Assateague Camping
This probably should have been posted a month ago but better late than never. Amy and I went camping at Assateague Island National Seashore back in September for a long weekend. Joel, his sister Jess, and her fiance Paul joined us on Saturday night.
Despite the gail force winds and rain we were welcomed with on Friday night we had a great time. Okay, I am exaggerating a bit about the gail force winds, but it was very windy and rained for a good eight hours straight. Not exactly the ideal weather for tent camping. I should also mention that we camped at the national seashore campground on Assateague. We were on the oceanside of the campground with only sand dunes separating us from the beach. Our site was all sand so it makes things a little tricky trying to keep sand out of the tent, but if your careful its not bad. There is also a state park adjoining the national seashore, which also has a campground. It turns out that the facilities of the state park are a lot nicer than the national side. The national facilities include a single porta-john and outdoor shower for each group of 15 or so campsites. The State facilities have an actual building with indoor showers and toilets, it is a little extra a night (I think $5 or so), but very worth it in my opinion.
We spent most of the day Saturday walking around on the beach and just relaxing. We drove around the island and saw some wild ponies, most of which hang out on in the marshes on the bayside. They do have campsites on the bayside, they have a great view of the bay, and the sites are grassy as opposed to sandy, but the mosquitos are really bad in the summer months. I would definitely suggest the oceanside especially if you are camping in the summer.
Here are some pictures of the trip, you can see our campsite, as well as some of the bayside sites, ponies, beach, etc.