oh my cod.

hello little blog, I have something to tell you. It’s time to move again. my second stint as a cape cod washashore is coming to a close. I was really sad about goodbye, but it’s for the best reason of …

great island, wellfleet, massachusetts.

On a coworker’s recommendation I visited Great Island in Wellfleet all the way back in April. I’ve gone back since and it’s just as magical (and empty!) if you catch the right day in summer.

Great Island isn’t actually an island anymore – since the 19th century it’s been connected by a growing sandbar. You can read a quick history lesson here.

 

 

 

TO VISIT

Here is the guide from the National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/upload/FinalGGGreatIsl.pdf

They have a small parking lot that my GPS can’t quite figure out. If you want to visit and your GPS says you’ve arrived, keep going about another half a mile until you see the lot on your left. You’ll go over a small bridge with a great view just before you get there.

race point, provincetown, massachusetts.

Confession time: despite moving here more than a year ago, I hadn’t driven all the way up to Provincetown until last week. Oops. The only time I had been to the tip of Cape Cod was as a kid, when I had taken the boat from Boston with my family one summer. Memories are so weird. I remember exactly where the boat docked, which bench we sat on with our ice cream. But anyway, I digress.

I’ve heard incredible things about the beauty of Race Point, so I put it on my summer bucket list. I’m happy I checked it off so soon. The place was essentially empty. I don’t envy the people working there to prepare the beach for the summer since this winter kicked the poor Seashore around. It was a very where-the-heck-am-I feeling, the landscape is unlike any I’ve ever seen before. The range of colors on the dunes themselves was dreamy.

And then I got to the water.

I may need to print these out for my house (happily named the tide pool, by the way – every proper beach house needs a name, I think). I could look at these shades of blue all day.

 

new bedford whaling museum, massachusetts.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum has a replica of a whaling ship inside it called the Lagoda, complete with sails, ship wheel, and lifeboats. It’s scaled to 50%, making it perfectly sized for children and the-occasional-20-something-photographer-when-no-one-else-is-around.

 

sea ice, wellfleet, massachusetts.

well HELLO little blog world. cape cod’s been in the news this week for this ‘once in a generation’ event – icebergs!

so I went iceberg-hunting after work. (click any of the images to expand.)

 

 

it took me a few attempts to find them – i started at marconi beach, then i realized the atlantic side definitely wouldn’t have any.

i still love these pictures though – cape cod national seashore makes you feel like the whole world is stretched in front of you when you’re on the cliff.

i also saw brewster in the news for the icebergs, but by the time i reached breakwater beach it was all melted (SPRING PLEASE NOW).

and to hint at what cape cod winter looked like last month – my little corner of the world:

 

sandpiper, barnstable, massachusetts.

sandpiper, barnstable, massachusetts. that FLUFF.

kennedy memorial, barnstable, massachusetts.

kennedy memorial, barnstable, massachusetts. there is no cape cod without JFK, that’s for sure. i was exploring after work – how could i go home when it’s sunshiney? – and found this memorial. this is a view from the back.

sandy neck II, barnstable, massachusetts.

(I couldn’t pick a favorite from today.)

sandy neck, barnstable, massachusetts.

I took off my flats and walked down to the water after work. It’s annoying to wake up in the dark again, but playing outside after 5PM is absolutely worth it.

mississippi river, new orleans, louisiana.

This place has been heavy on my mind lately. She keeps popping up in the most interesting places.

The pull of this city astonishes me.