Things to do around Chincoteaque Island???

Going there for the weekend and it's not looking like there is much to do there. Yes we are going to look for the horses but not for the entire weekend. Wallops Island has a NASA visitors center but it's small and shouldn't take more than an hour or two. Searched the net and all anyone talks about is the horses.

Just googled things to do on that island, it came back with this https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r...bHtM5Y9ZeyFTWm

Maybe you can pet the horses? :lol:

There's an awesome ice cream shop on the main drag, on the left as you're going towards the horses.

Rent a john boat and knipper for oysters, then go to Assateague and bow hunt some sika deer. Drive around on the beach and get tore up by green head flies, then relax some more. Bay bridge tunnel is something to see if you haven't yet.

Thanks guys but still not being inspired. I may be forced to ..........gasp............relax. Not sure I remember how to do that.

I took the wife to Lewis DE in October a few years back to get away. It was dead as a doornail but it was nice to relax and just enjoy each others company without all the distractions. When it comes down to it we all have to put in Chick time. It should be nice, surprise her and suggest a picnic on the beach,,,a secluded beach. ;)

Sorry. When I was last in that area (Spring'70) there was very little to do, of an organized nature. The mosquitoes there are very impressive ... until you get bitten by your first greenhead fly, that is. WHOA! :yikes:

My dad spent his career with NACA/NASA at Langley Field in Hampton. He traveled to Wallops periodically in the '40s/'50s/60s for various testing ... mostly to do with rockets and telemetry equipment. They had a Grumman Goose that would usually take the engineers to & from.

He had some stories. :D

Yesterday was surprisingly busy. We went shopping in the morning and I satisfied my love for books detailing the history of places we visit. Then out to Wallops Island to the NASA visitors center. It isn't very big and not super interesting but I still enjoyed it. Then due to the apparent lack of things to do here we traveled about an hour south to the 2nd largest antique mall in Virginia which was smaller than the average antique mall near where I live. Not much there but I snagged a 2nd MK23 practice bomb for about half what they are going for anywhere else. On the return trip, stopped at another antique mall which the wife found a few things and a train museum, again small but interesting and another book. Kept seeing these ads for the best fast food fried chicken at Royal Farms which are everywhere so we tried that. Chicken is good but not KFC good in my opinion. The sides were terrible however and we will never get sides from them again. About this time, my credit card decided it was stolen as all these small book purchases up and down the Delmarva peninsula looked iffy for being out of my home area and I had to take care of that. Back to Chincoteaque and we found the oldest cabin on the island, then the chamber of commerce where we learned some very important news. Assateaque Island was free yesterday due to the 150th birthday of the lighthouse which was also open until 9pm. So we hit the Chincoteaque museum, then crossed the bridge. Found the ponies right away. They weren't real close but not excessively far away either. Spent some time on the beach, weather rather dreary so didn't due much there. Then drove around the island looking at scrub brush and swamps and then hit the lighthouse. Managed to time it so that we were at the top when the lights came on which was pretty cool. By that time we were pretty tired. I wanted to get the sand and salt water off so we went back to the hotel and never managed to leave again for the evening. Pizza delivered to the room. Weather not looking real promising again this morning which is disappointing but probably going shopping for a while anyway.

Well, as a Brit, I had the best Ice Cream ever in Armish country deep Pennsylvania.
What an education that was, a farm at Strasburg Country store.......bought a pair of broques to and they are still going.
They don't do anything bright and shiny, so it was no good asking about guns on those farms, brilliant peaceful people;)

I live in Amish Country and they know a lot more about guns than you expect. They do hunt and shoot and it's somewhat of a myth that they don't have handguns either. I watched a fellow purchase one a couple of months ago. Not that they are likely to shoot someone with it but they do pass the time shooting much like anyone else does. I see them at the NHRA drag races at Maple Grove also.

....................what in their all black cars or buggies?

They seem to do a lot of things you wouldn't expect them to. We attend a Hospice auction every year and I watched a young horse and buggy Amishman buy about $200 worth of Phillies baseball memorabilia. His grandpa wasn't real happy with him but not too much was said. I found myself wondering how he could watch or listen to the games enough to be a fan, plus the "waste" of spending money on frivolous things.

Spent the morning shopping after a slow morning at the hotel. Drove around the island then and spotted some ponies across the inlet. Got some good ice cream at the Island Creamery and at that point exhausted what there was to do on the island. Started heading north with the intention of stopping at whatever interested us and we ended up going to Berlin MD where there were several antique malls. I found nothing again, militaria seems in short supply there. Learned this was the town Runaway Bride was filmed in so did a bit of "Hollywood" tourism before going to the northern end of Assateaque. Found plenty of ponies there and a couple very close. So, if you want to see ponies, the northern, Maryland, end is the better place to go. If you want to watch the annual round up and swim, Chincoteague is the place to go. The ponies on the southern end are in two herds, both are owned by the fire department and both are kept separate and while not penned, they are fenced in various very large areas. The ponies on the northern end are not owned by anyone, are not fenced in and as far as I know, not rounded up every year. We still had a good time. Thinking next year maybe we will seek the PA elk herd.

If you were in Berlin you were close to my home, we could have sought out the elusive Md Sika deer herd. Nearly full rut by now, way more interesting than those boring tourist paths and those darned ponies.
Pretty slow around there is good after a long summer, the beaches get more and more congested every year. Bay country is a different kind of lifestyle, not much to do except hunt and fish. Very little other entertainment, unless you carve decoys.

Having spent a lot of my time in Philly as a British Policeman over the years, I always went out to Armish Country for a peaceful break, away from the City. It is lovely rich farming country around there. To see the way they handcraft stuff including their barn raising skills is something to be very proud of these days.

They are a very strict religion and its great to see it practiced and passed on to their kids, albeit there were those who sneaked off to the city to watch the ice hockey!!.

Great values being kept, such a short distance away from Philladelphia itelf, where standards drop through the floor and bring you back to planet earth!!

Not very peaceful anymore. Even in the short time I've been here, 30 years, it has undergone massive changes. A lot of the Amish have migrated to Ohio. Still plenty here but they shy away from the busier areas.