With 10 foot tides, the landscape of Maine's harbors and bays changes considerably over the course of the day. High tide brings a beautiful scene: the waves lap (or scenically crash upon) the rocky shore right in front of you, there is a gentle incline to walkways down to docks, boats seem nearby in the intimate settings of small harbors, you really get the whole Maine coast package.
Low tide is an entirely different matter. It is rarely a thing of beauty. Worse, it really aggravates the access to boats as well as boat access to all those places no longer covered by the tide. Very annoying. Although tides advance about 1 hour a day, so one day's low tide is next week's high tide, pick the wrong week and it, well, sucks.
As I age - none too gracefully - low tides are getting to be a royal pain. I've gotta start scheduling my vacations better - no low tides during the day - I'm way too old to clamber over seaweed-covered rocks. I need a boat boy. Maybe a lake. No tides there.
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