Chincoteague 9-3-2019

07 Saturday Sep 2019

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Bay, biking, Hiking, horseshoe crab, ocean

Kathy and I figured we would get at least a couple days of biking and hiking in before the weather took a turn for the worse (Hurricane Dorian). Chincoteague is always a favorite spot. First we biked over to the Bivalve Trail on the bay side.

Kathy’s sister Gail’s bike. Kathy likes this one better.

Upside down in the grass. Grass cuts your legs up!

Reading Naturalist on the Nanticoke. Full chapter on these guys

Then we headed over to the ocean.

The female carries a male, digs a shallow hole for her eggs then tosses the male onto the eggs to do his thing. Then they go their separate ways. This group didn’t make it.

A bunch of trees with sea shell ornaments.

Packed up and headed through town to see if we could find a decoy carver’s shop. No luck but found this old house – Sign on left says: Capt. Timothy Hill House. Islands oldest home. 1800. Another sign says privately owned, visitors welcome.

Great day for the bike and beach.

Chincoteague Bike/Hike

14 Sunday Jul 2019

Posted by Ronald Parks in Assateague, biking, Eastern Shore, Hiking

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Kathy and I cannot get enough of Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. We did another bike ride through, with a small hike thrown in. As can be seen below, this was our path. According to the brochure, shown at the end of this blog, we only did about 8.3 miles, but with Google Maps we went over 9.7 miles. Either way, it was nice.

When we left the house on this adventure, our intent was to only do the Wildlife Loop and part of the Service Road, but we ended up leaving the Wildlife Loop on Black Duck Trail and headed towards the Woodland Trail. On that trail is a great trail – The Bivalve Trail. Afterwards we went back to the Wildlife Loop and the Swan Cove Trail and eventually the ocean.

After conferring with a couple of people, Merrill and Phil,
This is a reflector for Wallops Island (NASA)

Views along this path…

Back to the bikes and onto the Woodland Trail

Another wonderful adventure! Thanks God

Chincoteague Va.

29 Monday May 2017

Posted by Ronald Parks in Hiking, nature, vacation

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birds, Hiking, kayaking, light house, Museum, nature, ocean, photography

Nice Memorial Weekend in Salisbury and Chincoteague. Again the weather was not cooperating for kayaking, but always a nice day for a hike.

Hung out at the visitor center a bit. Watched a film on the two distinct herds of horses and ponies. One in Maryland and one here. Down here they manage the size of the herd with birth control and an auction to benefit the volunteer fire department.

Hiked over to the light house. Too many people in line to go to the top. We will come back on a week day.

Sailors memorial behind the light house.

I always liked a B&W of various light houses.

Kathy’s mom hiked with us today.

It struck me as odd that the light house was on the bayside and not on the ocean. Pooling on the beach after high tide.

Windy and chilly. But lots of people on the beach. A few swimming. Safety zone flag.

On the opposite side of the ocean shore is Toms Cove. Some kayakers and bird photogs.

Clams, mussels and birds in the marsh.

Digging for dinner.

The brownish orange guy was chasing everyone out of his way.

Pony tails – nice gift shop. But we didn’t see a single horse or pony the whole time!!

Back on the farm – always a favorite view. It amazes me that the pines grew in such a straight line, about 20 deep…until Kathy’s father told me they didn’t just grow that way. He planted them that way! Ha! Dummy me!

Cruisin…

16 Tuesday May 2017

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boats, nature, ocean, photography, Sunset

Hard to catch up on Facebook and WordPress posts after being away for a week. Sorry if I missed anyones birthday. I did check on occasion but was really too busy and really didn’t care about most of what I did see (political commentary). What did amaze me was that people started posting Happy Mothers Day post late Thursday night! What did I learn from my momma? To never look at this…but that’s where the fun is!

Favorite Photograph of 2016

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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…and it’s not even one I took!

Taken by Kathy’s sister Gail, in North Carolina. Love the water tower in the background…and Kathy’s not bad either!

Vacation Pics #1

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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kayaking, ocean, ocean city, photography, vacation, water

After some catching up with work and life stuff, finally got around to doing my photos…

The kayaks are patiently waiting our return from Ocean City…

The one legged Blue Heron doesn’t look as patient.

Our hotel. Next to the top floor. I enjoy being at the beach, in a room with a view.

What our hotel use to look like in the 60s. (Postcard found on line)

Biker/First Responder bike run for 9/11. This is at 22nd street and went all the way back to 28th and then down, I’m guessing to 9th street. They rode the boardwalk to the Fireman’s Memorial, down just past Division Street where there was a memorial service.