On Saturday, some friends from the airstrip got together and we flew up to a small island off the northern coast of Virginia - Tangier Island. We had read about the quaint little island and the good crab cakes. This island is only accesible via boat or small aircraft.


















"Quaint" is being kind..... it was pretty run-down. Couldn't tell, but this looks like the official town office!
























Here's Duane at the airplane - notice the grass growing up in the cracks of the asphalt. It was actually worse than that on the runway! Plus there was a big "bump" on one end - not a good thing on an airport!! We had read about it, so we were prepared. There was a twin airplane there that had a flat nose tire. The pilots were trying to get it changed while we were there. Didn't ask, but I assume the poor runway contributed to the problem.

































We wandered around for a while - they apparently have to bury people a little different than they do in-land. Guess the slightly above sea-level crypts keep the loved one planted in times of flood (it's 7 ft above sealevel according to our flight guide at the airport.




































Here we are at the place we ate sea-food. It was good. Not great.

Couldn't resist taking this photo....they mostly use golf carts to get around the island. I suspect this is the only official car on the island.

This is the lovely couple that provides a large number of the veggies I post about. Lindy actually made her hat by hand - pretty cool?

And here's the Hayes mid-way thru our walkaround... - 'bout all there was to it!!