As I mentioned in my previous post, we were on the eastern
shore for a century bike ride. We spent
the night in Ocean City, which is kind of a tradition for us. It was H2Oi weekend, which meant the town
was full of souped up VWs and Audis that are water cooled. Kind of cool, at first we were not sure what
we saw, but it was fun. Other times we
were there it was hot-rod weekend etc etc.
Three photos here this time.
We woke up Sunday, went for a sunrise walk on the beach and then drifted
down the coast, for a large part avoiding the major highway. The roads were decent and the scenery was
spectacular at times (p.s., the back roads in MD are much better than VA;
lawmakers please take note). Great was a
little hamlet call Public Landing, MD. From
there we took the road down to Wallops Island and Chincoteague. Wallops Island is known
for its NASA facility and our Virginia Space Port. Chincoteague is known for the ponies, and let
me tell you there is plenty of pony paraphernalia in town. It is a touristy place, but fun to be and it
was our lunch destination. The second
photo is my wife having lunch at a five star lunch place called “Right Up
Your Alley”. After some searching we
figured out it was a food cart, and the food was absolutely great. As one of the reviewers of yelp says: It “ brings
a modern city feel to the historic, small town of Chincoteague.” The fish tacos were wonderful, and actually
so were the French fries (which we felt we desperately needed after a day of
biking 60 miles).
Drifting further south we took a wrong turn and ended up at
the gate of the Space Port and then going on we eventually we drove through
Modest Town. Wikipedia does not tell us
much about that town, except that it was a stagecoach stop on the route from
Wilmington DE to Eastville. Truthfully, you
can easily live a full life even without even seeing this town. It is a shame, but this was probably the most
run down, dilapidated place we came across during our drive. Makes you wonder what the real-estate prices
are in that town. I am sure you can get
some of the burned out buildings for cheap.
Come to think of it, I wonder if they were the results of that pyromaniac
that was on the loose on the eastern shore.
After getting back on Route 13 our next big stop was the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. It is a great place. The facilities are now 50 years old and
great. It is 17.6 miles long and a great
place for tourists, fishermen and fishing boats alike. The last photo of course is from the visitor’s
center on one of the islands, down the tunnel to the other side. You can see all the boats in the water. Actually there is a fishing pier as well, and
someone pulled up a big flounder while we were standing there. It was a great end to a wonderful weekend on
the eastern shore.