second and edgemont

creating space for beauty & simplicity

  • About
  • Gallery
    • Garden
    • Home

Assateague Island and Banana Boats

May 19, 2014

IMG_2932
IMG_2940
IMG_2943
IMG_2949
IMG_2960
IMG_2971
IMG_2987
IMG_2992
IMG_3018
IMG_3049
IMG_3060
IMG_3064
IMG_3071
IMG_3081
We ventured south for our annual Assateague Island getaway this past weekend. The weather was absolutely perfect and so was the time spent with our most favorite friends. If you have never camped on a beach, I highly recommend it. Falling asleep and waking to the sound of the ocean is pure bliss. The first night I was woken to a full moon streaming through our tent and the song of the Eastern Whippoorwill. The second night I fell asleep kissed by the sun and fresh air and slept like a log. Harry and I were the first ones up each morning to catch the sunrise and there were even a few wild pony sitings.
The kids romped in the water and played in the dunes which always reminds me of the book Roxaboxen.
There was a roaring campfire each night along with jokes and ghost stories.
And of course there were marshmallows and s’mores. But our favorite is a banana boat hot off the flames. It’s like a campfire sundae!

Banana Boats

Peel back one piece of banana peel.
Scoop out a channel and eat.
Fill channel with chocolate chips, nuts, coconut, peanut butter, fresh berries.
Pull peel back over and wrap whole banana in tin foil.
Roast over fire until warm and gooey.
Grab a spoon and dig in.

IMG_2966
IMG_2969

Filed Under: Adventures & Getaways, In the Kitchen Tagged With: 2014, adventure, assateague island, banana boat, beach, campfire, camping, getaway, may, spring, tent

Recent Posts

  • Thumbprints
  • The Lemon Drop
  • Kombucha
  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
  • This Week’s Vignette

Comments

  1. Tracey says

    May 21, 2014 at 2:51 am

    I checked out a book for my daughter not long ago about the ponies of Assateague Island-we loved it and I thought it looked like an amazing place to be able to visit. You’re lucky you are able to go there annually!

  2. Lydia Rehrman says

    May 21, 2014 at 9:10 pm

    These pictures are so beautiful! We are planning to camp at Assateague this summer, and I’m wondering if you stayed in the MD state park or the National park? Thank you!

    • amy says

      June 22, 2014 at 1:18 am

      We camp at the national Park (ocean side).

  3. Alicia P. says

    May 22, 2014 at 3:12 pm

    I think I first started reading your blog right after one of these trips — I was a horse girl growing up and my DREAM was to go to Assateague Island. Your photos capture the magic of it exactly as it seemed in my imagination — yours are way better, actually. I’m so happy for you. It looks absolutely enchanted. xo

  4. Molly says

    July 17, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    I found your blog for the first time today and your reference to Roxaboxen has instantly guaranteed my readership. I find myself thinking of Roxaboxen when out and about with my son at the beach or in the dry hills.

Welcome Welcome Amy Johnson is a writer, photographer, gardener, teacher, mother and wife living on the corner of Second and Edgemont. She creates space for beauty and simplicity in all that she does.
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Amy at Tend Collective

tend collective

Categories

  • Adventures & Getaways
  • At Home
  • Entertaining
  • In the Garden
  • In the Kitchen
  • Projects
  • Thrifting
  • Through the Seasons
  • Traditions and Celebrations

Gallery: Home

Home Gallery

Gallery: Garden

Garden
  • About
  • Garden
  • Home
  • Archive
  • Tend Collective

Tags

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 adventure april august autumn backyard beach birthday celebration christmas december february friends garden hannah holiday holidays home january july june kitchen lake lake shehawken mama march may norah november october old site papa september spring summer tend tradition traditions vacation winter

Archive

Return to top of page

Copyright © 2019 · Second and Edgemont · Site Design by Nomad Farm