SAND, SAND, AND MORE SAND!

The Town of Ocean City’s Public Works people arrived early July 3rd and moved nineteen truckloads of sand. This was the start of the restoration project for the shoreline of Walkers Pond. We had planned for the work to begin on the Bahia side of the pond where we had experienced the most erosion. The people doing the work decided it would be best to start on the park-side to get a feel for how the work should proceed. Shoreline restoration was a first for them.
This was no small amount of sand! Try to imagine 19 dump trucks loaded with sand…yep, that’s how much sand has been laid down. Look at the one picture, that my friend is the ramp that had to be built to allow the backhoe to get into the pond. First, a layer of stone had to be laid to give the sand a footing so the backhoe wouldn’t sink in the sand.
Now we have to wait for more sand to be delivered. We had hoped more sand was coming our way last Wednesday….BAAD WEATHER MON!
Be patient. This restoration will be completed.
Here’s something that made me happy, I hope it makes you happy too. Dr. Roman Jesien from Maryland Coastal Bays visited the pond yesterday and said those turtle eggs ,that I thought had been dinner for some hungry critter, had actually hatched successfully. Somewhere in the pond we have little baby turtles swimming. Daphne, the pond queen is so happy!