We hung out for the morning, as Peter had an phone interview at noon for a story he is working on. After lunch, we headed out up US-6, to Marconi area, on Cape Cod National Sea Shore. We first went to the site of the old Marconi wireless station. The first of its kind. But, built so close to the shore that the fast coastal erosion demolished it. Of course, the even quicker technological advancements of the times, made it obsolete as well.
We then walked the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp trail. About a 2 mile loop, through the swampy area, much of it on a boardwalk. At this time of year, however, there is no water in the swamp. The heavy density of stunted trees make for an interesting woods. The whole area has a really neat feel.
Next, we went over to Marconi Beach. This turned out to be a very highly populated beach area. While folks were social distancing, there were still a lot of people, which did make us nervous. However, you didn't have to walk very far down the beach in either direction to find mostly empty beach. The first thing we did, since Peter doesn't do well in the sun, was to try to set up our newly purchased sun umbrella/quasi sun tent. It said it came with stakes and a corkscrew stem to anchor it down in the wind. Didn't work. No stakes in the carrying bag, and the corkscrew didn't screw in very deeply. So it kept flipping over, even when weighted down with our backpack. Oh well. It was sunny, but not too hot. The waves were crashing into shore, and were about 5 feet high. Really neat! There were surfers and paddle boarders out there too. We hung out on the beach, and I in the waters edge, enjoying the day.
We decided to drive a bit further up US-6 towards Provincetown and explore. Near North Truro, we saw a turn off for Highlands Lighthouse and beach, so took it. The beach was small and too occupied for us, so we went over to the Lighthouse. This was on an old farm, now owned by the National Sea Shore, and before the original site fell into the ocean, they had moved the lighthouse back 450 feet. But it is up high, and you can see to the other side of the peninsula, to another lighthouse on the horizon.
Marconi Old Wireless Tower site photos:
Atlantic White Cedar Swamp photos:
Marconi Beach photos:
Highland Light House photos:
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