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The Beaches Go Back to the Dogs, One Line at a Time

The Beaches Go Back to the Dogs, One Line at a Time

Between Labor Day and Nov. 2, the Lower Cape hands its beaches back to dogs town by town, while the National Seashore keeps its own calendar. Here is the order, and the invisible lines where the rules change mid-walk.

Arthur Radtke