I lied.
Here’s a few more. First, Diane enjoying the view as cool breezes rustle her hair while talking to Jeffro in Evansville who’s sweating like a plow horse while suffering through temps near 100. And below are pics Diane insisted I post (not to further needle Jeff) of me swimming in the cool, clear, refreshing ocean. Though not a long swim, I’m so out of shape, I needed to rest next to those lobster traps before my return.
Jen
You braved that water? You are made of sterner stuff than I. Brrr… Even in August…
Anon
The water was warm.
Jen
Warm is a relative term.
What kind of weather can you expect:
In Maine we have a common saying “If you don’t like the weather … wait a minute, it’ll change” At any time of year, Maine’s weather can be completely different depending on where you are in Maine. It can be perfectly sunny along the coast, but raining cats and dogs in the western mountains. Try to be prepared for just about anything and keep one eye to the sky.
Along the coast:
(Bar Harbor, Boothbay, Camden, Portland, etc)
The coastal sea breeze can keep Maine’s coast 10 to 20 degrees cooler than just a few miles inland. In the winter – the coastal areas typically are warmer and receive less snow due to salt from the ocean. However, Maine’s coast has more fog than inland Maine and can make for difficult driving along Maine’s popular coastal Rt. 1.
During the summer, evening temperatures can drop into the 40’s, and even the 30’s in the spring and summer months. Daytime highs generally reach 70’s with occassional 80’s and 90’s.
A fair bit of warning with regard to water temperature’s along Maine’s coast. In late August, the warmest you might find the water is in the 60’s – but, expect much cooler water when venturing in.
Jennifer
Jen, was that you or a travel brochure? And although I’m tempted to blame global warming for the “warm” water, I suspect the few degrees in recent years wouldn’t be enough to get it to warm. So I’m stuck thinking that there are local warm inlets — in Boothbay Harbor, anyway.
michael
First of all, that Anon person who said the water was warm waded in up to her armpits and no further. Furthermore, when a tall pregnant woman with long brown hair and a revealing bathing suit dove in next to her and surfaced with a scream, Anon laughed and commiserated. Yet, when her husband flops around like a flounder for fifteen minutes, and then can’t climb out because his lower extremities no longer understand commands from his addled brain, the water is suddenly “warm.”
I have one word for all that and it’s – Ha!
rakkityed.schmahl
“I’m so out of shape” Ha! If I tried to swim that far and in water so “warm”, the lobsters would be chompin’ on me before you knew I was gone.
“Out of shape” is relative!