It was a gorgeous morning on Coast Guard Beach, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Phil took this photograph as we started out on our walk down the beach… no one in sight and the sun was shining brightly.

So pretty…

There just happened to be a large piece of driftwood standing up on end on Coast Guard Beach as we walked by the other day. And, if you looked through it at a certain angle, you could see Coast Guard Station.

I thought this photograph was so cool! It looks like it was framed by the driftwood. What do you think?

I thought it would be interesting to see  some photographs of the dunes at Coast Guard Beach over the past few years. (Click on blog link to see additional photos.) The 1st two photos were taken on Feb.23, 2020.

The 3rd photo was taken on January 17, 2018. The dunes look pretty similar from 2018  to now. But, if you look at the last photograph, there is a huge difference. This one was taken on Feb. 19, 2017. The dunes are considerably smaller. (The photographs were all taken at the same dune, by the entrance trail to the beach.)

In the winter of 2018, we had a couple of violent Nor’easters that decimated the beaches and dunes on Cape Cod. So far this has been a very mild winter. We’re keeping our fingers crossed.

Unbelievable how the dunes have changed over the years… Mother Nature always wins.