More Sandwich Glassing

We're rapidly marching towards summer with the first 6 months of the year just about gone.  We're dog sitting Shadow every week for 2 days which we love.  She's such a goofy little diva.

 Sagan's still not digging our house guest much, but they've made somewhat of a truce.

More visits from the local bun.

One late Sunday afternoon we headed over to Pocasset to see if it would be worth trying to dig for quahogs but it was way too cold.

Took a drive into Sandwich a few times and veered off so I could get some pics.

We had a super low tide a week or so ago, and Russell took me 'Sandwich glassing' in the exposed marshes.  The mud was way too sticky and deep to venture very far and I wasn't prepared with extra footwear or towels in the car, so just had to stick to the part closest to land.

If I had waders or shoes I didn't care about, I would love to go out in that and see if there's any glass.

I had some great finds though.

The amber, yellow and white/red are the best.

This isn't Sandwich glass but I liked them so I snagged them.  The green bottle bottom is Canada Dry gingerale but I don't know how old it is.  I haven't seen pop in glass bottles in many years.  The white thing is some kind of old fashioned wire insulator.

Teal, green and black.

Another day we swung down to the marina and canal.  

Bourne Historical Society Fall Harvest Train, Part 1

Back in Sept., Sheila asked me if I'd be interested in going on the Harvest Train on October 18.  It was going to go from BBay to N. Falmouth and back.  Hells yeah I'll go!!!!!  The opportunity to actually be on the railroad bridge?  Yes please!  

The weekend before our trip, we had just a deluge of rain.  2 days before our trip we had another deluge. But the 18th dawned warm and clear!  We walked downtown from my house.  

Here it comes!  The Bourne Historical Society chartered the train for the day from Cape Cod Central Railroad.

Our tickets were for the Cape Codder car; we had opted for the first class tickets.  The non-first class tickets were for seats in double decker cars.  

Shot this from my window!  OMG! So cool we are gonna cross it!

Out over the Canal on the bridge.  This was so freakin awesome!!!!  I have now been under and over all three bridges ("under" being by way of the Canal Cruise we took a couple of summers ago).

West entrance.  Mass Maritime on the right.

Looking down

There were some scarecrows set up along the way but they were hard to shoot b/c we were moving along a little too fast to get good pictures of all of them.

This conductor guy came around to get our raffle entry ticket stubs.  That's some mustache!

The scenery was awesome and there were members of the BHS that provided historical narration.

It hadn't occurred to me that we were going to travel along the route that I take to Mashnee, Pocasset, my secret beach combing spot, etc.  I should've realized it, because I see and cross the tracks when I drive it, but I didn't.  

I wasn't expecting to see so many people out, waving to the train as it went by.  

Monument Beach

Every once in awhile I'd get up to take a picture out of the window on the other side of the train.

Back on my side.

Stay tuned for part 2, on November 2, as the next post will be for Halloween!!

Let Beachcombing Season Begin!

Now that it's cooled off and the tourists are gone, the beaches are once again empty, and also free.  During the summer, I will pay the $7 to park at Scusset if I really need a beach-fix, but I'll be damned if I pay $20 in Sandwich or Falmouth to park for an hour or so.  

I need a beachcombing fix bad, so I headed out one clear, cool morning.  Cleveland Ledge Lighthouse was so clear.

I'm not sure what those white spots/lines are.  If I had to guess, I'd say they are houses with their reflections in the water, but it looks like a mirage effect.

It was at this point, after I shot this, that my trip was cut short due to an emergency (don't worry, it's all fine).

So I went back 2 days later to finish my glass hunt.

Those green things are rusted and busted up garden tools.  I can't tell if they washed up or were used to make this fire pit.

It's soooo nice to have a camera with a clean sensor.  This picture would have been very spotty with the Pentax.

This doggy ran down the beach and over the jetties, then dashed into the woods.  He came back out at full bore, completely ignoring me, and plunged into the water for a quick dip, then ran off!  If you biggify this pic you can see his tongue sticking out!  

This looked better in real life...it's a crystal clear tidepool.  You can see the water ripples at the edges of the pic and around the large rocks.  Every stone glitters like a jewel.

On the way out, I pulled off on the side of the road to check out this beach.  

This part of the road is narrow with a harbour on one side and this narrow, crescent shaped beach on the other.  I didn't have high hopes of getting glass but I found a few pieces plus some great shells for glitter ornaments.  This screen cap of the map shows the narrow strip with the beach at the bottom and harbour at the top.

This stream ran out of a small salt marsh, across the beach and into the water.  I really, really wanted to take my shoes and socks off to play in the water and cross to the other side but I was too unprepared to do that. 

This is by far the largest piece of beach glass I've ever found.  It's actually worn too.  I have found bottles this big before, but they were fresh.  This one isn't. Epic. Score.

This is in the harbour on the other side of the road from the beach.

Then I parked at a little conservation area and took pics of another small harbour.

It's awesome to be surrounded by so many beaches.  I forgot how much I missed it.  To be honest, Puget Sound beaches really didn't cut it.  And to get to the WA or OR coastal beaches, it was a 3-5 hour drive depending upon where you were headed.  Even living in the Bay Area, except for when I was living in the Richmond District of SF, near Ocean Beach, it was a long drive to get to Pt. Reyes or Stinson or anywhere along Rte. 1.  

Oh and I did pretty well on the beach glass....mostly very small pieces, but still a total of 53, with one small cobalt blue and that big piece of green, plus some great shells & quartz rocks.