Eastern shore....

Jim's weekend climbing trip fell through at the last minute so we decided to take advantage of the two days off to head out to the Eastern Shore. Our ultimate destination was Chincoteague Island near the MD border but of course we had to stop and check out a disc golf course coming and going. We had fun playing the 27 holes and only Whitney ended up with a little bit of a poison ivy rash which is amazing given how abundant it was. We also had fun climbing the 3o foot rope we found up the tower of an abandoned ropes course in the park.

The girls enjoyed camping out that night and Whitney did a great job of starting the campfire with Dad. I guess he had taught her all about it on their last camping trip while I was at Girls Camp. This is Whitney getting the fire going to the correct/safe way and this is Dad showing how to do it the fast/Boy Scout way. The other two sat at a safe distance supervising the madness.

We've decided it's about time to buy a family tent after sleeping all five of us in our 3 man tent. The next day after swimming at the campground pool we headed to the Assateague Island Wildlife Refuge where the famous wild Chincoteague ponies are. We went on a 1.5 mile hike to where we could see some of the ponies and came across some other wildlife to include the rare Delmarva Peninsula Squirrel, a large black snake, and a few frogs.

Afterwards we headed to the beach for some combat sunbathing and swimming. I don't think I've ever been to a beach when it has been so crowded and this was late in the afternoon when many were already leaving.