On Aug 13, 9:46*pm, mm wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:24:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03





wrote:
I'm taking the family toOceanCity, MD next week. Is anybody familiar
with the area?

We're not big time partiers so I'm not interested in bars and night
clubs. I've already done the requisite Internet searches for Things To
Do but I'm hoping for some personal recommendations.

I'm looking for things to do like Assateague Island State Park, the
best spot for crabbing, etc. Day trips by car to surrounding areas
would be fine.

It'll be the wife and I and *four "kids" ages 18 - 24.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

The ponies are nice of course. *I'm sure the tourist stuff mentinoed
that. I think the annual roundup was only a few weeks ago, but they
only take 5 or 10% so there are plenty still there. *Just keep your
eyes open. *They may be right by the road or a couple hundred feet
away. * They tell you to leave them alone, but I walked over, kept my
hands in my pockets or out of range of his mouth, and one didn't seem
to mind me. *I don't know if kids' behaviour would upset them or not.

And there's one other animal that lives there much more than
elsewhere, and I forget what it is.

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"I think the annual roundup was only a few weeks ago, but they
only take 5 or 10% so there are plenty still there."

FYI...the things I learned:

There are actually 2 separate "herds" of wild horses to view.

One herd is on the north end of Assateague Island - in Maryland -
(home of the "Assateague Island National Seashore" and "Assateague
Island State Park"). The horses in this herd are not rounded up, but
are managed by vaccinations to keep the herd at 80 - 100 horses.

The other herd - on the south end of Assateague Island, in Virginia -
is owned by the Chincoteague Fire Department from Chincoteague Island,
VA. They are the ones who do the round-up, the Pony Swim and auction
the foals once a year. It's my understanding that the Pony Swim is
well-attended. 40K plus spectators. No thanks, way too many people for
me.

We went to the Assateague Island State Park beach where a pair of
horses came right up to our blanket. The male opened our plastic tub
with his nose looking for food. When all he found were towels, they
walked right across our beach blankets to the people further down the
beach. The male tried to open their cooler but the guy shooed them
away.

The area around Ocean City, away from the maddening crowds, is
beautiful. We went crabbing with chicken legs and caught enough
Maryland Blues to feed the 6 of us. We took a little 2 car ferry
across the Wicomico River. We went body surfing in the pouring rain.
The only thing that we actually did in Ocean City itself (other than
swimming at the beach) was go parasailing. The rest of week was spent
taking day trips to some very beautiful spots in Maryland.