Ever heard of "Misty of Chincoteague Island?" Well these are Misty's relations. No one knows exactly how they got here. Some say they swam to shore when a Spanish vessel sank off the coast in the 1500's.
This is the third birthday we've celebrated in a hotel this year. Happy 13th birthday Emily! How's that McDonald's "Big Breakfast?"
The wetland home to so many birds and turtles and crabs is also home to billions of mosquitos! Neil kept the bug spray out and spraying on our little walk to view the ponies (Emily is swatting in the background.)
Emily imagined we would spend her birthday day on the beautiful beach. She didn't expect to be dragging dead fish parts on a string to a creek to catch crabs! She was a good sport about it though! :)
Crabbing: tie some kind of stinky fish or rancid chicken to a line with a weight, toss it in a murky creek, wait, wait, slowly pull it in when you feel a tug, snag it in the net, dump it in the bucket!
Jeff caught the biggest crab! He gave it to the neighboring "crabbers" to take home and cook. He said, "Be careful! He's a feisty one! You'll have to throw him in the pot quick!"
We got to hold a horseshoe crab in the nature center. Those things are strange!
This is Margolo, the gull who invited his friends to share our lunch.
Finally! The beach! 
We only had an hour at the beach. It was a fun filled hour of "body surfing," i.e. rolling and tumbling with the waves as they crash to shore. Only an hour because thunderheads rolled in and the lifeguards evacuated the beach. It was such an interesting day! Even our mad dash to the car and the changing stalls was exciting. The rain started coming down in sheets as Mara and Hayley were changing. When they finally made it to the car, sopping wet, Mara said, "I was stark naked in the rain!" We got a good laugh out of that!
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