Ocean City, MD (Frontier Town)
We packed up early on Thursday (the 29th) and started down to just outside of Ocean City Maryland. A fine little campground named Frontier Town. It’s quite a nice little campground. There is a waterpark just outside the main gate (free if you are a camper) and there is a nice miniature golf course there as well. There is plenty to do if the weather is bad, there are numerous arcades available.
The campground is about 5 miles from Ocean City, MD and we had a nice little walk on the boardwalk on Friday afternoon… we were all quite impressed. We are also about 5 miles from Assateague Island (where the wild ponies are).
The journey down here on Thursday had its bumps. We ended up driving through a really bad thunderstorm which included hail. Emily was quite freaked out by the storm and started chanting that she wanted to go home. All was clear when we arrived, though, so we were able to set up camp without much issue. We pretty much spent the night just getting the lay of the land and figuring out where everything was.
Friday morning, we slowly headed out to the waterpark. It opens at 10:00 and we were there bright and early for the kids to play. The weather was perfect for a morning at the water park. We stayed there until about 12:30 and then we came back to have lunch.
After lunch, we wanted to head up to Assoteague park to see some of the wildlife. We made it about 300 yards on the nature trail when I was overcome by biting bugs. I must have had about 20 bites on each leg and then some on my neck and arms. No one else was bothered as much, but it cut our stay there quite short.
We then wanted to check out Ocean City itself. We drove down and parked and took a short stroll on the boardwalk. We were all quite impressed with the city and the beaches and boardwalk. We will probably try to stop back there again tomorrow.
From there we came back to camp for dinner. After dinner, Matt and I went out for a quick game of miniature golf and some ice cream. It was nice and relaxing. We topped the evening off with a nice campfire and bedtime for a ll. Quite a fun-filled, tiring day. And we still have all day tomorrow!