Friday, December 19, 2008 - Field Trip to Salisbury, MD

Today the team took a field trip to Salisbury on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Since all of us live or work in New Castle County it seemed only appropriate to venture south and get a feel for life in this part of our Rotary district. We met with Don Hackett who is a Rotarian with the Wicomico County Rotary Club. Don began his Rotary experience as a GSE team member to South Africa in 1995. It was an added bonus of the day for the team members to hear about his experience as a team member. They got to ask a lot of questions about what they can expect during the trip. Don so enjoyed his GSE experience that he joined Rotary and now is District Governor Nominee for 2010-11.
After chatting with Don for a while we visited the Wicomico County Tourism Office and then the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art (pictured). Affiliated with Salisbury University, the Ward Museum houses an impressive collection of wildfowl art and carvings. It is named for brothers Lem and Steve Ward of Crisfield, MD - "wildlife counterfeiters in wood" - who elevated decoy carving to a fine art.