York Beach

[ultimate_modal modal_title=”Summer, Water Views in the Yorks” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”read more” modal_size=”medium” modal_style=”overlay-zoomout” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ content_bg_color=”#ffffff” header_bg_color=”#111111″ modal_border_style=”solid” modal_border_width=”2″ modal_border_radius=”3″ el_class=”.gallery-modal” img_size=”40″ keypress_enable_controls=”” header_text_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#000000″ trigger_text_font_style=”text-decoration:underline;”]My family has a long history in York Maine.  My great grandparents bought their house in York Harbor shortly after WW2 – my mom and her brother, as well as their cousins, spent their childhood summers at that house and have the memories to prove it.  Unfortunately, the family sold the house prior to me being part of this world but I have my own childhood memories of York as we spent a lot of time at the beach on day trips or family get aways.  Even to this day – York is still the choice location for family vacations.

My favorite connection with York is the ocean – whether you are on Long Sands or Short Sands, or over at the Harbor – the ocean is such a presence that it just soothes my soul.

These photos are from wanderings all over the Yorks – one of my favorites of this set is the lawn chairs with Boone Lighthouse in between the two.  I was walking by this house on Freeman Street and caught sight of the chairs through an open gate.  Figuring the owners would not appreciate me walking into their backyard for the picture I had to extend the zoom lens to the max – and then had to try many attempts at different settings to capture the chairs and the lighthouse.

I also love the two girls boogie-boarding in the surf.  This reminded me of my childhood summers where we would have a blast body surfing no matter what the water temperature was.  As I took this picture I could not help but wonder how cold that water was – it was just early June…[/ultimate_modal]