Assateague and Chincoteague islands 4-12

After a hearty breakfast at Sammy's, drove south towards Assateague island/National Park.  Our first town south of the Mason Dixon line was Ocean city, MD featuring miles of honky-tonk: sunsations (t shirts), candy kitchens, concrete motels (nothing high end),  and dinosaur themed mini golf.  A north wind kept it cool as we biked onto Assateague (avoiding $25 park entry fee).  The park features wild horses, romantically portrayed galloping in herds on the beach.  We saw a few mangy ponies eating grass by the side of the road, 27 people taking photos of them. Back in the 1950s, they were going to develop 9000 houses here off Baltimore Blvd, but a hurricane in 1962 destroyed the 15 mile road and a national park was born. Skipped real lunch (ice cream sandwiches and candy bars) and drove to southern end of island, where we're staying in Chincoteague, explored further and made fun of all the people birdwatching.   Seafood dinner at ropewalk restaurant. 31 flat, windy miles - half into it, and half with it at our backs.