Chincoteague Va
Comments(3) This weekend the family and I went down to Chincoteague Virginia and searched out possible places to rent during the week of Pony Penning.
For those of you that don’t know what Pony Penning is, it is when the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department round up the wild ponies on Assateague Island, which is right across the water, and swim them across to Chincoteague where they will auction them off. This is for thinning the herd and for the fire department to raise money.
I have been going to Chincoteague for about 30 years now and I really have not been back for Pony Penning in nearly 10 years. I have been avoiding all the tourists. But now that my own family is coming of age, I want them to experience the event. It really is something that everyone should experience at least once.
I have to say that I am looking forward to it. Like I said, I have not been there during a swim in years and I want to pass this down to my kids. My parents took us down there almost every year. My aunt and uncle have a place down there and we would all crash there. Then as more and more of us went, their house filled up and we had to find other places to rent.
The island is filled with history and character and there are little quaint shops and there is always something to do. It is nice going down when there are no events happening on the island. I know that their main source of income is tourism but there is something spectacular about going down when it is the off season.
One day, I am going to buy a house down there.
I love it. It is my second home.
I can’t wait for July.
