New England - Day 10 - A Day in Cape Cod

Sunday morning was projected as being rainy so we decided to use that time to drive over to Cape Cod.  The first beach we stopped at was named Nauset Beach.  With as angry as the seas were, it didn't look like a very good beach day.

A bit farther up north we stopped at Fort Hill where we took a trail through some of the most beautiful marshy water ways around.

A side trail led us down to Red Maple Marsh, a large fresh water marsh accessed via a boardwalk trail.

The trail ended near a large whale bone welcoming entry way to a house built by a successful 1790's whaling boat captain.

 
We ended up driving to the very farthest northern edge of Cape Cod which is dominated by large expanses of dunes brought on centuries ago by over foresting of this end of the peninsula.

The Pilgrims actually first landed here on Cape Cod and after 6 weeks decided it would be better to go across the bay and onto Plymouth.  The monument you see in these next pictures is the tallest all granite monument in the United States and pays tribute to the Pilgrims landing on what is now Provincetown.

We had a late lunch in Provincetown and then strolled the wharf there before heading back to Newport.

Until tomorrow, watch out for falling bird poop!