Popham Beach State Park

Popham beach is a thick strand of soft sand studded with tree and ocean (and human) detritus that forms patterns left behind by tides. The beach borders the south side of the mouth of the Kennebec River, which, along with the Morse river, border each end of the beach. Fox and Wood islands are visible offshore and you can walk to Fox Island at low tide (our timing was off!). We were the only people on the beach, a common occurance during the Maine winter, which added to the foggy mystery of the morning.

The beach had been ravaged the night before by a terrific storm that sucked trees up by their roots and left them to dry in the gray morning. Lobster trap ropes in their myriad colors, sea bird feathers, toys, and plants were intertwined in the roots making cocoons fit for fantasy monsters. What a gorgeous place! We shall return in the spring to swim and try our muscles against the feisty currants.