Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia

path down to the beach

they used 9 old concrete World War II boats as breakwaters - can you believe it - they are made of concrete?

the view of crabs looking down from the pier

We are at Kiptopeke, on Chesapeake Bay.  The beach is gorgeous.  Yesterday, we went across the Chesapeake Bay bridge, which is 22 miles long.  There are 2 tunnels under the water and it feels like you are doing a nosedive.  At the pier on the bridge, my brother fished and the people beside us caught lots and lots of skates.  Then we went to Virginia Beach and walked the boardwalk and we ate at the Golden Corral.

We went to alittle shop there and we picked out a design from the wall, and they put it on shirts and gave it to us.  I found a trick laser pointer - there are two buttons - the bottom one is a light, and the top ones shocks you as a joke.  I said to my brother- try the top button, and he did, and he got zapped.

Every day is high 90s and it is the hottest weather we have ever had!  We are very, very, hot. 

eating the crabs we caught at Kiptopeke

our site at Kiptpeke - next time we shouldn't set up in full sun!

Ocean City and Pocomoke!

We are in Ocean City and went to Grand Prix go-karting. It was very fun – there were big tracks and small tracks, some cars were really fast. You had to be 46 inches tall and 12 years old, but we said we were 12. You weren’t supposed to bump, but we did anyways – we closed it one night, and were the last ones on the track. You buy a 2 hour wristband and the best time to go is night.

I waved people over, and when they passed by me, I went out really far and then rammed them as hard as I could. On a left turn I turned into my Dad and wouldn’t let him turn, and was cornering him into the corner, and then I turned right on the turn, and my Dad smashed into the wall. My friends were spinning me out when I was doing this because they knew my trick.

Things to do in Ocean City: Grand Prix go-carting, crab off Frontier town pier, walk on the boardwalk and see lots of shops and things, get saltwater taffy.

Crabbing – we caught lots and lots of keepers and are eating them all. They are delicious. We went to a pier called Public Landing near Snow Hill which was a really good spot for crabs.

cooling off in the Pocomoke pool!

crabbing at Public Landing, Snow Hill, Maryland

it was so hot - the horses had to come down to the ocean to cool off!

Pocomoke State Park – the sites are gorgeous – a lot like the provincial parks. Tonnes of trees and we are in a forest, in a loop with maybe 20 campsites. Good park, but since we just came from Ocean City, we are staying more in this area, and there isn’t a lot. Went into Chincoteague today. It is so hot though…
Record breaking temperatures! Triple number temperatures for many days! It was 120 with humidity for many days. Finally there was a storm today so things might cool down to 90. Our relief the past few days at Pocomoke State Park was the swimming pool and going crabbing at night. There is a diving board at the pool and we do flips and dives off it. They had to do two lifesavings.

Crabbing!

We are at Frontiertown, near Assateague, and there is a great pier for crabbing and fishing.

About the campground:  I like this campground because there is good crabbing.  It is sort of tacky and the sites are pretty close together.  You get to go to the waterpark for free - it is small, but it is a good way to cool off when it is so hot.

How to crab:  to crab, you have to get the bait on a special crabbing line, and when you throw it in, leave it there for a few minutes, and then tense up the line, so if there is a crab on, you will feel him pulling.  If there is, very slowly, pull up the line and see what you have.  Before it is at the surface, you have to scoop it with the net. 


Stories from the pier:  So far, we have caught 5 keepers- at least 5 inches in width, and about 15 little crabs a day.

What has been caught:  This morning I was down at the dock and at the end, there was a guy who was catching a stingray.  It was 3 1/2 feet wide.  He fought it for 2 hours and 25 minutes.  Right at the surface, it broke the line. 

Mmmm!

Cooking the crab:  When we caught some keepers, we put them in a pot and after we boiled them for 20 minutes, they turned red and they were good to eat.  We took all the lungs and liver out of them and ate the meat.  It was delicious!



Will loses his shoe:  When I was watching the guy pulling in the stingray, I saw Will and Christine and Jamie in the marshes.  I asked Christine what they were doing and she said Will lost his shoe in the muck, and we can't find it.  Eventually, they gave up, but they found another shoe that didn't belong to him, but he wore it.

Assateague Island National Seashore!

Wild ponies looking in the window behind Trent

 In assateague  there are lots of ponies.  They come up to your campsite.  There were two incidents:

1.  We were walking and one pony  hit another pony and we were in between.  It was very scary - I was right in front of it.   It looked like it was charging at me.   

2. A person scarde about 8 ponys ran rite bi me and,dad, mom, trent when we were in a little dining tent at nite and they tripped over the wires that were holding the tent to the ground, and shook the whole dining tent.

the Oceanside campsites

Meeting horses on the street

Wild ponies visiting our campsite

 One night when we were sleeping,  a horse bum was itchy and it rubbed it's bum on the trailer, and the trailer started to shake, and all of us woke up, and asked what it was.  Dad looked outside and it was a wild pony.

crabbing at the docks

It is great that Sarge was allowed at the beach

boogy-boarding

A wild pony visiting our campsite.

 

The best things for kids to do in Quebec City!

Walk along the Suspension Bridges at Sainte-Anne Canyon.

Watch the buskers in the main square across from Notre Dame Basilica:

Eat at a good Quebec Restaurant- Cochon Dingue - with a great kids menu!

Practice your French!

And of course go to the Valcartier Water Park!

Will on the zipline!

the view from the campground - this is only a part of the waterpark!

this is the bridge that leads from the campground to the waterpark!  You can go back and forth if you are camping!


Take a walk inside the Chateau Frontenac - it is incredible - and then go see the Quebec Experience down the road - a 3-D movie that tells about the history of Quebec!