23 warm-weather photos to remind us why we put up with Maine winters
It’s freezing out. Your fingers have lost feeling, your lips have developed a permanent chap, and even the liquid around your eyes has begun to turn to ice. Sure, there’s pride in weathering a Maine winter. And the cold season does have its charms, even though its frigidity makes it hard to spoon up to at night.
Still it helps to remember the reasons we put up with this season. Thus we bring you 23 summer photos to warm your spirit and remind you: There is a summer at the end of the long, cold, ice-covered winter tunnel. (Viewing these photos now might also be torture, in which case, we apologize.)
Flipping off the Old Salmon Falls Bridge into the Saco River
Kat Franchino/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Studying trees
Derek Davis/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Riding the swings
Jill Brady/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Putting all your might into a tug of war
Derek Davis/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Swimming on wakeboards in the Stroudwater River
Carl D. Walsh/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Hiking the Appalachian Trail
Derek Davis/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Ice cream!
Doug Jones/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Soaring into the surf
Jill Brady/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Casting a line off the dock at the Falmouth Town Landing “just to see what’s out here.”
Jill Brady/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Jumping from the wharf into Cundy’s Harbor
Carl D. Walsh/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Paddleboard tours through Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth
Gabe Souza/Press Herald Staff Photographer
An ice cream cone on the pier at Harraseeket Marina
Photo by John Ewing/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Pickin’ yer own blueberries at Libby & Son U-Picks orchards in Limerick
John Patriquin/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Hiking Bigelow Mountain
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Press Herald Staff Photographer
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Battling a finicky wind under a blue sky at Bug Light in South Portland
Jill Brady/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Taking a break in the park. With ice cream, of course
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Cycling along the Eastern Trail
Derek Davis/Press Herald Staff Photographer
The final moments of a sunset
Derek Davis/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Goin’ crabbin’
Tim Greenway/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Sculpting sand
Tim Greenway/Press Herald Staff Photographer
Being mesmerized by the flames of a bonfire
Gregory Rec/Press Herald staff photographer
Paddling up the Kennebec River in Hallowell
Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Staff Photographer
The sun over Portland Harbor
Kat Franchino/Press Herald Staff Photographer
// About the Author
Shannon Bryan
mainetoday.com content producer Shannon Bryan has a fondness for Maine’s peculiar goings on. And helmet cams. There’s definitely a fondness for helmet cams. Since she arrived in Maine from the Midwest seven years ago, it’s been her mission to experience it all firsthand – from the cardboard boat races to the paddleboard jousting tournaments. With any luck, she’ll persuade you to try it, too.The Best Weekend events
