More Fun on the Eastern Shore
We have been very busy having a blast visiting with friends and family. Many of our friends insist on throwing parties or taking us on grand adventures. Who are we to protest?! It has been a wonderful visit and we are just a little more than half way through.
We rode up to Blue Hen Spring Works for a front end alignment on our F-450. Only one minor adjustment of a few hundredths of a degree was made, so our alignment remains excellent on the truck. On our way back we stopped at the Nanticoke Indian Museum in Millsboro, Delaware. The picture below is that of a ceremonial head dress that hangs on the wall in the museum.
The building was originally a school for local Indians and other minority people of color segregated at that time. It was staffed by two Native Americans Morning Star and Silver Star. They each guided us through a tour of the exhibits and artifacts. Below Steve is with Silver Star in front of a landscape exhibit that displays the period clothing and animals of the area used for various purposes.
Silver Star was very knowledgeable about not only the Nanticoke Tribe, but all Native American history. Steve told Silver Star of his Great-Great Maternal Grandmother who was supposedly full blooded Souix Indian from eastern North Carolina according to family stories. Silver Star explained that one way scholars have defined tribes for the purpose of study is by linguistic group. And that, native tribes populating North Carolina, comprised three linguistic groups: Iroquoian, Siouan, and Algonquian.
We had always heard knowledgeable people say that the Cherokee Tribe was in North Carolina, and have learned that it is true that the two most prominent Iroquoian tribes were the Cherokee, occupying the Blue Ridge Mountains and regions west and south, and the Tuscarora, occupying the Coastal Plain between Ocracoke Island and Topsail Island inland to the central Piedmont.
Below is Gari standing out front of the small museum.
That's Steve below the sign.
A small and interesting log building out back.
A beautiful banner of a thousand beads hanging high on the wall.
Many stone tools collected from the local area.
The oldest artifacts in the museum.
A beautiful moccasin exhibit... you know how much Steve loves shoes!
We took in a local Shorebirds ball game with our friend Rob.
Even Joe the Astronaut made an appearance!
Although the Home Team did not win that night, we were treated to a sensational pyrotechnics display. This was a very fun evening!
We escorted Kitty the Cat to her doctor to check on her pinched nerve in her lower back. She is doing better with her treatment, but still has a ways to go before she is pain free.
We missed the Kentucky Derby Party with our pals Jim, Michelle and Keith this year, but made up for it with a wonderful Belmont Stakes Party in Parksley, Virginia.
Friends Forever, Gari & Michelle.
More Friends Forever with Keith.
We had a nice visit with our friends at Queen Hive Farm in Atlantic, Virginia. Mark and Jennifer decided that a boat ride would be in order for the day, and what a fun relaxing day it was! We put out at South Point, Virginia and rode through Kegotank Creek to Gargathy Inlet.
We found nice spot to relax on the north point of Metompkin Island at the inlet.
Captain Mark beached the the old Sea Ox near the sinking Oyster Watch House.
After a while we stretched our legs with a 30 minute beach combing expedition. There is Steve with Jennifer and Mark below.
Our curiosity got the best of us and we had to get a closer look...
We have a successful landing party of one! YooHoo, Anybody home?
Captain Mark guides the Ox gently by the local work boats on the creek.
The view of the MARS Launch Pad from Metompkin Island.
I have been advised by reliable source, that the sinking structure is not an oyster watch house, rather a summer cottage. This comes from a long time owner of another summer cottage just a few thousand feet away.
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