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Still working my way down the There are so many wonderful places to see in Maine I fear I won’t live long enough bucket list… we headed south to York.
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Fisherman’s Walk is beautiful… but let me tell you it’s not easy to find. Punching the address in GPS brought us to someone’s private driveway. Backing up, we turned around multiple times, then turned around some more…. searching in vain for signage. How bad was it? The husband was so frustrated he stopped and asked a stranger.
Trust me, that’s bad!
The local man pointed us down a hill but said we couldn’t park there. Of course not, that would have been too easy. Turning around again, we found parking, but it was permitted for residents only. By this time my husband had lost all enthusiasm for the experience, but I do not admit defeat easily. Circling around again scored us a free spot… and vindication for me. Though we still had to hike back up a hill and down another hill to find what we’d come to see.
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A scenic coastal walking path.
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Make that a poop free scenic coastal walking path. My very favorite kind.
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Lobster boats were plentiful.
And look…
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Now that we were actually on the path?
A sign for the path.
Never let it be said the state of Maine doesn’t have a sense of humor.
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I didn’t know what to expect, so the chances of being disappointed were slim.
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But it was a gloriously cool sunny day, so off we went.
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Past private piers…
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And hilltop homes.
And then? Nothing.
It ended.
We had driven an hour and a half for a 3 minute walk and I was getting some serious stink eye from my spouse.
Refusing to believe it, I kept walking. Past a high fence. Across a road. By a marina. Across another road. Past some tennis courts. Through a parking lot. Until I found…
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A beach.
To be continued…..
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River's world..... 
If I were your husband and you did this to me, our next stop would be an antiques store for more precious junk…
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That’s just cruel…
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That’s why you have a husband and I have no spouse.
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It’s a fair trade.
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Generally excursions away from the beaten path are the best ones
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Forget the beaten path, this time we had a hard enough time just finding it!
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I froze at reading a man asked for directions. But I did admire the beauty!
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It’s an extremely rare occurrence and proves the direness of the situation.
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Bwahahaha! Exactly! 😂
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Beautiful path and area. I’m feeling calm just looking at your photos.
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It was a peaceful place, for sure.
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Even lost…ahem misdirected I should say, it’s still beautiful. I wouldn’t mind walking to try and find a beautiful patch of oceanside bliss.
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You’re never far from one here!
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Seems like the local flora doesn’t mind if the poop is left for their dinner, given the attempt to cover the sign…
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They must want the fertilizer.
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I hope you also found a tavern in that grove of trees just beyond the beach, otherwise this is going to be an epic case of anticlimactic.
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Alas, there wasn’t a tavern in sight…
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Ouch.
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This sounds like something that would happen to me.
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It was crazy.
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I have been reading from my phone, which I can’t seem to comment on, So I’m revisiting this. What the hell is going on with that beach? A bunch of slaty rocks? No such thing as taking off your shoes and walking barefoot with the golden sand between your toes! Yikes
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Beaches in Maine are rocky, that’s part of their charm. We have two long sandy stretches in Wells and Old Orchard… but only tourists go there.
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