Hey! Want to see my vacation pictures? Chincoteague- Va Eastern Shore [View all]

This vacation was planned well before my brother passed away last Friday.
My daughter read “Misty” about 100 times when she was 5 or 6. She’s smart.

The Chincoteague ponies swam to shore (Assateague Island) from a Spanish ship wreck in the 17th century. The annual “pony swim” serves two purposes:
All roughly 300 horses are given annual check ups from a team of veterinarians who come in from all over.
The sale and tourism dollars fund the volunteer fire department. They recognized 100 years ago they couldn’t wait on boats from the mainland (~2 miles away).
Year round population about 3,200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chincoteague_pony

I’ve added some notes to the pics.

Tuesday. Just after the storm. On our way out there were 300 yards of marsh on the other side of the signs.


Our cottage.


“Beach Boy” a descendant of Misty


Bonnie at a little coffee house tipped me off to where the young horses are cared for. Right behind the carnival grounds where the auction takes place for the adult horses







The fire department. Next pic is the annual dinner from the 50’s-early 60’s. Chincoteague museum





You don’t get customer service like this anymore 🚬


My daughter asked to substitute broccoli for fries on her fish n chips


I misread the menu to say “soft shell crab CAKE” in the Crabby Patty. I took it off and had a cheeseburger.


The food especially the oysters were right off the boat everywhere we went

Fried oysters at The Village


His noodly appendage???

Same restaurant


Still in operation



The old Chincoteague library





The James Patterson section


Good people



Park beside the library


The local theater where they premiered “Misty” (1961)