Monday, August 25, I set out at 9:30 am to continue my hike, entering the beach from the end of Madaket Road. The erosion was evident at the entry to the beach, and shortly thereafter, at a house emperiled by the Atlantic.
Fifteen minutes into my walk, I saw a truly frantic attempt to hold off the sea. And later, rubber trash littered the beach.
An osprey hunted as I walked toward Cisco, and the sanderlings who have accompanied me throughout the walk scurried along the water's edge. I am even learning to tell the age of the Herring and Great Black Back gulls! The eelgrass which was so evident on the North Shore and along the western shore is now gone.
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I arrived at Hummock Pond in about an hour. Josh and I had kayaked the entire length of the pond earlier in the month. It was a beautiful kayak, but when we got to this point, there was a family of four and a motor boat, with the mom and dad each talking on separate cell phones! A not-so-new Nantucket mammalian species.
Just before noon I could see the cars at Surfside come into view, and later, the people. Ginger and I arrived at the Lifeguard post and headed home with the faithful Josh, who came to pick us up. As we left the beach, we found that Ginger and I had violated another DOG rule!
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