7/15/2013
We spent the night in
Pocomoke City. Fun to say, not to stay in. I put my keycard in the door and
opened it up to see another family sitting there, terrified out of their minds
that I had just broken into their hotel room. The front desk apologized
profusely for the mix-up and sent us to the right room. I told them it would
make a good story.
Next morning we drove to
the Maryland end of Assateague. Here, I was finally vindicated, but in a most
unusual place. A few wild horses had somehow wandered into the ranger station
parking lot. Not the most photogenic opportunity, but I didn’t care. Kathleen
was beaming with joy. “Horses!” she squealed. The boys seemed astonished. They
had begun to doubt me. “I told you Daddy
would show you the horses,” I reminded them, as matter-of-factly as I could. [Really not sure why wild horses would hang out in the
parking lot, as they are neither petted nor fed. Maybe they secretly like people.]
As scenic as the parking
lot was, we then drove down to the beach for a picnic. Still lots of fun, but
quite different from the Virginia side. Here, the water across to the mainland
was so shallow you could walk pretty far out without risk of drowning.
Kathleen was pretty
hesitant from her experience last night, but I held her hand and led her down
slowly, telling her that Daddy would never let her get hurt or make her do
anything she didn’t want to do. Soon, she was splashing around with the best of
them.
Much less touristy and
crowded than the Chincoteague side – seems like much more of a locals’ secret.
We could have spent more time here. Oh, and Daniel found a fossil. Pretty cool.
[It was really the best place to stop and feed the
baby. Plus, I didn’t have to worry about
the children drowning. Or Oliver drowning.]
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