The Things I Do For Photos

During Memorial Day Weekend, I had the opportunity to visit a local private beach (thank you CBW and Waterman JP!).  The beach was down near the New Point Comfort Lighthouse, and I was hoping to get a shot of the lighthouse from somewhere other than the observation deck.

So, I started off down the beach with my  significant other.

My goal was to head way down to the end where you can see the green reeds growing in the distance.

I knew that the lighthouse was just around the bend, on the other side of the reeds.

No problem.

Then I got to the reed forest.

It was well over my head and there was no way I could walk through the reeds so my option was to find a way around them. 

At the edge of the reeds near the water, it was nothing but mud and 

pointy broken off reeds sticking out of the ground.  

Pointy broken off reeds are very sharp and hurt really bad.

Being the brainiac that I am, I started out in bare feet. 

The only other option was trying to go out in the water to walk around the corner of the beach.

Being the awesome boyfriend he is, my significant other went to see if this was a better solution.

Unfortunately, he ended up with several cuts and scratches from all the the hidden tree stumps.

I did make it around the edge of the reeds to get my shot of the light house.

On the way back to our section of the beach, I apologized to my significant other for having him wade out in the water and get cut up. 

And he told me he would have carried me out there on his shoulders if he had to just so I could get the photo.

Seriously, how did I get so lucky?

Wordless Wednesday (Almost)

These are a couple of photos of the New Point Comfort Lighthouse 

that weren't taken from the observation Deck.

 There's an amusing story about how I managed to obtain these photos

but due to my stressful week, the story will have to wait until after the weekend.

Right now I just want to look at these photos and pretend to be back at that amazing beach with the amazing weather and nothing to stress over.  

Please stop back next week when I {hopefully} return to our regularly scheduled programming.

New Point Comfort Observation Deck

These photos were taken from the observation deck at New Point Comfort in Mathews County.  

The observation deck is the only place to view the New Point Comfort Lighthouse 

without trespassing (that I know of).

 There is an abundance of wildlife in the area.  

I managed to get a photo of a Rail and her baby.

Virginia Rails are described as "A secretive bird of freshwater marshes, most often remains hidden in dense vegetation. It possesses many adaptations for moving through its habitat, including a laterally compressed body, long toes, and flexible vertebrae."

 

This is one of my favorite photos.

I just love the two herons fishing and the sun on the water.