Annapolis, MD to Chincoteague, VA

We had a terrific evening Thursday night at the Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis courtesy of Fred Schuchard, shown here chatting with Pub Crawler Rick Frazee.  Thanks Fred for your hospitality. 

Friday morning featured light clouds, abundant sunshine and cool temperature's.  Charlotte Hahn took a bunch of photos of the cars and drivers ----

Our leaders - Bob and Missy McKenna

DC Bubba aka Alan Marsh

Don and Madeline Moodie

Bruce and Lydie  Foster

Mark and Andrea Braunstein

Rick and Sam Frazee

The gang headed east about 9am toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.  A huge double bridge across  the bay at the narrows just east of Annapolis,

The William J Preston Lane Memorial Bridge

over the Chesapeake Bay

More of the marvelous bridge

Reg and Char Hahn underway.

Gary and Sally Kneisley underway

St. Michaels is known as the town that fooled the British.  Seems in August 1813 the townspeople hoisted lanterns onto the masts of their sailboats and into the tops of trees.  The high lights caused the attacking British to overshoot the town.   Only one  house in St. Michaels was hit by cannon fire.  That house still stands today and is known as the Cannonball House.

Today, St. Michaels, MD is a neat little tourist and vacation spot on the eastern side of the Chespeake Bay... across from Annapolis.   We arrived in time to do some shopping and have lunch.

Interesting design piece at the parking lot in St. Michaels --a rain barrel.

The rain barrel

Then, on to the shopping....

Main Street St. Michaels

Char thought about this T-shirt, but decided it wasn't the right size.

Traffic kept building as the day went on --Friday afternoon you know.

Entering Chincoteague, lots of billboards

The new Fairfield Inn in Chincoteague saved parking spaces

for the Morgans.

Chincoteague (/ˌʃɪŋkəˈtiːɡ/ or /ˈʃɪŋkətiːɡ/) is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,941 at the 2010 census.^[3] The town is known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island. These ponies and the annual Pony Penning Day are the subject of Marguerite Henry's 1947 children's book Misty of Chincoteague, which was made into the 1961 family film Misty, filmed on location.  Legend has it that the feral ponies on Assateague are descendants of survivors of a Spanish galleon that sank on its way to Spain during a storm in 1750 off the east coast, but the likelihood is that they are actually descended from domesticated stock, brought to the island by Eastern Shore farmers in the 17th century to avoid fencing requirements and taxation.

The Hahn's sponsored today's happy hour, on the deck at

the Fairfield Inn.

More "happy hour"

Then the discussion went to feet and shoes...here is a sample

A very nice end to a lovely day with sunset over Chincoteague Bay.