We've been out to Keewaydin twice in March, and there have been 4 Nor-easters. Bob and I went out  for the weekend between the first 2 storms. I went out for a few days this week during the latest storm, to make sure everything was still okay. A big (dead) tree from the front yard had fallen over the road and wires in the first storm (March 2-3). The town had cleaned it up and left the branches and trunks in the yard. If we lost power, it wasn't for long: the ice cream was still frozen solid in the freezer.
The Russian Olive tree/bush is now tilted, after the first storm. It was the worst storm of the four as far as wind and power outages I think.

There was snow from one of the storms before this week, that left snow on the deck. I brushed it off before I left. The deck had a thin layer of slick ice! Once the sun hits it, it will be gone.

The Kimballs were out for Kris's spring break in mid March, we walked on Nauset Beach in Orleans. That's Dave and Bob. The sand has washed way into the marsh. Iconic Liam's shack is now on the edge of the dune and will have to be taken down. Its septic system was all exposed in the sand. I think the paper said 45 feet eroded.

 I did the rounds of the beaches at low and high tides this latest visit. The waves on the Atlantic beaches were amazing. The storm brought wind rain and snow bursts. The force of Nature was very evident. The grass filled rope barriers put up in January are now falling off the cliff.  

 This used to be a walkway to the beach. The straight edge is where the wooden path or stairs was washed away. This is about 5 feet from the edge of the parking lot!!! There is a 'hurricane' fence blocking access to the beach all along the lot with warning signs not to go near the cliff edge.

If you zoom in on the center of this picture at Coast Guard Beach, you can see that the ocean has left sand where there used to be a dune. It is at the entrance to the drive up to the parking lot.

And then Friday morning at dawn, I am greeted with a serene pond (yes, the northwestern sky is pink)

and a calm First Encounter Beach on my morning walk.

On my way home, I stopped again at First Encounter at low tide (10:30 am). 

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