Dawn Beach Walk Photos

The Dawn Beach Walk took place yesterday, with a riderless buckskin horse with reversed boots in the stirrups being led before every one else.  This was a tribute to Drizzle Wilgus, a life-long member of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, and a frequent member of the Pony Committee.  I remember Drizzle from many years ago - it seems impossible that  he's gone....
  Today is a day of rest for the Saltwater Cowboys, and a day of paperwork for the Pony Committee.  The Pony Swim will take place tomorrow, during slack tide in the Assateague Channel.  That is currently expected to occur between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; after a rest, the ponies will parade along Beebe Road and up Main Street to the Carnival grounds, where they will stay in the pens through Thursday's Auction, until they swim back to Assateague on Friday.
   The Feather Fund is a great organization that you might hear about during the next few days on the islands - for more information about this tremendous group, please visit:  http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/virginia/2014/07/26/feather-fund-pony-penning/13205537/

Here are photos, taken by Jay Diem, of yesterday's Dawn Beach Walk: