More Horsing Around

After our fabulous breakfast, we said goodbye to our wonderful hostess, and got on the road. It wasn't very far to Chincoteague, and again we checked in at the Visitors' Center, watched an orientation film, and began to explore.

This was on Monday, and the annual pony swim was to occur on Wednesday, so the Chincoteague horses were not roaming the island as we'd seen in Assateague the day before. Rather, they had been rounded up and were in pens. On Wednesday, they would swim across the channel and many would be auctioned off as a way to control the size of the herd.

We spent some time admiring the ponies and then continued our drive south.

Yes, South.

Neither of us had known there was a NASA facility in Virginia. We were curious, but didn't have time to investigate.

We took our time driving south, crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, and then stopping in Norfolk for lunch. The meal consisted of the crepes from breakfast that we couldn't finish and some cherry tomatoes we'd brought from home.

We got to Williamsburg right at check-in time, and were happy to learn that Andrew and his family had already arrived. We had adjoining rooms in the hotel. Andrew had made a reservation for dinner at a seafood place and I thought the jellyfish lighting was terrific!

Back at the hotel, no one stayed up very late. We had a big day ahead of us on Tuesday.