Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Camping in P’town

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or more accurately – Truro . I was a bit apprehensive about the Campground – a mostly  RV place – but the shuttle to P’town stopped right at the entrance so I decided to take a chance and I’m really glad I did. The photo above is a bit deceptive – in the other direction is a line a RV’s – but it didn’t really matter. I was amazed by how quiet it was. The best part was that there was a path through the woods that led to either Head of the Meadow beach if you took a left at the fork – or Coast Guard Beach to the right. Also it’s just about a half mile walk to Highland Light where I went the for the first sunrise. Didn’t realize there was a golf course right next to the Lighthouse!

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It’s a little more than a mile through the woods to Head of the Meadow where I took a very long walk along the beach on this sparkling bright blue day.

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I kept seeing the world in horizontals!

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Went into P’town to see my friend Andi finish the Harbor to Bay bike ride. While I was waiting I saw this beautifully lit schooner and for a moment I wished I had my long lens. Now I’m happy I didn’t.

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Then there was one of my favorite red boats on shore. First photo taken in June.

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Next day I went back to Head of the Meadow. It was one of those days where everything looked different depending on which direction you looked.

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It’s a bit of a walk down the beach to get to one of the most incredible scenes – many, many seals just hanging out or doing whatever on this sandbar right off the shore. I was spellbound.

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On my last evening I walked down to Coast Guard Beach for the sunset. Thankfully I have some photos for there are really no words available to me to describe this scene. I could barely breathe as I stood there.

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