The above photo was taken on Parramore Island by Marc Webster on a trip to the Virginia Barrier Islands with kayaktraining.com. Rick, who is one of their instructors, sent me this photo last week. He writes, "I find this photo almost surreal. The action you see brewing in the distance hit us while we were on the water paddling back to the put-in at Quinby - torrential rains, and then (I swear) hail! For about 20 minutes, we could see only about 40 yards in front of us ... All these islands (18 of them stretching from Chincoteague down to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) are owned by the Nature Conservancy. There is no one there and very little boat traffic. I've been down there about 6 or 7 times and continue to be stunned anew each time I go." They have another trip coming up in October. Definitely makes me want to sign up!

-Susanita