South Shore Surf Check, 9/20/18

Hurricane Florence, in remnant form, gave us some rain before going back out to sea. As an extra parting gift, she sent some surf back to us, bolstered by an East wind. 

This wasn't the kind of surf that tears down cottages or drowns Carolinians, but it made for a good road trip Thursday.

We started in Duxbury, mostly to check on the seawall. The waves were good, but the tide was astronomically low. We saw no chance of damages, but we did take some video.

We then headed to Marshfield. We usually park at the former Charlie's, but decided to try the Ocean Bluff seawall instead. In the background, you can see the tower from which Denzel tossed that terrorist guy in Equalizer II. 

By the time we got there, the worst of high tide had passed. I did get hit by some spray, but I managed to turn away at the last second, so I was totally soaked on the left and perfectly dry on the right.

We were in road trip mode, so we aimed for Scituate. We decided not to stop for pics until we saw a woman collecting sea glass. Fortunately, God shall provide.

We were past high tide, and everywhere in Scituate is a long drive, so we went to Humarock.

I would look up how Humarock got her name, but I am afraid that the answer isn't "Some guy in 1640 set a village boundary by how far he could hum a rock." Any different answer, other than "It's really 'Hummer Rock,' but the Pilgrims changed it" would be a disappointment.

Scituate is always a good show during a storm. I'd do more storm chasing there, but I don't know the nooks and crannies of Scituate like I do with Duxbury. You can perish because of stuff like that in a bad storm, or at least get really drenched and ruin a camera.

Humarock is cool because, if you park well, you can film out of your car window.

We were just warming up... next up, Plymouth. 

Manomet is rocky, and very few locals saw that boulder in the former Bert's and wondered how it got there. Some may ask which storm did it.

My chances of getting hit by a wave were pretty low up by The Lobster Pound, 

Next stop... Sagamore Beach 

Sagamore Beach is either South Shore or Cape Cod, depending on how you define several different areas. She's South Shore today, because we had a lot of Cape Cod pics. You can see that article here in some form.

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