The road trip that went east before it went south... part 5

Jen's back had started to relax so that day trips were now a possibility! We headed to a little town called Chestertown for coffee and sandwiches for breakfast. It was a quaint, very colonial styled little town where people meandered with their dogs.

Onward we went, deciding that despite the government being shut down, we were going to try to visit the national parks in the area. As we assumed, the parks were closed. But there routes into the parks were pretty and yielded few birds. We paused at a boat launch where I saw a jellyfish floating in the water near a bird poop stained wooden dock/pier.

We crept along the road out of the park, hoping to see the vast amounts of birds that Maryland often offered for the avid birders, finding only a couple of starlings and a pair of mockingbirds that were battling for turf. The mocking birds were entertaining to listen to as well as watch.

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From there we found our way to Wye Island. The trees made a wonderful canopy over the dirt road. At the end of road were some well groomed paths that led into groves of brain ball trees. Also known as hedge balls or Osage oranges, these lumpy lime green balls littered the path. Jen warned me to keep an eye out for any that might be falling from the trees.

Stay tuned for more pictures from the rest of the trip!