Tag Archives: cape cod in winter

Finding Beauty in a Cape Cod Winter

Posted on by

This has been quite a month and I’m pretty sure most of us are tired of the “S” word by now. Rain is predicted after beginning as snow for tonight and tomorrow and although it will probably make a mess of the roads I’ll be glad to see at least some of these huge snow piles wash away.

The beaches, though cold, have been stark and gorgeous, if you like that sort of thing, which I do.

(null)

My husband and I took some time off to go exploring down Cape this past week and the reward was well worth it.

We originally aimed for Chatham so took Rt. 28, the southern route. This allowed us to stop at Seagull Beach in West Yarmouth

(null)

and West Dennis Beach

(null)

Chatham was freezing cold and windy so we just looked onto South Beach from the parking lot.

(null)

(null)

We decided to head on up to Eastham and stopped at Fort Hill

And Coast Guard Beach

(null)

And First Encounter Beach

(null)

Where you can see how frozen Cape Cod Bay is

(null)

Our last stop of the day was Paine’s Creek in Brewster

(null)

As we traveled the temperature dropped about 20 degrees from morning until late afternoon but we went well prepared. Have you been out and around since all this snow fell? What is your favorite snowy beach scene?

(null)

 

Winter walking on Cape Cod beaches

Posted on by

If you were here on the Cape this past Sunday you know it was a real teaser. It still didn’t really look like spring. There was plenty of snow on the ground heaped up and left over from all that snowing and plowing but it sure felt like spring. Heck, the first day we had that the temperature was above freezing last week felt downright balmy and it was only 40 degrees! On Sunday it was over 50!

My better half and I headed down Cape for a day of playing hooky and beach walking. The laundry, vacuuming and other such chores could wait. A good beach day for walking has been very rare this winter so we knew we better take our chance while we could.

Our first stop, as almost always, was Fort Hill.

099It is always beautiful there and it seemed like a good time to play with the new panoramic feature on my iPhone so here’s the big and wide view.

After walking around Fort Hill checking out the birds and the greening signs of spring we headed off to Coast Guard Beach. We were not alone. The parking lot was full and we soon found out why. It was a great day for paddle boarding and a tiny bit of surfing.

109The views from the beach here are always spectacular.

114That was looking in one direction. Looking in another direction the sky was a bit more ominous.

107It was that way all day. One way sunny, the other darker and cloudier. We stopped at a few more favorite spots along the way and then headed into Provincetown to have lunch at Napi’s.

120We had to visit the Provincetown Book Store, of course and walked around enjoying the winter sights before heading back towards home. We stopped at Corn Hill Beach in Truro.

121Newcomb Hollow in Wellfleet

125Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet

131Where the Beachcomber lost a lot of dune frontage and looks pretty forlorn waiting for winter to be over…..

136We stopped at First Encounter Beach in Eastham….

138Where it looked all warm and sunny on one side….

141but not so much on the other side.

All in all it was a beautiful day for beach walking and it did our souls good after way too many days trapped inside by ice and snow and biting winds.