayaks and the canoe. 
My plan throughout the week was to get up early (as I
usually do) to take pictures. I like a
good sunrise.
The first morning, up at 5:10AM and out the door soon
after. I would need to get up earlier
depending on how far I wanted to go for pictures and to see the sun come up. I looped around Ocean Ave. ending up at Cape
Porpoise. I visited Cape Porpoise
several times throughout the week being such a nice place to take pictures.
The next morning I wanted to get to Ogunquit before
sunrise so I was up and out the door at 4:10AM.
Doesn’t everyone get up that early on vacation? I drove 5 miles before I saw another car or
truck on the road. Not a lot of vehicle activity
at that time with the exception of a few delivery trucks.
I took some pictures at Perkins Cove and watched the sun
come up. I headed for Ogunquit
beach. There were a couple people fly
fishing taking advantage of the tide coming in.
There were a few people walking the beach as well. I didn’t walk on The Marginal Way. I thought I would come back with Pam and do that. Unfortunately we didn’t do that this
year.
I woke up between 5:00AM and 5:30 AM the rest of the week
depending on where I was going to take pictures.
I frequented Cape Porpoise, Drakes Island, Wells Harbor,
Ogunquit, and Perking Cove for the most part.
The Bush clan was in town. I
didn’t spot anyone I recognized although I did see and hear their boat. I recognize the drone of 3 300 hp motors
getting a workout. That would be a fun
experience …
The house we rented has a nice rock wall so Kevin brought
his rock crawler. He also took it to the
rocks by the ocean. That was challenging. I took his rock crawler to the ocean rocks and
had fun with it until I broke something ending that adventure. The crawler was unfixable so done for the
week. Kevin is much better at rock crawling
than me. 
We took several kayaks up and down the river throughout
the week. The river current comes in and
out with the tide. Grandma took a kayak and
found it pretty easy to paddle with the current. It was more challenging on the return trip
against the current so Kate ended up towing her back to the house. She had a great time and wished she went out
more during the week.
I made several calls trying to charter a deep sea fishing
boat. I should have called weeks earlier
as the places I tried were booked for the week.
I talked to a crew member on one of the charter boats when I was taking
pictures. He suggested a booking a 6
hour trip (1 hour out, 4 hours of fishing, 1 hour back) to get a bit further
out giving more diversity in what we might catch. Some of his charters are booked in
February. As I was talking he was
getting ready for a 12 hour charter … I think I’d have to make sure I had my
sea legs before attempting a 12 hour trip.
Anthony joined me several times for my picture adventures. We ate at the All Day Breakfast and went to
Drakes Island to explore and take pictures.
I took a few more pictures at Wells Harbor too.
Scott and I took the kids to Funtown Splashtown in Saco. We had a great time going on all the
rides. As it got close to closing time
the crowds disappeared. The 9 of us
ended up on the bumper cars … it pretty much turned in to grown up bumper cars
… fun … fun …
The weather was very nice throughout the week. While at Cape Porpoise we had severe
thunderstorms rolled through. The late
afternoon sky turned very dark and the wind really picked up.
We also had fog roll in a couple times. We were at the beach in one instance when the
fog came rolling in off the ocean. It was
hard to see more than about 50 yards. It
rolled in so quickly I’m glad I wasn’t in a boat with no GPS when that happened.
We went to the beach several times during the week. Megan loves bulldogs and spotted this guy wanting to play ball. I also saw snail art in several places when the tide was out. 
While exploring I spotted a beautiful garden by the ocean with lots of flowers, bushes, trees, and bird houses. It was oceanfront property with no house. On the fence was this sign saying "It all began in a garden". The gate had a private keep out sign so I didn't enter. I wanted to ask for permission to enter and take pictures but no one walking by knew who owned the property. I ended up taking these bird house pictures from the street.We had our tradition of Friday night pizza on the beach to end our week. It was a fun week with great weather and look forward to next year.
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