(Monday, August 10, 2009)
Well, what can I say?
With temps in the high 90's and a heat index of 105 it was not day day for walking trails and being active people. It's the kind of day that snakes spend beneath rocks and hippos don't bother getting out of their river.
My Kate went with her cousins to the beach in the morning with Grammy and Dad and I... stayed home. Most people don't really get that. I rarely take the time to actually sit and READ a book and when I get an opportunity handed to me like that... I take it. Sometimes when Gran takes Kate for the day, she seems to expect that Jeff and I will spent a whirlwind day going places and doing things.
The reality is.... we'd much rather just hang around and be... us.
Anyhow.... we spent a good portion of the day reading and then decided to wander out and get a few supplies that were needed (like water) and just drive around the island a bit. We drove out past the NASA Wallops Island Facility and looked at things through the chain link fence and hoped that we weren't going to be mistaken for terrorists.
Then we drove around Chincoteague Island just looking at things that I remembered from other summers. Tom's Cove Campground, other properties that we had stayed in, the giant viking, docks, food places, etc....
When everyone returned to home base we headed out to dinner. Not just any dinner. I guess I better explain.
A billion years ago, my Mom and a friend had been traveling in this part of the world and had stumbled across a restaurant with a nice view over the waterfront at a Marina. They had a lovely lunch there and then continued on their way.
Mom has wanted to return there. She couldn't remember the name of it, the town it was in, anything about it except for a vague memory of what direction it was in. She had Gretchen and Steve driving around last year in an attempt to find it.
Enter the Web Ferret.
Gretchen asked me to try my hand at the internet to help find it. After pumping Mom for as much information as I could, I dove into the burrows and tunnels of the interweb (Jeff hates when I call it that). Sniffing my way through Google, I found a likely suspect. It appears that the Web Ferret was successful.
So, off to The Island House Restaurant in a small coastal town known as Wachapreague, Virginia.
http://www.wachapreague.com/theislandhouse.html
We had a lovely dinner for the most part.
http://www.wachapreague.com/MENU/IslandHouseDinner%20Menu.pdf
Kate had chicken tenders, fries, and applesauce and also shared Mom's shrimp cocktail. Jeff started with the Clams Casino and then had the 1st Mate's catch. I had the crab quesadillas and a Prince cut of delmonico steak. For which I got much harrassment about. Oh, noes! I got a steak at a seafood joint!
Honestly? I wasn't totally thrilled by the selections offered and decided that I would order a steak that I knew I would enjoy (have I mentioned that British beef.... quite frankly.... sucks) than a seafood meal that I may or may not enjoy. So there.
Anyhow... Jeff ended up sharing my crab thingy... I enjoyed my steak and other than the lipstick on Gretchen's glass, Steve getting the wrong starter (which they quickly replaced) and Jeff getting sweet potato fries instead of a baked potato (which was also quickly replaced) we had a nice time. The mystery of the Missing Restaurant was solved and the day ended peacefully with full tummies.
(Coming for Tuesday.... Beach and Ice Cream.)
Well, what can I say?
With temps in the high 90's and a heat index of 105 it was not day day for walking trails and being active people. It's the kind of day that snakes spend beneath rocks and hippos don't bother getting out of their river.
My Kate went with her cousins to the beach in the morning with Grammy and Dad and I... stayed home. Most people don't really get that. I rarely take the time to actually sit and READ a book and when I get an opportunity handed to me like that... I take it. Sometimes when Gran takes Kate for the day, she seems to expect that Jeff and I will spent a whirlwind day going places and doing things.
The reality is.... we'd much rather just hang around and be... us.
Anyhow.... we spent a good portion of the day reading and then decided to wander out and get a few supplies that were needed (like water) and just drive around the island a bit. We drove out past the NASA Wallops Island Facility and looked at things through the chain link fence and hoped that we weren't going to be mistaken for terrorists.
Then we drove around Chincoteague Island just looking at things that I remembered from other summers. Tom's Cove Campground, other properties that we had stayed in, the giant viking, docks, food places, etc....
When everyone returned to home base we headed out to dinner. Not just any dinner. I guess I better explain.
A billion years ago, my Mom and a friend had been traveling in this part of the world and had stumbled across a restaurant with a nice view over the waterfront at a Marina. They had a lovely lunch there and then continued on their way.
Mom has wanted to return there. She couldn't remember the name of it, the town it was in, anything about it except for a vague memory of what direction it was in. She had Gretchen and Steve driving around last year in an attempt to find it.
Enter the Web Ferret.
Gretchen asked me to try my hand at the internet to help find it. After pumping Mom for as much information as I could, I dove into the burrows and tunnels of the interweb (Jeff hates when I call it that). Sniffing my way through Google, I found a likely suspect. It appears that the Web Ferret was successful.
So, off to The Island House Restaurant in a small coastal town known as Wachapreague, Virginia.
http://www.wachapreague.com/theislandhouse.html
We had a lovely dinner for the most part.
http://www.wachapreague.com/MENU/IslandHouseDinner%20Menu.pdf
Kate had chicken tenders, fries, and applesauce and also shared Mom's shrimp cocktail. Jeff started with the Clams Casino and then had the 1st Mate's catch. I had the crab quesadillas and a Prince cut of delmonico steak. For which I got much harrassment about. Oh, noes! I got a steak at a seafood joint!
Honestly? I wasn't totally thrilled by the selections offered and decided that I would order a steak that I knew I would enjoy (have I mentioned that British beef.... quite frankly.... sucks) than a seafood meal that I may or may not enjoy. So there.
Anyhow... Jeff ended up sharing my crab thingy... I enjoyed my steak and other than the lipstick on Gretchen's glass, Steve getting the wrong starter (which they quickly replaced) and Jeff getting sweet potato fries instead of a baked potato (which was also quickly replaced) we had a nice time. The mystery of the Missing Restaurant was solved and the day ended peacefully with full tummies.
(Coming for Tuesday.... Beach and Ice Cream.)
1 comment:
nanananana, we went for ice cream without you!!! Ice cream for a late lunch! Pineapple and coconut in a waffle cone, drool!
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