Chincoteague, VA

The weather turned out ok today despite the predication of thunderstorms.  We left our motel early and headed northeast on flat rural roads.  Our first point of interest was to be Locustville, VA but it was no where to be found.  The author of our guide said that it was on route 605 and our GPS’s indicated that we were in Locustville but we saw nothing but farm land.  Somewhere a small town has been misplaced.

Our next town proved to be a real gem.  We stopped in Accomac and saw hundreds of old homes, some of which dated back to the earl 1700s.  According to our guide book, Accomac is so historic that almost the whole town was included as a historic district. The town dates back to the 1600’s when it was chosen for the county seat. Joe must have taken at least 50 photos before we moved on.

We stopped at NASA’s Wallops Island and spent an hour touring its visitor’s center. We were not sure if we stayed so long because the exhibits were that interesting or if the air conditioning was just so nice.

We reached Chincoteague at noon and dumped our gear at our motel before cycling out to Assateague Island and visiting the National Seashore National Park and the island’s 1833 lighthouse.  From there we continued east to the Atlantic Ocean so Jeff could wade into the ocean to satisfy some symbolic notion of dipping his toes into the water. 

One photo that you will not see today is that of Jeff changing his third flat tire.  Joe said that he has gotten bored photographing Jeff and his flats. 

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