CHRONICLE.
♪ >> MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS ARE FANATICAL ABOUT THEIR BEACH TOWNS.
LOCALS PRICE FOR ITS ROCKY SHORELINE, HIS DIRECT LIGHTHOUSE, AND VIEWS.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU DON’T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> HERE IS A SECRET, THE VILLAGE OF HUMAROCK, A THREE MILE PENINSULA ALONG CAPE COD BAY.
>> IT IS ALL WATER, SKY, BEACH, AND BOATS.
YOU GET A LOT OF THE AND BEYOND SAW A CAPE ONLY YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT THE TRAFFIC.
>> FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SUMMERING FOR GENERATIONS.
>> I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE I WAS FOUR.
MY FAMILY HAS A HOUSE DOWN THE STREET AND MY BROTHERS AND I HAVE IT.
>> HE MOVED HERE IN 2017.
HE WORKED IN ADVERTISING ALONGSIDE GREATS INCLUDING ERNST TOSCA.
THAT EXPOSURE ENCOURAGED HIM TO GIVE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY A SHOTS.
HE HAS TAKEN SOME OF HIS BEST PHOTOS AND HUMAROCK.
>> I COULD NOT DUPLICATE THAT.
THE COLOR ON THE WATER, IT HAPPENED IN A PERFECT WEIGHT WHICH HAPPENS A LOT IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, PEOPLE SAY, HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
I GOT LUCKY.
>> HE LIKES TO SHOOT DURING THE HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE AND AFTER -- AND AFTER SUNSET.
>> THE BEST SHOTS ARE TAKEN BEFORE OR AFTER A STORM.
>> STORMS CAN BATTLE HUMAROCK.
>> THE RAMP WAS RUNNING UPHILL.
IT MUST HAVE HAD AN 18 FOOT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOW-END HIGH TIDE.
>> BUT HE TAKES THINGS IN STRIDE.
>> WHEN YOU SIT ON THE DECK IN THE SUMMER, YOU FORGET ABOUT THE STORMS.
>> STORMS HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED A DRAMATIC ROLE HERE, SAYS FRED, A FORMER TEACHER AND WRITER OF HUMAROCK HISTORY BOOKS.
SHIPWRECKS WERE COMMON IN THE AREA IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY.
THE HUMANE SOCIETY BUILD SHELTERS ALONG THE COAST WITH LIFEBOATS AND OTHER PROVISIONS.
>> LIFESAVING SERVICE MERGED WITH THE REVENUE SERVICE IN 1915 AND INFORMS TODAY WHAT WE KNOW >> IN 1898, 1 STORM HAD AN EPIC IMPACT CREATING HUMAROCK BEACH ED -- HUMAROCK.
>> HUMAROCK IS SITUATED, SINCE WHAT IS MARSHFIELD.
UP UNTIL 1898, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NORTH RIVER.
THE STORM WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
>> THAT IS WHEN THE PORTLAND GAIL PUMMELED THE COAST.
>> THAT WAS THE STORM BY WHICH EVERYONE MEASURED STORMS IN NEW ENGLAND.
>> THE PORTLAND GALE SEPARATED HUMAROCK FROM SCITUATE, CREATING A NEW OPENING TO THE SEA.
THE RESULT, AN ISLAND-AWAITS IS OUT OF A VINTAGE POSTCARD.
ON THIS SUMMER AFTERNOON, A LINE FORMS OUTSIDE THE IRISH PUB THAT IS ALWAYS BUSY.
POPULAR FOR A LARGE MENU THAT BOASTS IN NORMA’S DREAMS.
THE VOYAGE IS IN THE HEART OF HUMAROCK WHICH LOCALS REFERRED TO BY ITS NICKNAME.
>> THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE CALLED ITS.
WE ARE GOING TO THE SQUARE.
YOU WENT TO DRUGSTORE FOR FRIED CLAMS AND THE GENERAL STORE, WHICH IS TODAY THE VOYAGE.
>> IT IS MY FAVORITE PLACE.
>> CHRISSY IS A MATH TEACHER AND STANDUP COMIC.
HER HAPPY PLACE, HUMAROCK BEACH.
HER FAVORITE TRADITION, THE ANNUAL HORRIBLE’S DAY PARADE.
>> THE KIDS PUT ON THEIR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES AND WE HAVE A PARADE AND THROW CANDY.
>> HER FAMILY MADE SURE THEIR COSTUMES WERE WACKY AND ELABORATE.
>> WE JOKED THAT WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND DOZENS OF HOURS TO WIN A $200 TROPHY.
>> LIVING IN A SMALL VILLAGE HAS OTHER QUIRKS.
>> THERE WAS A REUNION AND I SAW PEOPLE AND THEY SAID, DIRT ROAD GIRL.
APPARENTLY ONE OF MY NICKNAMES I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE DIRT ROAD.
I WAS