Chasing a Barge

The weather actually warmed up a bit so we went out on a day trip to Orleans.  On the way home, we saw there was so much more ice than just a couple days before, so Russell took me to the parking lot at the Herring Run, one of the rest areas on the hill above the water, and over to the park here in town so I could get my shots.  This pic is crossing the Sagamore Bridge looking at the Sandwich end.

These were taken at the Herring Run.  The ice was flowing right to left, from Buzzards Bay into Cape Cod Bay.

Sagamore Bridge from Herring Run.

Saw this barge coming when we were at the rest area, so I waited in the chilly wind for it to get a bit closer.

Looked really neat cutting a swath through the ice.  Russell figured it'd be no problem to make it to the park before the barge did, so we went straight to town to wait. 

 The water was super slushy and sounded carbonated and fizzy as it slowly flowed by.

I would imagine that this is some of the ice breaking up, that was at Monument Beach and Scraggy Neck.

The barge is just going under the Bourne Bridge.  It was nice out but I was glad I had my winter coat cause the wind was brisk.

 

Frozen Water, Frozen Water, Infant

See what I did there?  (ice ice baby).  So we'd been in a horrible deep freeze for the past couple of weeks.  Last Thursday we had a pretty big wind/sleet/snowstorm with plummeting temps.  We've been bundled up and cranking the space heaters.  In fact, a day or so before the storm we decided we'd better try and hunt more of them down which of course was a bit problematic as everyone else had the same idea.  But we managed to find a couple nearby so we avoided the trip to Walmart. 

Thing is, everything started freezing, even the salt water.  Sunday the 7th was our 7th anniversary of getting together and we decided we had to get out and take a drive.  As a side note, when I'm taking pictures and driving around, I generally go alone cause I know that I am a pain in the ass with, 'Oh! We need to turn around and go back! I have to shoot that [church, cemetery, old building, etc].  But Russell is the world's most patient person, doubling back if I ask him to, which I greatly appreciate.  He waits in the warm car while I do my thing.

We started out here in town checking out Electric Beach and Buttermilk Bay.  

Then we crossed the bridge and checked out Monument Beach.  Also frozen!

Another icy inlet, in Cataumet.

Then we drove out to Scraggy Neck, one of my fave places to beach comb in the off season.  This is what it normally looks like.

And the other day.

Normal Scraggy Neck...looking towards Cleveland Ledge Light in Buzzards Bay.

Buzzards Bay frozen.  I'm not sure how far out the ice went but from this perspective, it looks like it goes all the way to the lighthouse!  I'm sure it didn't though.

Cleveland Ledge Light

Except for the sound of the skin-freezing wind, it was utterly silent.  No sound of water at all.

The cold really wasn't too horrible as long as the wind wasn't blowing. 

Saw this adorable depot in Cataumet on the way home.

Directly across from the adorable post office.

Our last stop was the park in BBay to watch ice floating through the Canal. 

I thought this was pretty impressive.  In a few days, I would be proven wrong.

More Ice Studies

Now that the clocks went ahead, sunrise is just before 7 right now, so I was able to capture this pretty one when I took the dogs out.  This was on Monday.

Heading back from Sandwich on Tuesday morning I saw more ice chunks clogging the Canal so I went over to the Mass Maritime campus to check it out.  The tide was flowing west to east, so the ice was going past me and under the bridges, from Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay.

Again, the ice was moving right to left in these pics.

Then I figured ice chunks were probably flowing into Buttermilk Bay too so I drove over to the beach near my house.

Sure enough, it was floating past me (left to right in these pics) into Buttermilk Bay.

It was actually very warm on Tuesday....in the mid 40s.  I was too hot in my winter coat!!!  It was awesome!

 Couple gulls hanging out.

Frozen UFO or sunhat?  You make the call!