A few weekends ago I biked to the northern end of Texel, to the tiny village of De Cocksdorp. There is not much to this town - a grocery store, a few places to eat and some tourist shops. One of the main attractions in this town in the lighthouse. From De Cocksdorp you can also take a ferry to Vlieland, the next island in the chain of the West Frisian islands. I could actually see Vlieland across the water but could not get a decent picture of it.
Another view of the lighthouse. It was very windy the day I was there and sheets of sand were moving across the beach.
Unlike Penobscot Bay, there are large waves here...
Some shells on the beach - you can tell which way the wind was blowing that day.
I think this is a fishing boat...
This little pond had a ton of birds in and around it.
I thought this picture was funny since I've never seen dune grass planted in rows before... Looks like they are attempting to re-establish vegetation in this area.
A view of the lighthouse from the beach. I had a really horrible bike ride home at the end of this day - the wind was blowing in the wrong direction to get back to my apartment and it was a very slow ride on the way home.
Texel is full of these strange trees, which many people have in their gardens in front of their houses. From a distance it resembles a pine tree...
...but up close the leaves are more like a palm tree or a yucca plant.
I saw one tree that had a dried up white flower at the end of the branch.
Does anyone know what type of plant this is???
A few weekends ago I biked to the northern end of Texel, to the tiny village of De Cocksdorp. There is not much to this town - a grocery store, a few places to eat and some tourist shops. One of the main attractions in this town in the lighthouse. From De Cocksdorp you can also take a ferry to Vlieland, the next island in the chain of the West Frisian islands. I could actually see Vlieland across the water but could not get a decent picture of it.
Another view of the lighthouse. It was very windy the day I was there and sheets of sand were moving across the beach.
Unlike Penobscot Bay, there are large waves here...
Some shells on the beach - you can tell which way the wind was blowing that day.
I think this is a fishing boat...
This little pond had a ton of birds in and around it.
I thought this picture was funny since I've never seen dune grass planted in rows before... Looks like they are attempting to re-establish vegetation in this area.
A view of the lighthouse from the beach. I had a really horrible bike ride home at the end of this day - the wind was blowing in the wrong direction to get back to my apartment and it was a very slow ride on the way home.
