America, One Moment at a Time — #18

~ MMC 2.0

The Road to Ogunquit

We left Boston and headed north.

The first part of the journey was pretty much what you would expect from a road trip. Highways, traffic, bridges and plenty of road ahead.

Then we crossed into Maine.

And there it was:

“WELCOME HOME.”

We had just arrived.

So apparently, Maine was already making us feel at home. 😄

As we got closer to Ogunquit, the journey began to change.

The big highway gave way to smaller roads, little shops, people walking around and the unmistakable feeling that we had entered a seaside town.

And then we started noticing the little things.

A colorful crosswalk.

An old car that looked as though it had been waiting patiently for its photograph.

A shop called The Buoy Guy.

Ogunquit clearly wasn’t trying too hard to impress us.

It simply had its own personality.

Then we reached Perkins Cove.

The roads gave way to water, boats and rocky shores.

A little boat came quietly through the channel.

And the setting sun was turning the harbour into something completely different.

We had started the evening on a highway.

We ended it watching boats sit quietly on the water beneath a spectacular sky.

Perhaps that’s what I liked about the trip.

The road took us to Ogunquit.

But the little things along the way made us notice where we had arrived.

Maybe a good journey isn’t just about getting somewhere.

Sometimes, the journey slowly changes the way we see the place we’re going. 😊

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Mohan Mathew Chacko is a multi-disciplinary freelance writer and one who runs the WORDSOUPS blog as if it’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened in the storytelling blogging world. From the time when he survived a near-death situation on a surgeon’s table, he considers this his second life and believes he is now a better version of his previous self. Nowadays he likes to be known as MMC 2.0 though no one else seems to care.

10 thoughts on “America, One Moment at a Time — #18”

    1. Thank you so much! 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed the photos. Sometimes a journey gives us almost as much to enjoy as the destination, especially when the camera keeps finding little stories along the way. 🙏🏻 😊

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    1. Thank you so much! 😊 Our kids had visited before and loved it, so they took us there this time. We’re certainly glad they did! Sometimes the best places are the ones someone else has already discovered for us. 😊

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  3. Great sunset picture! I visited Ogunquit in 2015 with a friend and we stayed at a lovely Bed and Breakfast and saw some nice lighthouses. It was chilly and the water was way too cold for swimming even though it was August!

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