We continued down the peninsula through Delaware, Maryland, and then Virginia. South of Salisbury we got off the main highway and drove a few miles east to NASA Wallops Island base and then out to Chincoteague Island. We stopped at the visitor's center and looked at the Chincoteague Ponies, made famous by Marguerite Henry in her book "Misty".
At the end of the peninsula is the Cheasapeake Bridge/Tunnel. The whole thing is about 15 miles with two tunnels underneath the ocean (instead of bridges). In the middle its as though you are out in the ocean in your car. Pretty cool.We continued across the bay, into Norfolk, north across another bridge/tunnel and into Hampton. We went to the Mariner's Museum there and visited for several hours. It was my second visit and I really like that place. I think that I still have a couple of days worth of visits to go to say that I've really visited. We ended our day in Smithfield, NC. Our vacationing was over. Tomorrow we would drive all day to get home!
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