Date Day Away
Yesterday, BF and I got out of town for our usual Wednesday attempt at “date day” (one nice thing about being a grad student is that you can schedule your leisure time not to coincide with the vast majority of others’ leisure time, thereby avoiding weekend crowds).
So we went up to Ogunquit, Maine. Stopped at a New hampshire liquor store along the way to buy some cheap booze (I love that they cater to Masachusetts there, advertising the salel of alcohol on Sunday; this Puritanism of Massachusetts is actually counterproductive, as the commonwealth is losing possible tax revenues…). We got to Ogunquit, and we walked around a bit, looking at the sheer New England touristy atmosphere. Then we had lunch (fish and chips and fried clams and chips) and walked around a bit more.
As we were eating, fog started to roll in off the ocean, turning the atmosphere colder and driving the less hearty beachgoers away. BF complained of the cold, and I relished it, for it felt secretly like being back in Berkeley early on a summer evening, when the temperature is dropping to sweater weather…. Then we began to hear some thunder to the north, and the lifeguards (some of which were cute, but who displayed a very different body aesthetic than I’m used to seeing in a lifeguard) told everyone to get out of the water until further notice.
The thunderstorm, accompanied by green sky and swirling clouds, rolled in quickly, hurling lightning bolts down upon the ocean. Nature put on a light show for a few minutes, and then the sky opened. We watched from the bluffs overlooking the town shore and lagoon for a few minutes, and then made a run to the car to avoid the soaking. We got a bit wet, but within 10 seconds of making into Rosie (my car’s name — yes, I’m somewhat insane), the gushing started.
We wanted to see more of the light show, so we drove down the coast to York Beach, parked at their Brighton-esque town beach, and watched the storm come in there.
Lightning’s bloody incredible. Especially by the seashore.
On the way back, some lightning stuck quite close to the side of I-95, panicking the traffic for few seconds. Scary as it initially is, I love the sound….
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