Yesterday it rained most of the day. Thankfully today we didn't see any rain, and the sun even came out partway through the day. It was also a little warmer out. After eating the complimentary breakfast, we drove to Assateague National Park and picked up Junior Ranger booklets for the kids. Soon after we drove onto the island, we saw six wild horses. We assumed we'd see more throughout the day, but those ended up being the only ones we spotted. While we were kayaking, we saw a few different species of birds and also a horseshoe crab. From 2017-2021 we went to the beach on Long Island every summer. Last summer we went to the beach in Delaware, Georgia, and Florida. We kayaked on the bay side and walked along the ocean side. In September we will see the beach in San Francisco, but I don't think we'll be swimming at a beach this summer.
Our second stop was at the Naval Academy. The first entrance we tried wasn't one we could use. We took a wrong turn trying to find the correct entrance and ended up driving through a very crowded part of Annapolis because of an arts festival. Eventually, we found the correct entrance, found a place to park, and went through the screening to walk onto the Naval Academy property. Unfortunately, by the time we walked across the campus to the Museum, there was very little time left before it closed. I don't think the kids were exactly brokenhearted that we couldn't spend oodles of time in the museum. The chapel was closed for a wedding, so we weren't able to see the crypt of John Paul Jones. I had seen it more than once in the past but wanted to take the kids inside the chapel. I taught in Annapolis from 1994-1996 and had been to Annapolis many other times during the time I lived in Maryland. We had dinner at Panera in Annapolis and then drove to our motel, which is located very close to the first of three National Park sites we plan to visit here in Maryland tomorrow before we drive home.
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