Sunday, May 15, 2011

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

20 miles
8.6 mph aver.

I woke up early this morning to thunder and pouring rain.  By 7:30 when we got  up it had stopped.  The weather channel was calling for thunder storms during the day.  After eating the hotel breakfast we headed for the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge under partly cloudy skies.

It was really a nice and relaxing ride (as you can see by our average mph).  We rode bike trails through the forest and to the beaches and around huge estuaries.  The ponds were full of snapping turtles.  We even meet one walking down the road.   The squirrels were everywhere as well, but looked different from the gray squirrels of home.  After 3 ½ hours or so we rode back to town under sunny skies and ate BBQ at Woody’s.  If you ever make it here eat at Woody’s, especially if you like Carolina mustard sauce.  It was great.   After eating we rode into town for Susan to make her required shopping purchase.  I swear we will lugging twice as much by the time we get back.

Tomorrow we head out for Berlin MD. We’ve been there before and will be staying at the historic Atlantic Hotel (http://www.atlantichotel.com/).



 The beach was deserted
 Some beach art
 A snapping turtle taking a walk
 Local squirrel.  Check out those ears.
 Light house we did not climb up.
The refuge trail.

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