TWEET TWEET!
A beautiful specimen from the birding banding excursion near Snow Hill, MD

Resting Gaucho
A wooden model of a resting cowboy in the Marvel Carriage Museum

Assateague at Sunrise
Waking up to the buzz of bugs isn't so bad when you wake up to this...

Bird Bander
Bird Banding master, Richard Roberts, enlightened Coastal Stewards and a Ward Museum photo group on the world of Eastern shore bird banding and migration. Here, he has the bird in "photo grip."

Ooey Gooey
Sinful dessert eaten in downtown Lewes, Delaware

Rackliffe House
Visible from the near Assateague, this plantation house is pre-revolution

Doggie-Friendly Assateague
Did you know dogs are allowed at Assateague Island National Seashore's non-life guarded beaches?

Dogfish Head Brew Tours
Not only does Dogfish Head try unorthodox methods of brewing, but they also work with molecular biologist to learn and recreate ancient recipes. (You can hear all about it on a brew tour.)

The Future of Chesapeake Bay Farms
These cute little critters welcome the farm's visitors as they taste fresh ice cream and stroll around the grounds.

The historic Julia Purnell Museum in Snow Hill, Maryland

Lavender bundles from Lavender Fields near Milton Delaware

Cornbread
Stop by Trappe Creek Restaurant for their all-you-can eat crab special and cornbread when you're in the Berlin, Maryland area.

Blueberries
Good Earth Market not only sells organic goods, but also local fresh fruits and veggies.

Local Honey
Good Earth Market boasts LOCAL HONEY!

Busy Bee
Lavender Fields Farm has keeps its five hives of bees very busy with creating lavender infused honey, a French delicacy.

Two local musicians work their craft outside the opening of the Delmarva Discovery Center in Pocomoke City, Maryland

Days Gone by Museum owned and operated by Mr. Jack Knowles of Woodland, Delaware. The museum is actually in Mr. Knowles backyard.

Fishing boats
A pair of fishing boats sitting in the Ocean City Commercial Harbor.

Lunch
We witnessed a live horseshoe crab (you guessed it) feeding. That is a minnow in its mouth!

Hermie
This Assateague tour boat shared their pets with us and even let their hermit crab run around a bit.

Female Horseshoe Crab
A female horseshoe crab as she moves back to sea

Sunset Over the Bay
A beautiful sunset at our Makai condo after a long day of rain storms.

Mar-Va Theater Volunteers
The theater's volunteer-only staff takes care of all aspects of the facility, from selling concessions to cleaning up after shows. These local girls will gain community service hours in the next school year.

Local Man Power
Around here, its used for getting two-ton hard tops in place.

Pylons serve as a beautiful perch for the local gulls. What a great view from the DuPont Nature Center window.

Alex, the DuPont Nature Center's mascot, watches over the beaches where his fellow red knots fill up before their long migrations. This giant model bird is sponsored by the DuPont's Clear Into the Future Initiative, a program of the DuPont Company, and the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife.

DOGFISH HEAD: THE HOMERUN HITTER

When I started drinking beer, my intentions weren't much different then they are today. My friends and I would spend nights around our keg of flat, bland beer that reeked of hangover; we would talk and laugh the night away. We would fill our red Dixie cups with the yellow headache over and over again until we had our fill and fell asleep.

It wasn't until I graduated my higher education that I started to really explore my desire to drink this hopped beverage. My tastes started to change and I moved from drinking any beer I could get my hands on to finding something that I could enjoy for flavor while b.s.-ing with friends and family. Beer is brewed for enjoying while sitting around having a good time with good people.

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Comments
Awesome post! Do you have a favorite Dogfish brew yet?
Posted By Aubrey | 7/29/09 8:01 AM
Man, it's only 9:15 am, but that post made me want a DFH right NOW! I'll hold off (until 11:30).
Posted By jim | 7/29/09 9:19 AM
yummy! i LOVE palo santo...
and i can't wait to try the theobroma - a new taste
sensation!
Posted By Carrie | 7/29/09 1:39 PM
Great post work as usual, and I also enjoyed all the fine tastes of Dogfish while visiting that area, but as fellow person from NJ I would have to say Pabst or Yuengling would be our local beer.
Posted By Pat | 7/31/09 7:36 AM

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