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Tangier Island is a great little airplane getaway location!

(Be sure to listen to the audio for the more detailed story.)

Situated in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia, it’s easily accessible with a small airplane.

I borrowed my friend Tom’s Piper Cherokee and took my wife Maria there for a quick one night getaway.

The day before, I prepped the plane and stashed Tom’s folding bicycles and our beach chairs in the back.

The flight there was great and the controller was super helpful working us through the inactive restriced area and pointing out other airplanes to us.

Spending a day on Tangier is like a step back in time… Maria accurately described it as “Coastal Mayberry!” (Remember the Andy Griffith show?)

We stayed at the Brigadune Inn, and it was such a great experience. From start to finish, Barb and Rob Baechtel were incredibly hospitable and easy to work with.

Click here for info about the Brigadune Inn.

Bob was kind enough to pick us up at the airport on a golf cart, and he gave us a mini-tour through town on the way to Brigadune Inn.

The inn was clean and very adequate, and the hospitality was over-the-top amazing.

Loarraine’s seems to be the go-to restaurant in town, (which is also a short walk from the airport,) but you have to plan ahead as they close around 4 pm in the afternoon. We ate lunch and then ordered some food to go so we’d have something to eat later that evening.

The folding bicycles were absolutely the way to travel around the island and we were thankful Tom had suggested we take them!

We enjoyed riding and walking around the small town while being refreshed by a slower pace of life.

The typical way to travel to church is on a golf cart or sport utility vehicle:

There were so many sights that were just enjoyable to see… here’s a sampling of things that got my attention:

Before hopping in the airplane to fly home, we grabbed a quick lunch at Lorraine’s… the crabby fries were a fun and tasty treat!

Time to back-taxi down the runway so we could take off to the North due to wind direction:

All in all, Tangier was a wonderful place to visit, and I’d recommend it if you ever get the opportunity!

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