It’s always fun when you do a double-take walking down a trail wondering if that is really an animal up ahead. And then, as you get closer, you realize it’s just a piece of driftwood washed ashore. But so much fun when you first see it and your imagination takes over!
Category Archives: Cape Cod Trails
Labor Day Weekend Picnic On Cape Cod?
248 viewsThere are so many places to picnic on Cape Cod where you can either the enjoy the bustling crowds or enjoy the serenity of a quiet place in the woods. This is one of our favorite picnic tables at the beginning of the trail from Doane Rock to Coast Guard Beach. What’s your favorite picnic spot?
Beautiful Little Wood Satyr Butterfly At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.
186 viewsThis is one of the butterflies that I seem to see almost every summer at Fort Hill. It is so pretty with its unique markings. The Little Wood Satyr butterfly lives on woodland edges as well as salt marshes, which explains why we see it there on the trail at Fort Hill.
Blue Chicory Wildflowers Are Blooming All Over Cape Cod.
276 viewsYou can still see the beautiful deep Blue Chicory wildflowers blooming along the roads, trails and out in the meadows all over Cape Cod. A couple of interesting facts: The stemless flowers grow right on the stalk and each flower lasts only one day. I love the delicate stamen and pistils in the center.
Blue Chicory blooms through October so you still have time to see it.
Sunrise At Coast Guard Beach On Cape Cod Never Disappoints!
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Sunrises at Coast Guard Beach are always gorgeous. This sunrise, looking down the path to the beach, was just breath-taking! Love those little, dark wispy clouds! What do you think?
Pastel Sunrise Over Cape Cod Bay.
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Sometimes if you see the sunrise in the east, turn to the west and you might be pleasantly surprised. The sun this morning was huge and orange as it rose above the horizon, but if you turned around looking out over Cape Cod Bay, it was a soft, pastel sky. So pretty and so different depending on which way you are facing.
Five Orange And Black Pearl Crescent Butterflies Feeding On The Golden Rod On Cape Cod.
213 viewsWe were taking a walk from Doane Rock to Coast Guard Beach when we saw all this flurry on the side of the trail. There, on the bright yellow Golden Rod wildflower, were 5 Pearl Crescent butterflies feeding on the flower. They were just beautiful!
“Its name comes from a tiny, pearly-white crescent mark inside a dark marginal patch on the underside of each hindwing.”
Have you ever seen that many butterflies on one flower?
Trail Over The Dunes At First Encounter Beach On Cape Cod.
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There are three small dunes at First Encounter Beach which keep getting revived year after year. It doesn’t seem like quite the right place for a dune… but, they are there. This was such a pretty view of the trail with the fence and flowers in the foreground. What do you think?
The Carving Rock At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.
292 views“The carving rock at Fort Hill, historically known as Indian Rock or the “sharpening stone,” is a 30-ton glacial boulder located at Skiff Hill. Native Americans used its abrasive surface for thousands of years to craft, polish, and sharpen bone and stone tools.
Local Nauset tribes used the rock to hone tools like harpoons, fishhooks, and axes. The tool-sharpening process created distinct wide depressions and long, moon-shaped grooves still visible on the boulder’s surface.
The rock was originally situated in the marsh below Skiff Hill. In September 1965, the National Park Service moved the boulder to its current location to prevent it from being lost to shoreline erosion.”
What a wonderful piece of history that is so easy to walk to at Fort Hill. Have you ever seen the carving rock?
What’s That Hiding In the Leaves On Cape Cod?
288 viewsWe were hiking along the trail when Phil stopped to look at something on the side of the trail. I had totally missed it! There, camouflaged by the leaves, was a toad perfectly hidden in the leaves. Can you see it?