VIRGINIA'S EASTERN SHORE

We drove the jeep south toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel, and stopped at a few places like Cape Charles, located on the Chesapeake Bay side of the peninsula. This is an old seaport, that still shows some signs of life, but I'm sure the better days have come and gone. Back in the day, a railroad was built, that runs south all the way to Cape Charles, and it looks like the tracks are still in use. We found a nice sandy beach, so, of course, Patty had to put her feet in the water. I took some pictures, but for some reason this morning, my Sprint Card is fading in and out, and because it takes so long to load photos, it hasn't worked. Our drive back north was on a secondary road, (600), and we passed by some beautiful properties, some on the scale of the typical southern plantation, with huge farmhouses. This part of Virginia is called the "Eastern Shore", and only includes the southern part of the peninsula, south of Delaware and Maryland. It is very rural, with only a few small towns. The closest grocery store to this Thousand Trails, is approx. 15 miles, and the nearest house is about 5 miles from here. Patty waded out into the clam beds (thick mud), and soon discovered that digging for clams with any success, was probably not going to be a sure thing. In fact, all she brought back was a lot of mud, that took some work to get washed off. Darn, I wish I could load some pictures.