Cheese-wagon takes on the encroaching swamp

The hurricane Ida nor'easter continues here at Chincoteague. After an especially bad evening tide, the causeway and Assateague Island were both closed. We are trapped! This morning we drove around the island in the Cheese-wagon to see what we could see while doing errands. Cheese-wagon is the name our girls called the Mommy-van/mini-van/kid-hauler. It fortunately has big wheels. This Cheese-wagon (our third) has made 3 trips to Texas, 4 trips to Manhattan, and countless trips to Chincoteague full of crap. I think we will always have one.

Here are a few pictures that will mean more to those who have been here. This shot, along Maddox Boulevard, shows the internal lake-ish sort of swamp that cannot drain while the high tides are around. The water encroaches on the road a bit.

Some of the internal streets are completely covered. Going slowly and having big Cheese-wagon wheels is important here. Priuses are not encouraged.

A lot of the older houses are surrounded completely. They should probably put up "No Wake" signs.

Memorial Park drains down the boat ramp. Wonder who was in charge of grading and drainage on this project.

Our turnoff is on the other side of that swamp/marsh mentioned above. There are two drains here, but they aren't big enough for this kind of storm.

A bit further on, the road disappears.

Then the marsh is right at the door of the Cheese-wagon.

"Neither rain nor snow", yadda yadda yadda apparently means nothing when you are on an island with the causeway closed. While you can still get to your box, it will be empty!