Chincoteague Vacations, Chincoteague Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

On our way from St. Micheals to Avon we decided to drive the eastern shore and pass through all those islands separating Virginia from the Atlantic.  We decided to spend the night in Chincoteague and site see a little. In case you weren't aware, Chincoteague is the host of an annual Pony Swim and auction which is a fund raiser for the local fire department. Every year, the healthiest wild ponies are rounded up on the island of Assateague and made to swim a very short distance to the isla...

  on the way to assateague island i had to cross a bridge over chincoteatgue inlet. this town of 4300 people on Chincoteague Island.The town is perhaps best known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island. These ponies and the annual Pony Penning Day are the subject of Marguerite henry 's 1947 children's book Misty of Chincoteague This was made into the 1961 family film Misty, which was filmed on loca...

This is so much a blog but a collection of my photographs from places in the United States.

First time here.  Very beautiful.  The sunset sail was a good idea.  Island wasn't too busy and the drive to get here wasn't bad either.  Great lighthouses around too.