The beach walk
Beautiful day here at Fourth Cliff. We started the day with a nice walk on the beach. Fourth Cliff is a peninsula with the North/South River inlet to the west and the Atlantic ocean to the east.
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| Mr Crab was stranded on the beach when the tide went out. RIP Mr Crab! |
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| Doreen found a few star fish |
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| Star fish chillin on her sandal |
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| Tide is out. This is on the inlet side of the peninsula. |
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| Beach on the inlet side. |
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| Fourth Cliff in the background. You can see the observation tower sticking up there. |
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| Doreen enjoying the walk |
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| One of two sand dollars Doreen found. |
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| Very relaxing! |
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| All of this is under water when the tide comes in |
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| Huge rocks all hidden by water when the tide is in |
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| A large rope on the shore |
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| Rocks normally hidden |
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| This is a shot of our RV from the ocean side beach. You can see the terrible erosion. There are three RV spots that are totally gone and three that are inaccessible due to erosion. Some of this erosion was caused by storms. |
Scituate Lighthouse
After our beach walk we drove to the north side of the inlet to visit the Scituate Lighthouse. The Scituate Lighthouse was built in 1810 and lighted in 1811. Like most of the lighthouses in this area, they are now privately owned so you cannot climb them or tour them. So we parked and walked around it. Because it is inaccessible, there is also no place to get Doreen's lighthouse passport stamped.
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| Not a real tall lighthouse. |
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| The keepers house and the lighthouse are off-limits as they are privately owned. |
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| The lighthouse is well-preserved. |
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| A memorial to commemorate the grounding of a freighter Etrusco on 15 Mar 1956 during a terrible St Patrick's Day blizzard. The Coast Guard communications staff maintained critical contact with the ship and enables the rescue of all 33 crew members. |
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