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August 28, 2009

Weiss and Emo and a very steep dune.

For reasons that are too long and boring to bother with, we had to put 100 miles on Nora the Spawn's car quickly in order to qualify it for re-inspection, so Weiss and I decided to do the tourist thing and visit the various beauty spots in the National Seashore Park that occupies 2/3 of the land mass up here at the ragged end of the Cape. And beautiful they are, too.

Weiss and Emo at Highland Light

Cape Cod Light at Highland is the oldest lighthouse on Cape Cod, chartered by President Washington in 1797. As a result of the relentless push of the winter storms, the 10-acre plot of land designated by Washington has eroded to 4 acres and a couple of years ago the lighthouse was moved 500 yards back from its original spot to avoid slipping into the ocean.

Race Point solitude

Race Point is at the tip of the Cape where the Atlantic ocean and Cape Cod Bay meet. There are fields of dune grass, rolling dunes, and miles of space where one can, if one chooses, find solitude. Or you can go over to where the fisherman are camped in their humongous RVs drinking beer and waiting for the poor fishies to swim into their range.

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