No big storms have shown up off the coast of Virginia and Maryland, so it looks as though the Chincoteague ponies will be swimming the Assateague Channel between 12 noon and 1:30 this afternoon. The ponies will then be rested, and then be herded down Beebe Road to Main Street, and then north to the pens on the Carnival Ground. As soon as I receive word and a few early photos, I'll blog again. (I need to go walk two sets of dogs, myself.)
If you're interested, in 1876, American author and artist Howard Pyle visited Chincoteague at the age of 23. An open letter, with drawings, was then sent to his local Delaware newspaper. That letter and drawings were then re-printed in Scribner's Weekly Magazine in 1877. The text and drawings may be found at: http://howardpyle.blogspot.com/2010/09/chincoteague-island-of-ponies.html It doesn't seem that things have changed much, and the families that Pyle wrote about are still on the island - and they are all relatives!
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