Beach Time At Long Last

I was finally able to squeeze in a little bit of beach time and a spin around Sandwich taking some pictures.  Unfortunately we don't have much foliage because it's been a very warm & humid fall.  The trees are making the ol' college try but the leaves are either almost blown off or rapidly turning brown.

Still though, it was a nice day for some beachcombing.  The water was calm too.  Not much beach glass though.  Only found 2 pieces total.  

My first stop was Town Neck in Sandwich.  Now that parking fee season is over, I can hit the beaches more often.

Tide was coming in.

Cape Cod Bay on the left and the salt marshes/Mill Creek on the right

Mill Creek

Under Boardwalk

It's been a few years since it's been repaired and is a bit cattywampus these days.

Then over to the other part of the beach to see what cairns are there now.  Some jerks made it a point of knocking them down after I was there, but they always get rebuilt.

I was excited to find that rock!  It's with the heart rock we found at Tobey Hospital in the livingroom.

Cairns at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich

A couple of months ago, cairns started showing up on Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.  There is a bumper crop of rocks on that beach so there are a lot of materials with which to stack.  I know that there are some people who think cairns are ruining the ecosystem and will knock them down but the waves pound that beach to bits anyway so any ecosystems are being smashed up.  I happen to think the cairns are amazing.  Rock stacking is not at all as easy as it looks.

I was in the middle of errands last week, and had my 'heart patient' in the car with me so I was only able to swing by the beach for about 10 minutes to shoot some pictures.  

I was so tempted to pick up this rock but I didn't and now I wish I had because I found out my friend Ann painted it!

This really does take a great deal of skill

It was a super windy day so the Bay was rough.

Getting a good picture proved somewhat challenging.

I love listening to the waves

It was hard to resist the urge to beachcomb since it was low tide.