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The Daily Times Weekend Maryland 1 -Pocao- I A 28. 1990 Chincoteague offers nearby getaway visiting the Misty Museum and Salisbury, the islands are a family-oriented getaway focusing on nature's wonders. The islands are most famous for wild ponies that live on Assateague. Each summer, Chinco-league's volunteer firefighters thin the herd by chasing the ponies across the narrow channel between the two islands and auctioning them off. The pony auction takes place each year in midsummer.

Despite the warning sign about biting and kicking, a few ponies are tame enough to walk up to visitors, nuzzle their hands, and allow themselves to be petted. About 200 ponies share Assateague island with scads of other species. Deer, birds, rare squirrels and other animals live in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague. ry festival in July, and an oyster festival in October. For information call the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce at (804) 336-6161.

TIXE KINGSTON TRIO 1 rJ In Concert at Tht Avolon Iheatri Wim Original Mwnbwt lob Shan ft Nick Reynold WMMRS Of 1WO AWAflOt NUMC cx6tiumcout TOU DOOUT. 'A WOMKO TK KVtBNO MA HACtf WMOI MAV! Ml HOim tQHt-VTA' TftlANA JAA7 TIIB KINGSTON TRIO OCTOBER 6th Two Showi 7 pm ft 9 Ticket pricei from 'lSfo'X EASTON. MARYLAND TtekfCtt 822-2500 And then there's the Assateague Island National Seashore, a 37-mile stretch of unspoiled beach. Several visitors centers and museums, such as the Refuge Waterfowl Museum, help tourists get the most from what nature offers. The Toms Cove visitors center along the beach has an exhibit on the island's wildlife and provides tips on how to hunt for your own clams and crabs.

Visitors may also take guided walking tours of the island. Other tours take to the water, offering the traveler a chance to cruise down the Assateague channel or fish in local waters. A day's admission to Assateague costs $3 per vehicle. On Chincoteague, there are a variety of things to do including water; a 90-foot high side-winder loop; two loops side by side in a butterfly configuration; and a twisting, turning, corkscrew all at speeds exceeding 50 miles per hour. riding ponies.

Or you might visit the Oyster Museum, which pays tribute to the island's oyster industry. It contains marine life exhibits and tools used in oyster farming. Chincoteague's small-town atmosphere contrasts with the wild, open feeling of Assateague. Small houses line Chincoteague's narrow streets, where the island's 3,535 residents live. Many of the island's shops cater to visitors, offering everything from homemade ice cream to beach clothing to polished seashells.

Stores specializing in hand-carved duck decoys and other animal replicas pepper the island, as do seafood restaurants. Residents host several annual events, including the Decoy and Arts Festival in April, a blueber The Anaconda represents the 10th attraction in as many years to be introduced at Kings Domin- ion. The Anaconda is expected to open in March. unveil new coaster in '91 CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) "Wild ponies bite and kick.

Keep your distance," warns the sign along the roadside. You probably couldn't see a sign like that anywhere else in the state but on Chincoteague and Assateague islands, just off Virginia's Eastern Shore. It's the place families come to visit Stormy, the daughter of the pony made famous in Marguerite Henry's children's book, Misty of Chincoteague. It's the place where tourists dine on fresh, tender seafood and visit places like the Oyster Museum. It's the place where a person can stand alone on a vast, wild beach and feel terrified and awed by the churning Atlantic Ocean.

Located about 50 miles from Park to RICHMOND, Va. In 1991, Kings Dominion introduces Anaconda, a one-of-a-kind giant steel coaster which turns riders upside down a total of six times and is the only looping rollercoaster in the world that features an underwater tunnel. Built over the park's Lake Charles, Anaconda has been designed exclusively for Kings Dominion and includes a succession Foliage tour WILMINGTON On Oct. 13, 20 and 27, the Wilmington Western Railroad, Delaware's only scenic railroad, has scheduled its annual series of fall foliage trips through the historic Red Clay Valley. The Autumn Leaf Specials are 20-mile round trip train excursions to Hockessin, Del.

through open meadows and wooded hills ablaze with autumn colors. of breath-taking thrills that have never been incorporated into one steel coaster before, a spokesman said. The new $5 million attraction will send riders over 2,700 feet of steel track that includes a spectacular 130-foot high lift, followed by a 90-degree turn and a succeeding drop of 144 feet; 126-foot underwater tunnel; a vertical loop which rises 100 feet off the scheduled Departing on three consecutive Saturdays in October, at Green-bank Station on Route 41 Just north of Route 2, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a ride that covers the railroad's entire line that includes 20 bridges and three rock cuts.

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