Fourth Cliff: Surprising South Shore Secret

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  • By TSgt. Stephen Winn
  • 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. --  After placing our last bag on the dining room floor of our summer rental, my wife and I walked out onto the front porch and were awestruck by the welcoming, light sea breeze and slight overcast sky hanging low to shoreline.

It was a comfortable 70 degrees that day on the shore, and we could not get over the fact that after living in Boston in the South Shore area for about seven years, this was our first time staying at Hanscom Air Force Base's beachfront retreat in Humarock, Mass.

Fourth Cliff Family Area is surrounded by massive homes on stilts and indigenous flowering Rosa Rugosa bushes, amid other flora.

Our two-bedroom chalet had an oldish-looking exterior, but the interior had been noticeably updated and maintained to manicured perfection. The kitchenette was fully supplied with everything we could need and even though the front desk will tell you that you will need to supply the little things like coffee, filters, sugar and salt and such, we found that the previous patrons had paid it forward - and left those things behind for us. So did we, and so should you, if you decide to discover Boston South Shore's secret, too.

If you'd like to go: hanscomservices.com/FourthCliff.asp