Over the last couple of days, we had our first nor’easter since we moved to Winthrop. The storm caused wind speeds here near the coast to pick up quite a bit, and as result there was a pretty heavy surf along the beaches here too.
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Don’t get me wrong, I can swim and I like swimming, but I don’t like taking my chances with those bitey fishies, and statistics be damned. I am sure that most people who get attacked probably think “it will never happen to me” but I don’t want to come out of the water looking like this seal.
When I was a kid, I used to spend more time out on the Cape, usually in the Eastham/Wellfleet area since my aunt and uncle had a place there. And Marconi Beach is a great beach, if you have never seen it. The sand is very fine and very firm and the surf is good, sometimes quite impressive.
So having spent a lot of time out there, I was a bit surprised to see that Marconi Beach was closed today after a shark was sighted a mere 30 yards from shore. The shark was spotted by an NPS lifeguard and confirmed by a park ranger. Since seals are sometimes seen around there, I am guessing it was probably a great white but they were unable to confirm the type.
-Geoff
So dragons ARE real….
Well, ok, not really, but it is a pretty cool promotion/publicity stunt for Game of Thrones. I wish one of these would “wash up” on Plum Island or something. I would drive up there just to get my picture with it.
-Geoff
P.S. Yes, this story is a couple of weeks old, but I didn’t get a chance to post anything about it until now. So nyah.
Once the water got too close, I think Rerun would have given up. Still, this is cute and this guy does look like Rerun when he was a pup.
-Geoff
The Books are Taking Over... 