I should be used to the wet and windy weather by now because that is all it seemed to do when we were in Florida this year, but the weather must have followed us because it seems like the wind has blown almost every day since we got to Chincoteague. We have only gone fishing one day because of the wind, but we have been productive with getting our site set up and have enjoyed exploring Chincoteague and Assateauge in spite of the weather.
We have done the Wildlife Drive on Assateague a couple of times. Have not spotted any of the ponies close up, but did see a muskrat, white tail deer, a racoon and lots of birds. We did not realize that changes in fencing on Assateague probably restricts where the ponies can roam, so we will not see any on the Wildlife drive. There were a lot of geese on Assateague as well as in the campground, so I have been working on trying to keep Skip from barking at them. He does not listen to me very well so not very successful. We have spotted a fox that must live in the protected marsh land in the campground, because we have seen him several times–mostly early in the morning or during one of Skips late night walks. We have been to the beach but only for a quick look. That wind whipping off the ocean was too cold for me.
Most of our time in the two weeks since we arrived has been spent getting the Dirt Yacht set up. Randy raked the lawn and spread grass seed and straw. Right now, the small lawn section is just patches of grass so hopefully the seed will germinate. We did not realize the bag of seed was out of date so not sure how much grass we will actually get. Especially with all of the little birds eating the seed.
One thing we are looking forward to is putting up a fence for Skip. I have it ordered but it is not scheduled for delivery until sometime between May 23 to the end of the month. It has not even shipped yet, so I doubt it will come any earlier. We have made several trips to Pocomoke City, Berlin and even Ocean City to pick up supplies, etc. The one day we did get out to go fishing the starting battery had to be jumped so we knew we needed a new one. The only AGM Group 24 battery we could find either on-line or in a store was from the West Marine in Ocean City so we picked one up so we did not have to worry the next time we get out on the boat. Since we were in OC we headed out to the inlet and got some Thrashers French Fries. They are still as good as ever!
As much as I love the food in Florida, it just does not compete with the seafood in this area. Since it has been so windy and we have not been out on the boat, we have had time for several dinners out at some of the local restaurants for Chincoteague Oysters and some type of crab. Our dinners out have been great. So far Captain Zack’s has been our favorite, but the Wednesday night special of half price appetizers at Steamers was really good too! We have even had a couple of sundaes from island Creamery. We stopped at Ray’s Shanty this afternoon on our way back from Pocomoke City and I picked up some jumbo lump crab meat and a couple of pounds of shrimp. We will have some good dinners the next couple of days.
