Bell Road & Aptucxet Trading Post Mural

I couldn't resist stopping on Bell Road to take pics of the RR bridge from that side.  It was such a pretty fall day.

I'd soooo hoped for a train but alas....nothing.

The Army Corp of Engineers operates the Canal.

Mass Maritime across the way.

I remembered that a new mural was painted under the railroad tracks near Aptucxet Trading Post.  I will have to return when the light is better.

Osprey (aka Seahawk)

There are minks that live in the rip rap.  They keep the rodent population down.

I had to look this up when I got home cause I didn't know what a 'Lagoda' was.  It's the name of Bourne's ship.

HERE is some information about the Lagoda.  I've seen the scaled down version at the Whaling Museum but I didn't take any notice of the name at the time, or the significance and history.

Fall Harvest Train, Part 2

This was one of the best clouds I've ever seen.  Could be the Batman logo, or a bat, or a ghost. Personally, I see a dementor.  

Continuing on with the trip, we went down as far as Pocasset.

I drive over this blue bridge so much. Last fall I stopped over there and took pics of it, the marina, and the train tracks, where I was now shooting from.  

This is right near where I go to find my bumper crop of beach glass.

The train stopped when we got to North Falmouth and then started going back the way we came, as there was an engine at both ends of the train.

Quahogger.

At this point, we were really close to the train bridge.  They told us that they had just received permission to take the train as far as Sandwich, so we were going to back onto the train bridge, and then pull forward again to get on the other tracks.  While I had seen this happen twice with the trash train, I didn't know that passenger trains never do it.  They told us that this was very rare for passengers to do this.  I was So. Stoked.

So we stopped about this far across before starting forward again.

Now we were going down alongside the Canal past Aptucxet Trading Post.

And the old Gray Gables station (moved to Aptucxet from it's original location).

And under the Bourne Bridge

All along the Canal, as far as the Sandwich line.  I was really amused because that was also the day I'd walked with Liz from the Marina to the Bridge and back, right next to the tracks the whole way.  The train stopped at the Sandwich line and then we went back to BBay.

Under the Sagamore Bridge.

Power lines

Whisking along headed back to Bourne.

Back under the Bourne Bridge, and then over to BBay.

When we disembarked, we were given a sugar cookie!  So much fun!

Another awesome adventure and local bucket list stuff done!  A huge thank you to Skip Barlow, Diane Flynn, the Bourne Historical Society & Cape Cod Railroad for making this trip possible!

Bourne, Part 3

President Grover Cleveland had a summer home in Bourne, called Gray Gables.  This is the train station which was moved to the grounds at Aptuxcet Trading Post in the 70s.

Aptuxcet Trading Post.  This was established in 1627 by the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony.

Trading Post.  Not open for the season yet.

This is a half-scale replica of a Revolutionary War era coastal sloop which is being restored.

Lots of turkeys on the Cape now!

This is down the street from the Trading Post, near the train bridge.

Looking across at Mass Maritime.

And over at my 'hood

I hung around here for awhile, in the hopes that a train would show up but it didn't. 

I really never get tired of shooting pictures of this bridge.