Coast Guard Beach was hammered last weekend during the huge storm. I took a run down to the beach to see what it looked like, but couldn’t get to the beach because the water was so high. This is as far as I got along the trail. The ocean was raging!
The 2nd photograph shows the boardwalk on Nauset Marsh that we walk on to get from Coast Guard Beach to Doane Rock underwater. That is unbelievable! I have never seen the water this high!
We took a ride to Nauset Beach the day before yesterday’s storm and were surprised to see this cement structure protruding from the sand. It looks like part of a septic system that has surfaced from the eroding beach. Does anyone have any other ideas?
You can see where the little viewing platform used to be in the top left of the photograph. That was taken down after the last big storm in January. Now there is just a little fence.
It will be interesting to see what the beach looks like in the next day or two. We are supposed to get 30 foot waves. Wow!
It is truly amazing what Mother Nature is capable of!
Nauset beach, part of the National Seashore, was closed after the storm a couple of days ago. The National Seashore workers were putting up the ropes when we got there on Friday. The waves and erosion took away a good chunk of the dunes, so there is a drop-off of about 5-6 feet which makes the viewing platform very unsteady and getting to the beach difficult.
I went to the other path to the beach and that was closed too. The drop-off looks even more pronounced there. You can’t get to the end to see how big it is.
It is truly amazing what Mother Nature is capable of doing, especially in a huge storm along the beach.
Fort Hill is one of my favorite places to hike on Cape Cod. There is always so much to see and each time you go, everything is always different. This is one of the trails that loop around the meadow with Nauset Marsh in the background and Nauset Beach in the far distance.
Pretty spectacular,, don’t you think?
