Good Harbor Beach Named One Of The Best In The Country!
Good Harbor Beach in the top 25
Good Harbor Beach was just named one of the top 25 beaches in the US by Travel & Leisure Magazine!
And well-deservedly so! As you probably know, it’s one of my absolute favorite beaches, and I don’t know whether to be excited about it, or a bit bummed that the secret is out. 🙂
I found out about this because I was shooting at Good Harbor one morning last week and happened upon a Piping Plover looking for food in the sand. Just as I was about to start taking pictures, a man appeared and walked towards me. I looked up and said “Please don’t scare the plover!” He said, oh sorry, and just stood there while I was shooting.
Eventually I said “You can obviously move, just please don’t scare the bird” and he said, “Actually, I was waiting to talk to you”. I said oh, and turned around. The man said “Did you know that Travel & Leisure just named this beach one of the best in the country”? I said no, I hadn’t heard that! He told me he was from a local radio station and ended up interviewing me about Good Harbor.
He asked me what it is about that beach that makes it so special and it was a surprisingly difficult question to answer… it’s beautiful of course, but there’s more to it than that. It has a really good feel, a vibe of its own that’s hard to put into words. I like all beaches, but not all beaches have that particular feeling.
And I didn’t think of it at the time, but the quality of the light is also a big draw for me: so soft and bright, often filtered through high clouds, turning everything into beautiful muted pastels and adding that happy sun glitter to the ocean.
I should also add that you never know exactly what you’ll find at that beach: which birds, what color the water will be, surfers, cool patterns, calm seas, big waves, all kinds of wildlife, fog, sundogs, journalists… Every visit is a new adventure! 🙂
