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The next day after a two hour ferry ride from Cedar Island to the outer banks we get to the town of Ocracoke. On the ferry
we met and talked to several people....two of those people were a man and his wife that were traveling by bicycle. They were
from Kentucky and they said that they were heading for Nags Head. We find a campground about three miles north of town and
sit up our tent. Here is where we spend the next couple of days. The next day we were driving around and we stopped a little
farther north, drove in a parking area and then went down to the beach. While we were there the couple that we had met on
the ferry, that were traveling by bicycle stopped in the same place. So again we talked to them and then they were on their
way. We met several people while we were in this campground. That evening we went into town for supper. The weather is a
little chilly and windy but they tell us that this is the time to be here becuase in the summer that it is crowded and hot.
The following day we had breakfast at a nice resturant in town, visit the light house and have a early supper.
Now we pack up and then head north enjoying the scenery. The next stop that we make is Kitty Hawk where the Wright Brothers
made their first flights. We asked where there was a campground because we haven't seen any. We are told to go to Colington.
We find a campground that has hot showers that we haven't had in a while and also a laundry room that we need also. Next
we set up the tent and then ask the man in the office where we can go to eat supper. He recommends the Oyster Bar just down
the road. This restaurant has happy hour from 3-6 featuring 25 cent oyster on the half shell, steamed oysters, steamed shrimp,
clams, and chicken wings. We order oysters on the half shell, steamed shrimp, chicken wings and a plate of steamed vegetables.
The best meal, the biggest oysters and shrimp that we will have on this trip.
We come next to the town of Chinateaque. Nice little town, find a real nice campground that is nearest to the beach. We
will stay here for two nights. There is a island here called Assateaque Island that we want to go to. It is a National Park
but they don't have any campgrounds. Nice scenery, nice trails. There is also a wildlife refuse here. We are unaware that
there is a seafood festival at one of the campground that takes place every year...we just missed it by a hour or so. They
have some wild horses that we want to see here but they have them in a pasture and we can see them in a distance. The second
day here we go to Nasa facility on Wallops Island where we take a tour. Later on we stop at the American Legion to visit with
the locals and to watch the last episode of Surviors.
Picture taken from the bridge. The Cheaspeake Tunnel is where the you see the boat. In the distance you can see where the
bridge starts again.
Now we cross into Maryland, go across the Chesapeake Bridge and through the tunnel to a pennisula that is between Chesapeake
Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Just south of Ocean City there is a National Seashore Park and they do have camping here. We set
up our tent and it isn't long before we see our first wild horse roaming around in among the camp sites. They caution you
about feeding or touching these animals because they kick and bite and can get sick from eating the food that the campers
feed them. As I am looking for a horse to take a picture of with my digital camera, one sneaks up behind me and when I turn
around I am nose to nose with this horse. I back away but the horse just stops and looks at me if to say "What is the
matter with u?". Across from us are some campers and they are trying to get a horses head out of the trunk of their
car without touching it or feeding it. That night we can hear them right outside of our tent snorting, running and playing.
They were in the campground until about 3:00am. The next morning we don't see any of them.
This horse came right up behind me. I turned around and there it was.
The wild horses on Assateague Island, Maryland
The next state is Delaware. We don't camp or stop anywhere in Delaware except maybe shopping. Pennsylvania is our next camping
spot at Hanover near Gettysburg. There are several trails that you can take so we choose one and go on a hour hike to a waterfall.
The next day we tour the National Cemetary and the museum. The parking lot is so full that we have to go to the second overflow
parking lot.
This part Pennsylvania and Maryland that we have been in is beautiful. Hill and mountains, winding roads, big, beautiful
farms with horses. So now we are again in Maryland camping. Nice park, not many people here. There are big trees over our
tent, and a full moon shinning through the trees is a site to see.
The following day we drive to Pennsylvania to spend the night at a relatives house. This is the last day of our trip, we
drive home in the rain. We have had nice weather...this is the first rain we have had on our trip of about 3 weeks
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