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A spring day doesn't get more perfect than this: clear skies, warm temps, and a light breeze.
All my beach walks start on this bluff since I don't live nearby and must walk about 10 minutes from my home inland. And I like that just fine. It builds anticipation as I approach what is one of my favorite spots in the world.
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The upper arm and tip of Cape Cod is about twenty miles distant across the bay. On a clear day, some of the tall structures - memorials and lighthouses - in Provincetown can be seen from here.
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This bench was lucky it didn't fall over the edge with the widespread erosion that occurred this past winter.
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Time to head down onto the sand.
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Few people are out on this weekday and only a couple more weeks remain for the bulldozers - they have to be off the beach by mid-June.
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Months after the fact, I am still in awe of the winter storm destruction to many stairways. This was not a curved section of stairway before the storms.