When the tide goes out at the Mont Saint-Michel, people can walk out onto the sand flats. Or are they mud flats? Quicksand flats? There is a danger of getting stuck in quicksand. We saw a couple of tour groups whose leaders were demonstrating how the quicksand gets you and how you can get out. It's amazing to watch.
All the flats in this photo flood over when the tide comes in. That's something else that's amazing to watch. I've been on the Mont once while the tide came in. Alarms in town warned people to get off the sand flats, to move cars out of the lower parking lots, to get the last buses back to the mainland, and just to be aware of the rising water. We planned to spend the night on the island so we weren't worried. We enjoyed a nice dinner then a high and dry hotel room before we needed to leave the next morning.
I would love to see that. I can think of some people I’d like to send out into the quicksand.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I realize that I don’t remember any particulars about my visit there!
ReplyDeleteI also would like to see the tide coming and going. Very nice picture.
ReplyDeleteBettyAnn
dear me! I wonder how many are lost foolishly walking about and swept away by the rising tide?
ReplyDeletemitch, it was a sight to see!
ReplyDeletejudy, ha!
bettyann, :)
michael, never to be heard from again... ;)