Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, Tomorrow be today. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Looking across the Stump Pass channel towards Knight Island to the south. The channel was dredged in 2010 to make the pass deeper. The dredged sand was used to build up the south end of Stump Pass State Park. All it takes is one little tropical storm named Debby and 3.76 million dollars worth of sand gets shifted to the west. The sandbar has shifted to the west of it's previous location. You can see the little spit of sand just past the stumps. The south end of Stump Pass State Park has easily tripled in width since Tropical Storm Debby last July. Prior to the storm the trees were on the edge of the water. Only a mile walk down from the main entrance to the park beachcombers reap the rewards of sharks teeth and shells for their efforts. Australian Pines stand tall against the sky. (taken with my iPhone) Stump Pass is my happy place. I walk out to the end a few times each month. The changes o...