Our trip started five months ago with us overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This past weekend, having come almost full circle, we swam in the chilly Atlantic Ocean on Maryland's Eastern Shore. We went with my parents and my dad's uncle to a house near Ocean City that I grew up visiting.
On the 4th of July we visited a crowded beach and within minutes saw dolphins swimming near the shore. Later that night we sat in traffic and watched fireworks from inside our van. It's a good thing the fireworks display was moved up an hour early because moments later a major tropical storm with dramatic lightning and booming thunder rolled in. Sitting in traffic for two hours, we watched the rain rise above the street curbs -- at times creating mini waves in the streets.
The next morning we went to the boardwalk, where you can find such specialty items as deep-fried Oreo cookies, airbrushed T-shirts and painted hermit crabs.
Adding to her collection of gifts, Ediza was given a giant stuffed purple monkey that some guy won at a boardwalk arcade. Afterwards, we drove to the Assateague Island National Seashore, where 136 wild ponies roam the island.
Here's a pony we stopped to see along the road.
It was there we were greeted by the Pony Patrol.
Unlike in New Zealand, Ediza couldn't ride these ponies:(
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