How does one almost hide a battleship? The same way you hide a cruise ship here.
I almost passed the USS North Carolina (built in Brooklyn) afloat on the Cape Fear here without seeing it and
some Assateague ponies dashed ahead only a few minutes away, judging by the tracks and some other traces that still “steamed,” but
it wasn’t my day to see ponies, or much else except this beautful marsh with egret. Lots of businesses on Chincoteague with Pegasus in the name.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp. What is the origin of the name “Cape Fear,” great movie and evocative place name? Assateague? Answers tomorrow.
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January 7, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Michael
The image of the battleship revealed through the mist looks like the beginning of some climactic movie scene…the Navy sneaks in to rescue the good guys and blow the heck out of the bad guys. Beautiful stuff.
On the shipwatching tip, you can see some very unusual stuff from the Chesapeake Bridge/Tunnel, usually emanating from Norfolk. I once saw something that looked like a container ship, but it was just one enormous gray box, bristling with antennae.