Earlier in the week we had gone to a bookstore in Snow Hill and met a charming woman who had recently purchased both the bookstore and an antique shop immediately next door. We exchanged stories with her. It seems that her husband had died several years ago and that her sister had been living in Snow Hill working as a specialist in the school district. Through association and visiting of the area she bought the bookstore and antique shop. Soon after she purchased the bookstore her sister died of breast cancer. The bookstore owner remains upbeat though and enjoys the area. She is originally from Pennsylvania. She was a joy to spend time with. She has a small coffee bar and some chairs to relax into. The wonderful thing about sitting in those chairs ... there is a back door to the store. It was open when we visited. Looking through the door was like looking into a wonderful painting ... river, woods, shore birds ... all of the things that make up a most beautiful painting.
Anyway, somewhere in our conversation, the bookstore owner brought up Berlin, MD and told us what a wonderful place it was. So today we headed up to Berlin with the idea of going out to the northern part of Assateague. We got to Berlin before lunch and walked through the town. Many lovely shops and wonderful street scenes. It turns out that the movie "Runaway Bride" was filmed here. Evidently there are lots of recognizable scenes in the movie of Berlin. We went to the hotel and got a table on their porch and had a wonderful lunch ... pizza on flatbread and a wonderful salad, something that can be rare in these parts. Oftentimes the salad consists of head lettuce and a tomato. This meal and the salad were delicious!
After lunch we headed for the National Park on Assateague. We purchased a "lifetime pass" for seniors good for any National Park in the United States for $10! We parked the car and rode bikes all around. The scenes on the island were marvelous. We walked the beach as well and saw the pony below who appeared to be rather exhausted from a morning of frolicking and romping along the seashore.
Later in the afternoon, we headed north to Ocean City for a look at what this seaside resort had to offer. This city is quite commercialized and very, very busy with hotel upon hotel. We did board the boardwalk just to see what that was all about. Earlier on the beach we asked a local for a good spot to have something to eat. He directed us to a spot we would never have found. I had shrimp and Marlene of all things had fish and chips. Our total bill was fifteen dollars. It's in a small working class harbor on the outskirts of the city.
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