Tag Archives: Cape Cod

Single Digit Wind Chill On Cape Cod Yesterday!

Yesterday was one of the coldest and windiest days that we’ve felt here on Cape Cod. The wind chill when we got up was minus 3 degrees and crept up to 7 degrees at lunchtime. Brrr…(Click on blog link to see other photos.)

We stopped at Rock Harbor to see the bay wild with ice and huge waves. Every time a wave came in, it pushed the pile of ice farther up the ramp as you can see in the first photograph.

The 2nd and 3rd photographs show the fishing boats and docks surrounded by slushy ice. Today is supposed to be in the low 40s, so most of the ice should melt. We sure have had some crazy weather this winter!

 

Huge Bird Tracks In The Snow On Cape Cod!

We were just finishing our hike by Nauset Marsh the other day when I saw these tracks in the snow. What on earth were they? At first I thought they were hiking pole holes, but there were no hiking boot tracks or any other tracks nearby. Hmmm… (Click on blog link to see other photos.)

The only other tracks I had ever seen in the snow that came close to these was a Great Blue Heron. Their tracks were huge! So I put my foot next to it, which you can see in the 2nd photograph. I wear a size 9, so these tracks were pretty big.

And there were a lot of them. What were they? What were they doing? Where were they going? Anyone have any other ideas? Am I close? Am I way off? Any comments are welcome!