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.

RIDING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Posted At : August 28, 2009 9:51 AM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Biking, African American History, Farms, Parks, Nature Preservation, History

Riding the 25 miles around the Blackwater Refuge it's hard not to imagine the struggle and dedication that Harriet Tubman went through during the years of the Underground Railroad. The land is covered in high grass and muck, a proper marsh. Biting flies and mosquitoes cling to your legs and your arms, reminding you who's in charge. Though the landscape is utterly beautiful and timeless from the safety of the non-congested road that forms the loop around the refuge, it is clear that any trek through this marsh would be an uncomfortable and tedious trek to freedom.

ROAD TRIP: DAY 4, WACHA-PRAUGE? AND GOOD SAMARITANS

Posted At : August 22, 2009 3:00 PM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Biking, Road Trip, Nature Preservation, Restaurants, Town

Leaving Salisbury, Maryland, Melanie and I aimed the Volvo due south for the tip of the Delmarva Peninsula with hopes of dipping our toes in Chesapeake right where it meets the great Atlantic.

Route 13 is one of the must-use arteries running down Virginia's Eastern Shore. Shooting straight down the spine of the area that's only five miles at it's widest point, this little highway connects the small towns and villages that dot this fairly-untouched land.

GETTING LOST IN TRAP POND

Posted At : July 29, 2009 12:04 PM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Biking, Parks, Nature Preservation

Since arriving here on assignment, Melanie and I have had the opportunity to hone our low-impact transportation skills; we've become more adept at biking, kayaking, and even canoeing. With region offering some much great scenery, we have constantly found ourselves in more and more situations to explore these skills. On one such occasion, Host Our Coast loaded up the car with our tents, sleeping bags, and, most importantly, bikes. We were headed out to Trap Pond for our first Delmarva camping extravaganza.

A QUEST TO LEWES

Posted At : July 10, 2009 2:43 AM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Biking, Parks, Restaurants, Town

Host Our Coast braved the Breakwater Junction Trail that connects Rehoboth to Lewes, Delaware. This beautiful six-mile trail winds through a bit of farm land, across marshland and through scenic wooded tunnels. Fear not, the trail is flat, making it quite approachable for everyone.

And without further ado, OUR adventure on The Breakwater Junction Trail:

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE

Posted At : July 7, 2009 2:20 AM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Biking, Parks

Assateague Island, a thirty-seven mile strip of land along the Maryland coast, is most famous for pristine beaches and wild ponies, but yesterday we uncovered a few other clams, so to speak.

We decided to see the island via our new-found love for cycling. Typically, a day pass is $ 10 USD, however if you enter by foot or bike, you can walk right in, or, in our case, ride right in.

So we parked our car on the far side of the Verrazano Bridge, yes same engineer for the one in New York, and began our voyage to the seashore park. As we made our way across the bridge spanning the Sinepuxent Bay, we found a truly impressive view of the island with Virginia seemingly in sight.

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