The Nauset Marsh Trail in Eastham is one of our favorite trails and we hike it frequently. Yesterday we had a big treat as we got to the overlook and said, “Wow!” (Click on blog link for other photo.)
Someone had been very busy clearing away the trees and brush and the results were stunning! Thank you, Cape Cod National Seashore, for all of your hard work! What gorgeous panoramic views of such a pristine place!
Color or black and white… which do you like better?
It was a beautiful, sunny day at Fort Hill and the light on Indian Rock at Skill Hill at Fort Hill was just beautiful. You can really see the carvings in the rock made by the Native Americans.
Indian Rock was a “community grinding rock, one of four such rocks found in the Nauset area. The Indians used the abrasive qualities of the fine-grained metamorphic rock to grind and polish implements made of stone and animal bones, such as stone axes or bone fishhooks.
Indian Rock was originally located in the mud of the marsh below where it now sits on Skiff Hill. The National Park Service moved the 20-ton boulder to this site in 1965.”
I hike by stones walls on the Cape all the time and think what a great photo they make. And I wonder how long they’ve been there and who built them?
But I never really thought about what lives in them until I posted a blog on Fort Hill a couple of weeks ago and my friend, Linda commented:
“While a single pile of rocks might attract a few chipmunks or white-footed mice, imagine that rodent-friendly habitat chained together for miles. Then think about the minks and snakes, the foxes and owls that prey on those rodents and you see how the effect is multiplied up the food chain. Stone walls can, literally, make our landscape come alive.”
Thank you, Linda, for opening up my eyes! It’s is really cool to think about what little creatures might live in these old stone walls.
