This beautiful old Eastham fire engine is again displayed outside the firehouse with its festive holiday lights. It looks so pretty as you drive down Route 6.
Have you seen a lot of holiday lights this year?
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Holiday Family Time At Nauset Beach On Cape Cod!
I love it when my son comes to visit from California for the holidays. It’s so much fun trying to fit everything in that you want to do. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
One of our annual outings is a long walk, or several long walks, on the beach. However when we got up yesterday the forecast was for temps in the low 20s with 35-45 mph winds. Not a good day for a walk on the beach.
So, we braved the cold and the wind for about 5 minutes and ran down to the beach to get a selfie on Nauset Beach. Such a pretty day… but oh, so cold! Look at that wind chill! Brrrr.
Hiking In The Snow On Cape Cod.
When it gets cold and windy on Cape Cod, find a hike in the woods. You will be pleasantly surprised at how beautiful the trails can be at this time of the year and how sheltered they are from the wind.
We have found lots of inland trails which have been so much fun to explore. Have you ever hiked one of the inland trails on the Cape?
Beautiful Red Winterberries On Cape Cod…Just In Time For The Holidays!
I’ve seen so many of these bright red berries along my hikes recently. They are so pretty and so festive with Christmas right around the corner. Have you seen any red berries this winter?
There were some huge, very prolific Winterberry bushes on the way to Coast Guard Beach from Doane Rock via the small boardwalk. So pretty, don’t you think?
Common Eider At Boat Meadow Creek On Cape cod.
I kept driving over the bridge on Bridge Road and seeing this black and white bird in the water. It would swim along with its head under water and occasionally dive under. (Click on blog link to see other photos.) I wasn’t sure what it was until I stopped the car and realized it was a Common Eider. It’s the first Common Eider that I’ve seen this winter. What a treat!
So many people think that there is nothing to see in the winter on the Cape, but that’s when all of the winter birds come back. It is so much fun looking for them and seeing which ones do come back. Maybe we’ll see a few new ones this year.
Have you ever seen a Common Eider? Maybe this one will hang around a bit by the bridge on Bridge Road. He really is beautiful! I loved the photograph with his bill open. Funny, don’t you think?