Cape beaches
 

Must have gotten trashed last night... Huge surf in Newport right now- ocean drive was closed to traffic this morning :(

Nice, I always forget to go down at lunch

wind is still gonna crank till tomorrow...

ain't ventured out yet today...being lazy...forgot about clock change too..


Bill.. "go down at lunch?"

uh... you eat at the Y?

;)

no I am 5 min from Ocean Drive when I am at work, and I never think to go see the ancient mariner.

Beavertail looked like it was getting smashed
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you shoulda seen driving up from jersey last night Eben. The upper level of the gw bridge was nothing short of spectacularly scary. Tremendous wind. Saw several multi car pileups and 3 cars in the ditch. 7 hours in a rolling barn door.

Bug-eyed white knuckle driving!

Going to put a twelve ft. pole on my Quahog rake . Should be able to reach them in another storm or two from the back step

Lake Assawopsett looked like the ocean this morning. It washed over the Rt 18 across from the Catholic church and left lots of debris on the street. It is a very large lake, largest natural in Ma. I'm pretty sure and is kind of high but there were 3 footers out there. Never seen that kind of display there before, like a surf drive. I can't imagine what the ocean looks like.

Shame we can't fish it. legally

some pics off the phone-

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That last one is nice...I've always wanted to learn to surf, if I only had a board :devil2:

-spence

There was someone surfing there- just to the right of the frame
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did not bring the camera...but just did a tour. high water, very angry surf.. (yours looks calmer)...... and the wind..she blows....
got a good peek at the bike bridge at the Eastham CG.... looks like it is toast..

anybody that is familiar with the parking lot at Nauset... the small gravel lot off the main lot, just before where you drive down the trail to the air down area..
marsh behind the gravel lot... very full.. and... slopping into the gravel lot... :eek:..
so.. I did not even bother to try to go down to the air down area, as I know from that, it would mean it is under water....

went for a long walk thru Nickerson State Park as well.. walk out there a lot...and there is a lot of fresh tree falls...from last night...and the wind is supposed to keep on thru tonight as well.

Walked Nauset on Friday south to trail 3 and the inland rd is still under water in some areas to over 2'.There was actual current ripples in the trail in many places.The "Duck Camp" had standing water under the support pilings and dead racoons floating in the water.the beach from trail 1 down to 3 has area to drive on a normal tide.trl 2 has a 6' drop off.the dunes themselves from 1 past 2 towards 3 have a sheer drop-off of 10' or more.lots of debris in the water.The beach at 3 is pretty wide but you "can't get there from here".As this plays out the only people driving will be "lease vehicles".I'll be taking a walk to the new cut possibly tomorrow.

if I wasn't going to Boston tomorrow I would have loved to join you on that hike out..... bring yer hip waders....

Boston is over-rated

family day...daughter is home from college, wife took day off, we are going into city, meeting up with our son at his place, going to the North End... (def. not over-rated, hafta ditch the diet for a day) then the boy is treating us to the celtic's game...
i can walk the beach...anytime...

Ok, that works. enjoy the day. I have a few years to wait to get that payback.

park at 128 and take the train in.

Krap!!! I don't need no stinking waders:rotf2:'ll just walk the dunes.It's alot easier.The noon tide will keep everyone elsewhere.The amout of wind and direction will factor in the distance traveled.:uhuh:

yesterday
 

I was out driving a big truck

looking at all the devastation

usual tree limbs.... an all that
but this one section of pines
had just the needles sheared right off

as if one of those highway berm cutters
had passed by and trimmed the bushes

but the most astonishing thing
was this old stone wall at a neighbors
place that was blown over by the wind

that is straight balls to surf that reef

Agreed.. my iphone cant zoom, otherwise i could have had some great pics of him

There's a perfect 4'-5' right with offshores breaking on the south side of the Rockpile right now...:uhuh:

Beautiful whitewater on the Point, too - except there's one thing missing...:(

...and if this was October, they would be piled up in the first curl

Angry Ocean.. taken at Coast Guard Beach Sat 3/14/10

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