This is the view from our hotel balcony at Cape Ann just as the sun rises over the North Atlantic. It was such a treat to be up to watch this sunrise on such a clear and beautiful day.

Another treat for us came as darkness fell last night and these two light houses on Thatcher Island began to send their beams of light out across the surrounding sea.

We kept our large windows open to enjoy the sound of the surf washing against the rocks below our room. The night sky was alive with stars, there being very little reflected light coming from either Gloucester to the south or Rockport to the north.

This was such a choice place to stay for our last night on the seacoast.