From the Outer Cape to Pearl Harbor … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

It was 48 years ago this week that the Old Harbor Lifesaving Station was moved from Chatham to Provincetown … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

A nor’easter for the ages … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

In search of supper at sunset, Chapin Beach, Dennis.

A brief encounter with Common Eiders off First Encounter Beach in Eastham.

"Every Cape Codder knows the Pilgrims landed first at Provincetown, and a great monument celebrates the fact, but sometimes this incident is reduced in histories to the mere dropping of an anchor and then weighing anchor for Plymouth.” — Donald Trayser, 1946 open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Ten facts about Provincetown’s Pilgrim Monument … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Scanning the dunes for dinner at Chapin Beach in Dennis just prior to sunset this evening. Northern harrier, perhaps? Have at it, ornithologists!

The walk to Nauset Inlet, Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.

November reflections at Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.

Arrows from a cloud: Gannets dive-bomb for dinner. open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

The Pilgrim Monument lighting: It’s not a Christmas tree … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Ahna takes in tonight’s sunset at Chapin Beach.

Doggies dashing and dueling at dusk, Chapin Beach, Dennis.

High tides, low clouds at Chapin Beach, Dennis.

One shell of a day along the Bay …

1951: VOA calls on the Cape …

The water temperatures in Cape Cod Bay are now approaching 55 degrees, which means cold-stunned sea turtles will be stranding along bayside shorelines. My introduction to turtle strandings came 20 years ago this week, when I wrote this story for the Cape Codder newspaper.

West Dennis Beach at sunset -- just after 4:30 pm tonight. There won't be another sunset after 5 pm until February.

Help if you can!

Fall is fading fast on the Outer Beach.

From the archives: Flying south along Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.

New newsletter, which contains news. sequentialdecay.beehiiv.com/p/met-a-lot-...

During today’s storm, there was a noticeable difference in wind speeds within a short distance. At the water’s edge along the Outer Beach, wind speeds topped 50 mph. Go a mile or so inland, that gets cut in half. (Left photo courtesy Tommy Tuttle).

Our pal Tommy Tuttle braved the elements out at Pleasant Bay in the Orleans / Chatham / Harwich area this morning, where he recorded wind gusts exceeding 50 mph.

Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 2021.

Greeting the #supermoon at Nauset Light, Eastham.

Beach campfire for #supermoon2025 at Nauset Light Beach, Eastham.

That’s me taking aim at the #supermoon2025 at Nauset Light Beach, Eastham. (Thanks to Wendy Golden for the photo!)

"’The Outermost House’ is strong medicine. I genuinely believe that it will live for other generations. It stands alone, not only in this publishing year, but in any year." — John Riddell, Vanity Fair, December 1928

#thoreau #capecod

Think we can make it? Not likely. That’s a long way from Chapin Beach in Dennis to the Sandy Neck dunes in Barnstable.

RIP, Tommy Dill …

Reflections at low tide.

Sept. 20, 2015: Storm clouds hover over Stage Harbor Light, Chatham.

Super September day as summer concludes at Chapin Beach ...

She’s really loving this beach in September thing …

From August 2019: View of the Atlantic from the Old Harbor Lifesaving Station at Race Point Beach, Provincetown.

Found this at high tide along the west end of Chapin Beach. About 3 feet long. Doesn’t appear to be made of wood.

Still a couple of months away, but November will be here before you know it. On Thursday, Nov. 13, I'll be at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, where I'll be bringing in "Historic Storms of Cape Cod.” Pick up a signed copy of the book! capecodmaritimemuseum.org/events-and-l...

Riding the wild southwesterly winds along both sides of West Dennis Beach on Saturday afternoon.

“The world is big, and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” — John Muir

Labor Day has come & gone. That means dogs can go to the beach again!