tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post6787965228789989340..comments2024-03-28T21:58:41.783-04:00Comments on Home Joys: 10 Free Things to do at Chincoteague IslandGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-4383776053101489052018-11-18T15:08:28.550-05:002018-11-18T15:08:28.550-05:00I am praying for your Husbands health issues. I...I am praying for your Husbands health issues. I'm also praying for you. Its a road I had to go down 18 years ago. Stay strong. God Bless youjrtempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935147219283545650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-26520156190593251102018-10-15T14:59:19.029-04:002018-10-15T14:59:19.029-04:00Gina, I am glad you had such a nice family trip to...Gina, I am glad you had such a nice family trip together. Looks like the weather cooperated well for you. We have only been there once when the 5 children were young, 10 and under. They are all in their 20's now, though the oldest will be 30 soon. We did the same...shell collecting, watched for ponies, camped. We, however, would have been there in April. It was the same trip we visited Colonial Williamsburg. Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005869307957326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-36083198628645906642018-10-15T06:55:20.296-04:002018-10-15T06:55:20.296-04:00Our family went there this past summer and loved i...Our family went there this past summer and loved it! If you have kayaks, that is something to do as well as fishing/crabbing. If you own the gear, it is free and fun to do. I'm so glad that you got to enjoy a family getaway weekend. :-)Rosannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-27888355036953097742018-10-11T09:56:47.334-04:002018-10-11T09:56:47.334-04:00I enjoyed reading about your trip as it brought ba...I enjoyed reading about your trip as it brought back memories of our trip in 2007. Seeing the ponies swim the bay was so moving as was watching them stroll up the beach in the sunrise! There is a wonderful local museum on the island as well as a few free ones on the Virginia and Maryland side... I wish I could remember the names... One was a fabulous maritime museum! mattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749881104429358524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-68881706173387196432018-10-11T09:01:42.776-04:002018-10-11T09:01:42.776-04:00This was lovely! Thank you for sharing!! I am goin...This was lovely! Thank you for sharing!! I am going to keep this post in mind for when our children read Misty, so that I can send them back to see the pictures and read your story! :)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301075330910381544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-42161574722851366352018-10-10T23:14:40.795-04:002018-10-10T23:14:40.795-04:00What a lovely place, and great memories, too! I...What a lovely place, and great memories, too! I'd like to visit there, as a fan of the Misty books.<br />Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375047719439206884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-57030728820439508592018-10-10T20:53:33.362-04:002018-10-10T20:53:33.362-04:00I've always wanted to visit there, thanks for ...I've always wanted to visit there, thanks for all the info! Our granddaughter likes to give the sea shells back to the ocean after playing with them....her idea :)...by CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11185837311823005763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-83936874524918255052018-10-10T19:43:18.846-04:002018-10-10T19:43:18.846-04:00We visited the statue of Misty and saw the stable ...We visited the statue of Misty and saw the stable she was to have been kept, on the Bebe property. Diane Histandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09457995747793487457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-52882152243567794672018-10-10T17:35:12.306-04:002018-10-10T17:35:12.306-04:00Yes. I should have mentioned that. Ed and I camped...Yes. I should have mentioned that. Ed and I camped on the Maryland side of the island soon after we married. In November! We nearly froze. But the wild ponies ran through our campsite at dawn and the memory of those beautiful animals is thrilling.<br /><br />But you can't get from the Maryland side to the Virginia side without returning to the mainland. There is a lot of miles between them.<br />Gina Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-83682313281756316482018-10-10T17:30:22.240-04:002018-10-10T17:30:22.240-04:00I love both Chincoteague and Assateague and am hap...I love both Chincoteague and Assateague and am happy you were able to visit. If you don't already know the story, look up the 8/22/1933 hurricane and it's effect on Ocean City and Assateague. There is an interesting article at https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2013/08/13/80-years-ago-storm-created-ocean-city-inlet/ describing the storm and it's afteraffects.<br /> One correction: You can camp on the northern end of Assateague, just across the inlet from Ocean City, Maryland. There are both a state park and a national park and you can camp in both. We will not discuss how two friends of my daughter received citations for rowdy behavior while camping in the state park this past June. Fortunately, she was already in her tent.Mari in SC (No longer in MD)noreply@blogger.com