End of spring break

Our last morning on Chincoteague:




Cool new shirts:




We made it to Graytown in about 9 hrs, and even had time to play at a park and eat pizza! On Saturday, we did some archery before heading home:



Once we pulled in the driveway, we found that Chris had gotten down all of the bikes! We immediately hopped on them and biked to the cider mill for ice cream:



Little Jess biked all on her own, the whole 8 miles! Her first ever ride that long!



We also went to Bordines spring expo sat afternoon. There was a mermaid!



Sat night, we had a big storm with hail and crazy winds, and we lost power til Sun afternoon. To pass the time, we went back to Bordines!



Capt Jack Sparrow was there, too!



Mon was back to school :( meg had a fever and had to stay home Monday and Tuesday.

Tues morning we woke up to:


We broke Detroit's snow record! About 50% more snow than Alpena, believe it or not! The record we broke was set in 1880-1, which was "the long winter," by Laura Ingalls Wilder! Meg and I just read that book this winter, not knowing we would have a winter to beat it!

Jess had soccer practice in the snow on Tues afternoon. (Blame her crazy coach, Chris!). But spring came back the next day, and we've loved seeing the snow melt and the flowers pop up all week!

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Last day on Chincoteague

Morning tennis match:



Visit to a NASA facility:















We found a present for Chris!



By the Misty of Chincoteague statue in downtown:



Ponies in the field behind us!



Ponies!



Girls taking their pledge as Junior Rangers:



More playing in the touch tank:







Junior Ranger certificates:



Mini golf!






Ice cream treat after golf:



Huge waffle bowls! Came with PB topping, Reese's PB cup crumbles, whipped cream, and a cherry!



Close up of new badges:



More beach playing, running, and shell collecting:






Another gorgeous sunset from our hotel balcony:



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Chincoteague bliss

We had an amazing day! We started by visiting a FWS visitor center on Assateague Island. Then we went straight to the beach. The water was freezing, but that didn't stop the girls from playing in the waves, running all over, and finding zillions of shells.












Then we went to the NPS visitor center on the island. The girls are going for the junior ranger badge! They loved the shell collection there, and the touch tank.



We saw our first pony on the drive!



After a late lunch on Chincoteague Island, we rented bikes and biked around Assateague Island.



We biked around saltwater and freshwater marshes, forest, and beaches. It was so much fun!



More pony sightings:












Assateague lighthouse:






Stopping to rescue a little turtle:



Later we found a bigger guy on the path!



On the bridge back to Chincoteague to return our bikes. Still all smiles after 2.5 hrs of biking!



Some ponies in town, they are owned by the fire dept, and these didn't sell last year.



We had a pizza dinner in our room and watched another gorgeous sunset from our hotel.



What an awesome place!


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