I was walking along the beach on the Eastham side of Rock Harbor when I saw this reflection of the CG36500, the boat that was featured in the Disney movie, The Finest Hours. Unbelievable story… and hard to imagine rescuing 33 men in this boat in a raging nor’easter off of Cape Cod on January 29, 1952.
When I turned around to head back home, the reflection was gone.
It is such a familiar sight to see a boat on a sandbar on Cape Cod, especially on the bay side. I thought this sailboat was especially pretty with the muted colors.
We took a drive up to Provincetown and stopped at Herring Cove Beach the other day. We had not been there in a couple of years and the changes were amazing! There is a new road and parking lot. Here you can see all of the beach grass that they planted to keep erosion down. The trails leading from the parking lot to the beach are spread out and fenced in along the newly planted beach grass.
Kudos to the Cape Cod National Seashore. It looks fantastic… and the beach looks huge! You can even see the Race Point Lighthouse way in the distance.
We’ve had such a warm fall, the Goldenrod wildflowers are still blooming on Cape Cod. I saw this one on the side of the road down by the beach. It was in a pretty protected area in the sun.
It was pouring rain all day when we saw this Red Tailed Hawk perched up in the tree. He must be hungry. He had a perfect view of our bird feeders and, I’m sure, was hoping for a nice, tasty lunch.
He waited a long time and then flew away, empty-taloned. I took this photograph through the glass when it was pouring rain, but it seemed to come out OK, other than he looks pretty drenched.
Beautiful bird, don’t you think?
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.