After our visit to Halibut Point State Park, we drove into Gloucester to take a walk around the shops, harbor, etc. Here’s a view of Gloucester Harbor, and close-ups of the famous Cape Pond Ice and the Paint Manufactory:
We then walked round to Stacy Boulevard with it’s beautiful display of American Flags, and of course the other Gloucester icon, the Man At Wheel statue:
A trip to Halibut Point State Park in Rockport this morning, to join a nature walk. Of course we saw the Atlantic Ocean and the quarry but we also saw, and tried to learn the names, of many birds!
Once the sun appeared today, the weather got quite pleasant, and we headed over to Rockport for a walk – we expected the town to be “closed for the winter” but it turns out that today is their Harvest Festival and there were stalls and people everywhere! Still nice views of the little town:
