Today was our last beach day. We headed in to Gloucester, MA on Cape Ann. We parked at the Fort Stage Park and took the trolley to the beach. To park at the beach it costs $25/vehicle, if you took the trolley it was free parking and cost $1/person to ride.
A Gloucester lobster inside the Welcome Centre.
It was about a 20 minute scenic trolley ride that took us through different parts of town.
We were at the beach by 10:30 in the morning, and low tide was at 11:00 AM.
There were some off and on sprinkles of rain.
The girls heading out to check the temperature of the ocean.
Just as cold as the outer Cape.
The girls are the dots in the middle of the photo.
I took a walk out to the island. During low tide there is a sandbar that lets you walk right out to the island.
Looking back towards the Good Harbor beach.
The sandbar that provides the land bridge.
With the showers, Angela and Claudia built a shelter in the ground.
Claudia staying dry.
Angela made a turtle sand sculpture.
The girls sitting on the turtle’s back.
Susan waiting for the sun to come out.
The sun was flirting with us trying to come out.
Eventually the sun did come out for awhile.
The tide was starting to come in by mid-afternoon.
One last picture before they filled the hole in. We took the trolley back to town. The ride took us along the coast and through Rocky Neck.
We walked along the harbour before going for dinner.
This is the Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial. It is a bronze statue cast in 1925.
The Stacy Esplanade.
There is a working draw bridge. We waited to watch some pleasure craft move through the canal.
The girls looking for sea glass on a small rocky beach off the esplanade.
The Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Memorial.
Gloucester is the oldest seaport in America, it dates back to 1623. It is the setting for the non fiction book, The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger and the movie version was filmed there on location, with Goerge Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
We had dinner at Captain Carlos, it was our last fill of seafood for this trip. Susan and Claudia had the Baked Haddock, Angela had the Baked Scallops, and I had the Shrimp and Scallop Alfredo with a mug of chowdah.
We took a short walk after dinner to one of the piers. This is an old marine railway they were restoring.
Looking out at the harbour.
They had a giant lobster trap. Here are a couple of caught lobsters.
Angela inside the lobster trap.
Angela and Claudia sitting on a big wooden buoy.
Trying to pull the trap.
Angela walking in Fitz Henry Lane’s shoes. Fitz Henry (or Hugh) Lane was an American painter born in Gloucester in 1804 (-1865).
The girls posing with Fitz Henry Lane.
The inscription in the rock before his shoes.
The sculpture of Fitz Henry Lane.
Todays route from Danvers (A) to Gloucester (B) to Good Harbor Beach (C).