"A marshy place across"

An early autumn getaway to the barrier island off the Maryland Eastern Shore – Assateague Island, named by the Native Americans for "a marshy place across."IMG_0619We motored down through driving rain, and our first foray onto the beach was cut short by a squall blowing, dramatically, across from the mainland.IMG_0570IMG_0592A quick retreat to the town of Berlin (stress on the first syllable) and the Victorian Hotel Atlantic.IMG_0604 IMG_0607imgresize.php IMG_0610 Sunday lived up to its name. The Atlantic Ocean unbelievably warm for one used to the bone numbing current off the Cape Town coast .IMG_0626 10410872_10204381540565813_9210881475619223435_nThe sunshine brought out Assateague Island's famous feral horses – legend has it they were originally survivors of a shipwrecked Spanish galleon.IMG_0599 IMG_0631Reclaimed by nature.IMG_0611IMG_0628 

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