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Road Trip

Big Chicken
State Route 13, a few miles north of Exmore, Virginia

We just spent four glorious days in Chincoteague Island, Virginia. We are reluctantly back, but already planning our next trip out to Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Getting there is half the fun. Once you get through Norfolk and onto the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, you're already on vacation. Read the names of the towns and roads: Machipongo, Kiptopeake, Nassawadox, Wachapreague… Route 13 runs parallel to old train tracks that start at Cape Charles and is lined with crape myrtles. We figured that the counties must have gotten a deal on all those trees and, sure enough, we passed a crape myrtle nursery (probably the crape myrtle nursery).

We also passed lots of cornfields. And produce stands, seafood stands, and antique shops. Many of the antique shops are really honest. They have signs out claiming that they have "Junk and Good Stuff." Some places only have "Stuff." One place had "Visionary Folk Art," antiques, and bait. You can find bait most anywhere.

This chicken stood out in front of two metal industrial buildings. A Buick and some construction vehicles were in the gravel parking lot. The buildings were as unmarked as the chicken's sign. Presumably, this is a need-to-know kind of establishment.

213 words | September 12, 2005 08:27 PM | Wish you were here