Sunday, March 15, 2009

L'Isle Berder

We took a walk around a small island near us. It is accessible by a pathway that is covered by water at high tide. It was a nice walk around the island that took about an hour. We made it back over the pathway with about 45 minutes until high tide. We then watched with many others, the town's daily entertainment as the tide rose and covered the pathway. Several people ended their island walk by wading through the water on the pathway. The last women actually were carrying their babies and a Safety guy was telling them to go and take the ferry but they persisted and they finally made it. The "audience" actually clapped.
During our walk we saw people harvesting oysters, kayaking and sailing. It was interesting to see oysters being farmed. They use things that look like low tables but instead of a solid table top there are mesh envelopes that hold the oysters.







Once we were finished our walk and "waiting for the excitement of the tide rising", a wedding group in cars drove by -honking their horns - the cars were each decorated with blue and gold ribbon. The reception was being held on the island and the guests were shuttled over in a small boat. The bride was in white but she had some red toile ribbon woven into her dress as well. She also wore red tennis shoes, not typical of a bride but very useful for getting into a little boat. We also saw individuals harvesting oysters, kayaking and sailing.

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