Day 6- Headed Home

 We had a chilly night last night, waking early to temps in the 40s. Gus's internal clock did not "fall back" so he wanted to go out at 5 am EST. Jim handled it this morning for which I was very thankful! We got everything packed up and loaded up by 9:30 AM and were on the road soon after.  Less than 2 hours later we said fairwell to the Eastern Shore, handed over another $37 to cross the Chesapeake Bay without any delays, even at the Hampton Roads Tunnel.  It's a good day. 

Everything seems to still be working on the motorhome, and I am getting the hang of putting the truck in neutral for towing.  It is a bit different from the Jeep procedure so I use a cheat sheet of instructions.  Our next trip is scheduled for late December through early March.

Day 5 - Boat tour

 Today we took a boat tour around Assateague Island, looking for wildlife and learning about the area, the ponies, and the politics of the area. There is some controversy surrounded to beach area on Assateague. The Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries wants to make the beach unavailable to tourists, but that would kill the businesses on Chincoteague which rely on the tourists visiting to use the beach on Assateague. It is an ongoing battle that will not be resolved easily or soon. We also learned more about the ponies that are managed by the local Fire Dept and how the population of ponies is maintained.  We were able to locate parts of 3 or more family groups of ponies on our boat tour. We also saw many hunting blinds and several shacks originally built for oyster harvesting.  

Day 4 - Visit Nasa's Wallops Flight Visitor Center

After a slow morning of recovery after a lot of exercise yesterday that included 18 miles of biking and over 10,000 steps walking, we visited NASA's Wallop Visitor Center to learn more about the missile launches occuring on Wallops Island. The exhibits were informative, interesting, and full of great math and science lessons. From the observation deck we got a great view of Wallops Island, and even a view of the area we are staying off in the distance. 

The rest of the day was spent relaxing and reading, as well as watching a large flock of birds moving around the park.