HAPPY EASTER !! It brought us upon the bright idea to make our way to the Eastern Shore, from the South of Baltimore till Downtown Annapolis, visiting Bar Harbor, Pinehurst, Lake shore, Gibson island and Cape Saint Claire. 
Giovanni da Verrazano is thought to have visited the Atlantic coast near Chincoteague Bay in 1524. In 1526, Spanish explorers sailed into Chesapeake Bay and called it Santa Maria, a name that appears on a 1556 map. In 1608, Captain John Smith of Virginia became the first authenticated European visitor. March 23, 2008, Sr Captain Patrick Jean-Louis Helena Bielen was most likely one of the last European visitors ... Discover the pix in our Picasa webalbum HERE.