How Do You Tour Marylands Eastern Shore?
Maryland’s Eastern Shore is flat, providing excellent bicycling opportunities any time except summer weekends, when automobiles fill the roads. Islands of the Chesapeake Bay and numerous inlets and rivers also provide beaches and docks for boats. Quaint historic towns offer opportunities for walkers. Drive across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge from Annapolis to Maryland’s Eastern Shore on U.S. 50. Head south. Congestion and rubbernecking make the ride difficult on Fridays and Saturdays from the end of May through Labor Day weekend. Other times of the year or week are not nearly as bad. Pass the Wye Island Natural Resource Management Area and Pickering Creek Audubon Center. These sites on U.S. 50, before entering the first town, Easton, suggest the importance of bird-watching and sanctuaries on the shore. You can see bald eagles, herons and ospreys. Stop in Easton to enjoy one of three walking tours, available on the web at www.eastonmd.org/download/walktour.pdf. Black ducks flock to the Ced
