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incredibly expensive parking
lot (if you must bring your car
to the shore).

Picture long, long
stretches of nearly sugar-sand,
with firmer stuff exposed as the
tide recedes. Everybody walks
the beach, some barefoot and

sneakers and long sleeves. And
all that ocean  from the right
spots and in the right weather
(and with binoculars) you can
see Nubble Light in York and
Boone Island, the locale for a ’
terrifying tale of stranding.
If you disembark at
the hotel’s main parking lot, go
down toward the water, and
then turn north (left) and hike
up beyond the volleyball net to
the (undemarcated) “gay” part .
of the beach: less crowded, cute
boys, nothing at all blatant. No
life guard there, although there
is at the hotel part of the beach.
Part of the beach to the right of
the hotel is used for kite flying,
surfing, skim boarding; Rica,
the owner of the .Heritage,
swears that the waterjon the
river side is at‘1east‘;lO;degrees
warmer than onjthe ocean side
(where the average late—August
water temperatures are in the
high fifties, low sixties).
Depending on the tide’, you can
tube a long ways down _the
riyer to the ocean. ‘
Because of the way
the beach was formed, as the
tide goes out (it’s pretty shal-
low for quite a ways), shallow
 §¥VARM):r?s%91s:a9t-kitsléshind
‘ near the mouth of the river. But
before finding a pI‘aC‘e"<3n the
. ‘fiver end of the beach, figure
‘’ ' ’ 7 , , .. ~ out which way’ the» tide is run-
ning -. the first time  and I
were there, we ended up nearly
on the rocks as the tide came in
. andiatei up the available sand.
The-dunes are marked
‘as off-limits to preserve them
and bring back the sea grasses
that will help stabilize their
sandy hills. But in late May I
-caught a glimpse of aicouple of
naked, um, sunbathing men
before they saw me on the
walkway and ducked out of

sight.

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I grew up by the
ocean, so just being there is
almost enough for me - good
book, comfy chair, a little
shade, the smell of salt air, and
the constant sound of the waves

.. yeah.

For more informatlon:

Heritage of Ogunquit:
www.hen'tageogunquit.com or
1-866-OCEAN-GRL

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”[\Jvo Village Square:
www.twovillagesquare.com or
207-646-5779.

The lgbt travel website Purple
Roofs (www.purpleroofs.com) lists
seven other gay-owned inns and
B&Bs in Ogunquit.

Other info available at
www.gayogunquit.com.

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