Day 1: Sunday, April 10, 2011

60 miles from Ocean City, MD to Tall Pines Harbor Campground in Sanford ,VA

Dipped wheels, a bit sandy but still tasty.

John, Judy, Louisa, Cathie, Carla, Donna and Bob.  Friends since Pharmacy School.

We dipped our back wheels into the Atlantic Ocean and started our journey to the West Coast.  Judy and Carla joined us, as we biked down the Eastern Shore through farm lands, passing lots of chicken houses. 

We stopped in Snow Hill, Maryland for lunch.  What a delightful little town.  Since we were there on Sunday, many of the shops were closed but we had a fabulous meal at The Palette, great gourmet food in a beautiful setting.  We visited the Julia A. Purnell Museum which commemorates the life and times of Julia Purnell, a seamstress who created a large body of embroidered works, many after she became wheel-chair bound at the age of 85.  The docent in the museum was delightful.  A great stop on our ride.

Margi, one of our Pharmacy School classmates couldn't join us so we wore the Alaska biking shirts that she sent us.

Luisa joined us on the bicycle ride in Snow Hill and Carla drove down to the campsite.  She and John then biked up from the campsite and met us about 10 miles out, so the whole group of us was able to bike into the campgrounds just before sunset.

Bob made it to the campground and got everything set, his first solo outing with the trailer.   We were able to watch the sunset, then enjoy a great meal of leftovers from the party.  Bob was happy he didn’t have to cook!