09/08/2026
Some places stay with you.
For Stacy, that place has always been Assateague Island.
She grew up making annual trips from upstate New York with her family—camping, visiting the Maryland beaches, and watching the wild horses with her mom, dad, and brother.
Life eventually took her west. She built a career, a business, and a family in Idaho. But Assateague remained her happy place.
This year, Stacy and her mom planned another camping trip. A few months before they arrived, she called me with an idea:
Maybe it was finally time to look for a place of her own nearby.
I drove down from DC and spent the day with Stacy and her mom touring homes around Bayside and Berlin.
As we worked through the options, I reminded her of something that had become obvious:
This is your happy place.
Stacy closed on a four-bedroom home at 8695 Egret Loop Lane—close to Assateague, the Maryland beaches, Berlin’s restaurants and shopping, and all of Ocean City’s attractions, with enough space for the entire family.
Now the place that holds so many memories of her childhood can become part of Leah and Colton’s story too.
Some homes are about square footage.
Some are about investment.
And some are about creating a place your family will want to return to again and again.
Where is your happy place?