Chincoteague Fall

While upstate New York is already in winter, we are trapped in a rainy, cold fall down in Chincoteague. The rain has been almost constant for the last few days, and will continue for at least a day more. Glad we finished cleaning and treating the decks.

More interestingly, we are afloat from a really high fall tide at the same time. We are fourth in from the right and we can usually see marsh grass right in front. Today it's under water.

There is also marsh grass looking out to Assateague (where the little ponies live). Yesterday a couple of 'Teaguers were out in a skiff right here, motoring around and shooting clapper rails in the water with shotguns. It was really loud and way the hell too close to us. Apparently they are that tasty (the clapper rails, not the Chincoteaguers).

When the water gets to the bottom of the dock beams we start to get water in the bottom level of our place. So far that has not happened.

Even the little causeway out to Piney Island was inundated.

The beach had problems with over-wash, thanks to a strong North wind. Icky!

The best laid plans of the US Park Service laid to waste. Yesterday they had equipment in the same place pushing back the sand from the over-wash. Today the sand is back. For years they spent their fall seasons building up the dunes to about 15 feet, after the Nor'easters came through and flattened them. The Park Service IS capable of learning, because no one does that anymore.