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.

ROAD TRIP: WEEKEND

Posted At : August 25, 2009 8:41 AM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Road Trip, Nature Preservation, Sports, Town

The morning dew sat thick on the car and the soil when the sun rose on the Eastern Shore on Sunday. Hurricane Bill was flooding the airwaves with promises of killer waves and tumultuous seas. So the decision was made; it was mandatory to witness the mayhem first hand. To get to the destination in mind, one must take some sort of water craft, be it a motor boat, jet ski, or, in our case, kayaks.

In what could be describe as a floating caravan, six of us put in somewhere near Daugherty, Virginia and began the beautiful hour paddle through the pristine salt marshes, down Folly's creek towards Cedar Island in hopes of great tempest waves, but instead what we found was a much needed day or serenity and tranquility.

ROAD TRIP: DAY III, WICOMICO RED AND A FLAT TIRE

Posted At : August 21, 2009 12:27 PM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Road Trip, Sports, Town

With the weather sweltering hot, and dehydration threatening to rear its ugly head, we decided the best remedy is to ride our bikes ten miles one way in order to drink some wine at the Bordaleau Winery just outside of Salisbury, Maryland.

The ride was beautiful, especially with the brilliant sunshine, but the roads weren't so friendly. As you move through Salisbury, past the university (which offers great scenery with its large brick buildings and manicured lawns) there are plenty of sidewalks. However, soon after the school the sidewalks vanish along with any glimmer of shoulder; it is simply you and the oncoming traffic.

LIFE ON A BOARD

Posted At : August 17, 2009 1:24 PM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Sports

Living at the beach (or "down the shore," as my Jersey brethren may say) gives you the chance to try certain unique sports: paddle boarding, skim boarding, and surfing.

My go at paddle boarding was one of calm relaxing cruise down the bay resulting in only a couple spills and sore shoulders the following day. Attempts at surfing and skimming were a bit more tumultuous with splashes and runaway boards abound. Nonetheless, the experiences were just as fun-filled.

After much needed surf lessons from JT and Wyatt out of Malibu Surf Shop, and Corey, owner of Alley Oop Skim Camp, we were on our way to sliding and gliding on the waters of the Atlantic.