And tomorrow there was

It always feels good to me to come to Chincoteague. I can rest here. I can beach here. I can always see something to capture on film here. Today it was this ghost crab, stirred up by a little boy with a plastic shovel. Boy, was he surprised! So was the crab, which attracted a crowd quickly.

So were we, when it came time to purchase our Duck Stamp for the year. Normally you purchase a $15 Duck Stamp and it gets you into Assateague National Wildlife Refuge (and the beach) for the rest of the year. This year they introduced a $15 beach pass on top of that. Only the federal government could see doubling their price as trivial. Maybe it is, but it was a bit of a shock.

We found out that someone from work is down here for the week, too. We'll visit a little later in the week.