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.

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH.

Well, this is the inevitable, happy yet sad final "official" post of Melanie McLean and Paul Cox as this summers Host Our Coast.

Thanks to Delmarva Low Impact Tourism Experiences (DLITE), Full City Media, Makai Condominiums, Rural Development Center, Southern Delaware Tourism, Worcester County Tourism and the Township of Berlin, we were able to work at our dream job while enjoying the beautiful peninsula of Delmarva.

From exploring the Nassawango Creek by kayak, to ordering Dominoes while camping at Trap Pond, we were able to putter around this amazing region; in and out of rivers and through marshes, on the shores of Assateague and on between the cedar houses of Lewes. We were able to catch the fearsome looking horseshoe crabs as the spawned in Slaughter Beach, and watched as birds were banded for monitoring purposes.

It has been a tremendous summer of exploration and admiration of the beautiful, historical, and lively spots that dot this region. And even though this is the official last post, it will not be long before we return. We're registered and raring to run the Dogfish Dash as well as many other fall events; Delmarva has the kung-fu grip on us.

Host Our Coast will remain alive and well as a low-impact tourism brand. Everything from the Facebook Fan Page to Twitter will remain up, chatting about the on-goings of the region as Fall and Winter approach. And next year, there will certainly be a round two of this amazing opportunity.

So thank you again to all of our sponsor and to all the people who supported us and let us into their homes and places of work. We couldn't have asked for a better summer.

ROAAAD TRIIIP!

So we got the extension to cruise around the rest of Delmarva vagabond style! That's right...back to our wayward, don't know where we're sleeping ways....

Today, we will begin the adventure in New Jersey at the Cape May to Lewes Ferry. We'll float into Lewes, Delaware (with our car on board) and head south towards the Virginia tip of Delmarva, cruising through our summer stomping ground and aiming for Southern Assateague and Chincoteague Islands.

Stay tuned for the ride!

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