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Cape Cod Visit Page 2

January 2016

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For any readers that have not been to Cape Cod, you might have noticed something in these pictures ... sand.  There is a lot of sand on the Cape. 

Wide sandy beach with footprints curving toward the shoreline and old wooden posts near the water

Close-up of bird tracks and dried reeds on smooth sand

If you access the link above, you can read that the vegetation which was severely impacted by the European settlers, is slowly coming back and stabilizing the sand.  It also looks lovely in the light of the setting sun.

Beach grass glowing orange in sunset light on a sand dune

Sandy path between dunes leading down to the beach at sunset

Close-up of dune grass in warm sunset light with the ocean blurred in the background

And sand is not just along the beaches themselves.  There was a walk inland, and it provided some views of the sandy nature of Provincelands (what the tip of the Cape is called).  The first of these pictures is probably the truest in color.  Although it was January, the sun was very bright and the sand reflects it.

Sandy inland path through low pines and dunes with the ocean visible in the distance

Rolling sandy dunes with scattered pine trees and long shadows

Sandy dunes with pines and scrub vegetation under bright winter sun

A couple sand close-ups, because Anne likes sand close-ups:

Close-up of sparkling wet sand with rippled patterns

Close-up of eroded sand ridges forming tiny spire-like shapes

Proof we were there in January: some ice!  (Taken at Pilgrims Heights in Truro.)

Blue marsh pond with a patch of ice, low dune ridge, and ocean beyond

Of course, in winter you do expect some plowing.  They kept this parking lot plowed.

Steep sand bank above a plowed sandy parking area under a deep blue sky

And yes, that is sand that they had to plow.  If you still aren't convinced about the sand on Cape Cod, here is a picture of a sand dune cliff:

View from a steep sandy dune down to a narrow beach and calm blue ocean

And now, the same picture with Anne in it to provide perspective:

Woman standing on a steep sandy dune above the beach and ocean for scale

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