Tag Archives: Cape Cod Hiking

Repairing The Boardwalk On Red Maple Swamp Trail At Fort Hill On Cape Cod

The National Seashore workers have started Phase II of repairing the boardwalk on the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill. After years of constant use and stormy winters, many of the boards need to be replaced.

You can still hike the trail from beginning to end as they are working on the offshoot of the trail. It is one of our favorite trails as it has so much to see. You hike in the woods, across a long boardwalk, along the marsh, through the fields and back up to the overlook, which doesn’t get much prettier.

Thank you, National Seashore, for all that you do to make the trails so beautiful for all of us to enjoy.

Beautiful Black And White Common Loon At Great Pond On Cape Cod

As we were hiking at Wiley Pond which abuts Great Pond, I saw a bird in the water out of the corner of my eye. I ran to the closest beachy area where I could see what was out there and there was this gorgeous Common Loon swimming around.  He was just beautiful.

He spread his wings out on the water so I could get a better photograph and then swam about.

Have you ever seen a Common Loon? Exquisite patterns on his body!

 

Huge Horseshoe Crab At The Salt Pond in Eastham On Cape Cod

We were taking a walk around the Salt Pond by the Visitor’s Center the other day when we saw this huge horseshoe crab right at the high tide mark. Oh no! It was sitting in the grass and needed to get back to the water.

We hemmed and hawed about how to get it back in the water and came up with a good plan. As Phil lifted it up very carefully so as not to scare it, we realized it was only the shell. Ha! Ha!

The joke was on us!! He really had us fooled!! It looked so real!