Wild Horses

Bob and I made the big drive from the Catskills to the middle of Delaware on a very windy day without any issues. We were surprised to see all the agriculture in Delaware. We found fields of soybeans and chicken farms, and sometimes corn in this sparsely populated state.

I am very happy to have warm weather again – about 73 degrees today. We drove south into Maryland to Assateague Island and spent the day riding bikes and walking on the beach. Assateague is a barrier island off the Maryland and Virginia shore that is home to hundreds of wild horses. We ran into quite a few while we were biking. They have lived on the island for about 300 years and are domesticated horses than have become feral. For the most part, they are small and stocky, with quite furry manes. We watched two wild horses giving some corralled riding horses a bad time. They were pissed that these guys were in their territory! We also saw two wild horses “grooming” each other by nibbling each other’s back simultaneously.

After Assateague, we drove the coast north to Ocean City, MD, which is a lot like Atlantic City, NJ - large hotels, condos and a boardwalk full of shops and food (just no casinos). We did find some outrageous carmel corn with peanuts. At the north end of the coast road, we stopped at a lovely beach in Delaware where we saw a dolphin offshore and lots of monarch butterflies. The butterflies stop here for a shot of nectar on their way south. Rehoboth Beach, DE was a lovely little city with a much smaller and more tasteful boardwalk.

Delaware seems like a quiet place to live. Not much going on and unfortunately we’re going to miss the big Punkin Chunkin on Nov. 5^th - the world championship of gourd hurling.