Rock Harbor Sunset

Looking to scout some new locations on the Cape for photography, I found myself at Rock Harbor in Orleans. I had never been here before, but it's a great sunset location, looking directly west. It's probably the first over-water western view on the Cape and is just a few minutes off the highway.

The harbor itself is very unique, lying about one mile in from the sand flats that extend out to the ocean. It's only accessible by a narrow channel at high tide. Along the way to the harbor are trees that serve as channel markers with signs rather than traditional buoys.

This is one of those beaches where crowds turn out to take in the view. So, it's not exactly a quiet spot, but everyone is friendly and interested in the colors. With the amount of people, I was surprised to see a crane fly in so close and was glad I was able to grab at least a few shots of it in the channel when the sky had turned a deep purple.

Managed to spend a few hours here pre- and post- sunset, so more pictures of different areas are coming soon!

 

Pre-Dawn Over the Dunes

Spent the past week of vacation traveling mostly, but did manage to stop on Cape Cod twice. There will be plenty of pictures coming of Cape sunrises and sunsets, but this is just a quick preview.

LeCount Hollow is a great beach in Wellfleet overlooking the Atlantic. It has high 60+ foot dunes that look down on the expansive beach below with sand and water as far as you can see.  Such a quiet and secluded spot to watch the sunrise.

Worth Avenue - Palm Beach

Worth Avenue is an upscale shopping district in Palm Beach. Coconut palms line the entire street of shops and homes that lead to the beach and clock tower. The area is great for window shopping, expensive car spotting, and relaxing on the wide-open beach! The clock tower is apparently only a few years old, but manages to maintain the historic Floridian look and feel very well.

Juno Beach

Well these pics are a bit overdue! Back in March, we took a quick winter getaway trip to Florida for the week. It was 20 degrees and snowing in Boston when we flew out but thankfully was a nice 80+ and sunny in Florida for most of the week. One of our day trips was to Juno Beach. Great waves, warm water, surfing, fishing, and a thousand-foot pier with awesome views! Absolutely worth stopping here if you're ever near West Palm.

Boston Marathon 2014

The 2014 Boston Marathon proved that a city, state, and nation can come together after a tragedy stronger than ever. An amazing spring day greeted runners and viewers along the entire course. American Meb Keflezighi won the Men's division for the first time since 1983 and Dick and Rick (Team) Hoyt completed their 32nd and final marathon in a fitting conclusion to great event and year of recovery.

Winter Drive

So, it's been 5 days of pic of the day (#potd2014)! I've quickly realized this is going to clog up the blog with an absurd number of posts. For the few who might be interested, I'll be uploading the pics to this set on Flickr here. Maybe I'll do some recaps from time to time here on the blog as well.

More to the point, today's pic is some winter driving.