Wild Ponies

We left DC mid morning after the traffic had a chance to mellow out.  And actually it wasn't bad at all.  Looking back I have to say the entire visit to our nation's capitol was a non event, easy-peasy.  Cherry Hill campground is definitely the way to go for any of you who are contemplating a visit.  Eastbound we headed for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and according to the internet is one of the scariest bridges in the world, well I don't know about that although the toll at $36.00 was pretty scary!  It is 4.3 miles long and fairly narrow.

The bridge

Looking a little low

It was no big deal as it turned out, now all we have to think about is the upcoming Bay Bridge-Tunnel and that is a bit scary.  More on that later.
We had a nice peaceful drive down the Delmarva peninsula to Temperanceville, VA to the Tall Pines Harbor campground.  It is beautiful and since it is off season we have the place almost to ourselves.  We are right on the Chesapeake and it is gorgeous!

View from the motorhome

View from the dock

Dusk

Not bad, huh?

Jan wanted to see the wild ponies on Chincoteague Island, but first we had to find some crab cakes.  We asked in the office and were told the best were to be found at 2 hole in the walls, of course.  Over to Metompkin Seafood we went, and as we walked in we were warned, "Don't feed the cats!"  It is takeout only, a real dive, and you cannot eat inside even though there is a table or two.  We were told the seafood platter was the way to go, so Jan and I shared a platter of fish, scallops, shrimp, crab cakes, hush puppies, fries, and cole slaw!  It was quite good and pretty unique.  We'll let you know about the other after we go later today.

Metompkin's

Inside at the counter

Half of our feast, yeah we forgot
to take the picture until half done:-)

Then we took the bikes and went to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.  Lots of sand and tidal flats.  We took a nice 5 mile bike ride around a large paved path, saw lots of birds, the lighthouse, a school of dolphin just offshore, and we did find the feral ponies.

Dolphin swimming along the shore

Lighthouse

The ponies!

We had a nice relaxing day.  I'll leave you with a few other photos of sunrises Jan caught at our campsite.  Spectacular!