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A beautiful sunny day for the Chincoteague Pony swin turned into this. We were standing in a swamp, surrounded by water when a thunderstorm suddenly blew in. The ponies had already started so they had to keep going. Some clown standing next to me had an aluminum beach umbrella. The people around him kept telling him to take it down. He just grabbed ahold of the aluminum pole. The firemen kept blasting him over the loudspeaker to take it down. Finally, his son came and took it down. I don't think he spoke English. We had to wade through the mud to get to the pony swim area. Then had to wait over two hours with sunscreen. bug repellent, and sweat on our skin. The rain was cold and came down hard. Everyone was drenched. I took a couple photos and then packed up. The firemen let us go back via their pier but I couldn't find my shoes and had to walk barefoot for a couple miles. It looked like a wet T shirt contest. By the time we got back, the sun came out again. After showering for the third time, (One this morning, one by the rain, and another to get the mud off) Don and I had our lunch on the deck of the motel. I threw our muddy, wet clothes in the motel washer and dryer.
My blue straw hat made my hair blue. I felt like I was right in style with the younger generation. It got all over my hands when I took the hat off. Shoes, hat, back pack, etc are drying on our balcony. I guess we'll go down to the Firemen's Carnival to see the ponies and look at the vendor booths.
News from the Vorlon Wife.
Posted by tedkarol at July 24, 2013 4:28 PM