Pocomoke City to Onancock

We got up early this morning and got packed.  After a quick breakfast in the hotel we started out in a foggy overcast morning.  It was cool enough for jackets and long pants and we of course had a head wind.  The direct route was straight down hwy 13 but we laid out a cross country route and after 3 or 4 miles we turned off busy 13 onto the serene back roads of Maryland.  The ride was quiet and pretty uneventful with the exception of the wind.  Today it was another head wind.  Not as bad as past days but enough to put an edge on the ride.  Still, the thirty miles rolled by and before lunch we turned into the Inn & Garden Café in Onancock.

Since we did not make it to the coast as planned on our bike trip we jumped in the truck and took off for Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge about 40 miles away on the ocean.  We spent the afternoon walking the beach an of course, everyone now: S H O P P I N G.  At least this time we did not have to haul it on the bike.  We ended the night with a great supper at the Inn.

We ate breakfast at the Inn and packed to leave.  By 9:15 we were pulling out.  Just before crossing the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge we decided to stop in Cape Charles for one last look.  After spending some time walking the beach and the boardwalk we reluctantly climbed in the truck and headed for home.  500 miles later it was back to the real world.

 Getting ready to leave, too bad we are heading the other direction.

 A pond on our back roads.

Riding the rails in Parksley.

Coming into Onancock.

Walking the beach in Chincoteague.

The boardwalk in Chincoteague.

The boardwalk in Cape Charles.

Cape Charles

The Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge in the distance through the truck window.