Assateague - In Pictures

Our vacation in Assateague was amazing. We had a great time, and enjoyed ourselves immensely. The mosquitoes were the size of small children and the number of gnats surrounding the island seemed to equal the world population, but other than that life was pretty great. (Being by the ocean made me miss Cape Cod immensely though, and I realized that there truly is something amazingly special about the town of Wellfleet, Ma.)
We spent most of our days at the beach, and would head into Ocean City, MD each night to eat dinner. On our last night in town we spent the evening there. We walked the boardwalk and realized just how much that type of vacation is not for us. The bright neon signs, the crowds of people, the stores and people that were trying to lure us into spending our money on their wares - that is not how we roll. We quickly grew tired of the boardwalk after just a little bit, and headed back to the beach.

Here is what our trip looked like:

Apparently the horses are not the only animals that like to visit the campsites. This deer and his mate frequented our site and the neighboring sites most evenings we were there. 

This mama and her baby strolled into camp the second night we were in Assateague, and visited us every day thereafter. 

The kids had so much fun together. They played together peacefully the entire time we were in MD. 

Jumping waves.

Josh annoyed at having to look into the sun while Bob
snaps away. 

Sarah relaxed and carefree.

Planning out how to jump the next set of waves. 

Getting knocked down by a wave.

Showing her dad a shell she just found. 

Loving the beach life.

Sarah just got "owned" - as the kids would say - by a huge wave.

Wave surfing - Elizabeth style.

Miss Elizabeth after she got her first taste of salt water. 

Running away from a wave.

Another shell. Sarah spent much of her time looking
for shells. 

Andy - all smiles. 

Coming up after being taken down by a wave. 

Beautiful sand horse we discovered our first night on the beach. 

Creating a path so that the hermit crabs they caught could get some water. 

Our friend back again....

Sunrise on a cloudy morning.

My crew. 

Josh digging in the sand. 

One of the many dead horseshoe crabs that washed up on shore.
We finally found 2 alive horseshoe crabs in the bay.

Sarah practicing her cartwheels after she got tired of being in the
water. 

Our first and only sighting of a live clam. 

Me and the crew in front of the bay.

Bob and the crew in front of the bay.

Horses at the neighbors campsite. 

A mama and her newborn in our campsite. 

Checking out the goods on our picnic table. 

Horses around our campsite.

Josh being a smart alec and trying to pretend he was riding this horse. 

Ocean City, MD on our last night in MD. Taken from atop the ferris wheel.