The beach.
When you examine that, what did you consider of? Sunbathing? Swimming? Browsing? Another word commencing with S?
You may well come across all those pursuits satisfying in the summer time, but the beach front is just as deserving a place in the winter season months, and for individuals like me, it is even superior at this time of yr.
Here are a couple motives why.
The No. 1 motive the beach front is greatest in the winter season is the shortage of people. This is Scarborough Seaside on a pleasant Saturday previously this month. Drew Johnson / The Forecaster
1. No crowds
This is by significantly my favorite section of going to the seaside in wintertime and contributes heavily to the remaining 4 factors in this posting.
It could be for the reason that I’m a lot more of a lake person than an ocean person, but I choose almost any other summer action than going to the shore on a busy summer season working day (although at least one particular close friend or relatives member finds a way to drag me there each and every calendar year). This is specifically the scenario at superior tide, when numerous of Maine’s shorelines are dwarfed to fifty percent their sizing or much less.
Something about laying my towel down concerning two people of strangers definitely gets on my nerves, and on a sizzling July weekend it is often the only option. Even worse is when you carve out your individual isolated spot and an individual plops proper down following to you. (Go absent! I’m hoping to have some me time.)
In the wintertime, you may see two dozen men and women on the beach front at one particular time. Mom Character can encourage a great deal of folks to keep in their homes in the course of the cold months. I’m a person of them when it is way below freezing or there is a storm rolling by way of, but on a wonderful sunny day, it’s well worthy of being outside, and it’s a very good way to ward off that seasonal melancholy many of us know and loathe.
Any vivid working day with temperatures earlier mentioned freezing is a fantastic seashore day. Drew Johnson / The Forecaster
2. The weather conditions
Sure, very seriously.
If you choose the suitable working day (I advocate sunny in the very low 40s), donning a jacket, denims and boots is plenty of to sense snug. I favor the cold to the warmth, but anyone can love a wonderful, crisp and invigorating day at the beach front in January or February. No sunburn is a substantial furthermore, as is no sweat. If it’s over 80 in the summer, I’m washing off the sweat in the water each and every 15 minutes. Yuck.
Seagulls get a lousy rap, but they seriously are beautiful creatures. Maybe it has some thing to do with the winter light. Drew Johnson / The Forecaster
3. Wildlife
Although animals are sparse all through the wintertime, you can at times discover some wildlife on seashores this time of 12 months. And, if you do, it’s easy to get up closer to observe (yet another perk of there getting no crowds).
Seagulls have a tendency to get a bad rap – squawking, pooping and thieving your food stuff – but they are quite tame in the winter, and essentially pretty wonderful when you get a closer search.
4. It’s more affordable
An impediment for some to get to the seashore in the summertime is the have to have to purchase a pass or pay a everyday parking rate. Numerous beaches in Maine, like Scarborough Beach front State Park, make it possible for you to go to the seaside for absolutely free for the duration of the winter months.
Who doesn’t like free stuff? Particularly in this economy. Put the cash you would have spent on the seaside rate towards your heating invoice.
5. Romance
“I like prolonged walks on the beach” is fairly cliche, but if that shoe fits, wintertime is the best time to do it.
Wander alongside the shore, acquire rocks or seashells, maintain arms. Possibly even kiss your considerable other as the waves roll in. If you really feel embarrassed by public displays of affection, really do not get worried. Did I mention no crowds? No public usually means no PDA.
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