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November Walk - Set 2
Arlene and I pose at the Wood End Lighthouse
Then Arlene checks out the lobster trap I used to set up the camera for the above picture.
Then we head back out to the beach for a little more walking
This is a trough just behind the main stretch of beach. At high tide this will fill with water. At low tide it provides a spot to sit down out of the wind. The waves are less than 40' to the right of this picture.

We kept going for a little while after the lighthouse. We thought we were cutting into December's walk

but when we cut directly toward the  harbor we came out right at the breakwater
Just before we cut inland we came to these rocks. Here is where the water just started coming in to fill the trench.
Some of the natural vegetation we saw while crossing overland.

At the breakwater you can see how clear the water was. This is saltwater making its way

through the rocks.
From the breakwater this is the view back toward the lighthouse.
These rocks are underwater.
Here is the breakwater we used to get back to the west end of Provincetown.

Looking from the breakwater you can barely make out the end of our journey.

That is the Long Point Lighthouse at the very fingertip of the cape.
These birds weren't the least bit bothered by us. We also saw a blue heron and countless gulls.
And one very big surprise. This shark was cruising along the breakwater.

He was swimming in circles for us and at one point rolled on his side to wave at us with a white fin.

It was a little like Sea World for a minute.
Then he followed along side us for much of the trip - at least 15 minutes of our walk.

We are almost to the West End. Notice the broken shells where seagulls drop littlenecks then eat out the meat.

That is the Wood End Lighthouse in the distance, where we were only 30 minutes ago.
Walking back along the road to Herring Cove we saw beautiful colors.

And passed by this famous fence. If you drive by here on a summer day there will sometimes be over

100 bikes chained here - a popular spot for P-Town residents to walk to the beach. Today - none.
This is part of the path from the road to the beach.
Further along the road are more spots where people walk overland to the beach.

These last three pictures are at another spot in P-Town that I hope to explore soon. It is a path through the

woods that brings you into the main section of P-Town's migrating dunes.
This low area may be wet in spring based on the vegetation.
It will be a hard but interesting walk exploring these dunes.