The Ocean City Boardwalk.
It's one of the great things about this town.
I didn't experience anything like this in St. Augustine growing up.
The boardwalk is about 2.5 miles long.
The beach is on one side of the boardwalk;
the other side has all kinds of family fun--
shops, restaurants, arcades, mini golf,
movie theatres, water slides and amusement parks.
It is a kid's dream!
It is a kid's dream!
There are always lots of people.
The Music Pier, where concerts and other events are held.
Piggy back rides are always fun!
A shot taken from the beach.
People walk, run, rides bikes, and rent surreys
on the boardwalk.
It's full of activity from sun up to sun down.
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It's full of activity from sun up to sun down.
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For the past few years on our last morning here,
our family has ridden bikes to the boardwalk
our family has ridden bikes to the boardwalk
to a specific destination: Oves.
The reason: these.
Those cinnamon ones on the left? To. die. for.
We lock up our bikes, cross the boardwalk and stroll down to a nice spot on the beach.
Our hearts are sad; we don't want to go!
But we choose to be thankful instead--
thankful for the time with family, the memories formed,
the opportunity to relax and have fun.
These are gifts we treasure.
We eat our yummy doughnuts and plan our final day in O.C.
This year?
Kevin, Berkley and Sierra went parasailing!
Hadley and I went downtown ukulele shopping
and then we hit up Crazy Susan's Cookies.
(You know, since we had doughtnuts for breakfast.)
Apparently, there is a Food Network show about this store
called "Tough Cookies".
I've never seen it, but the cookies were out of control.
Then all of us went to the beach one last time.
Hadley and Chase trying to catch a wave.
And Kevin caught a surf board to the eye.
(He has a full fledged shiner now, just in time to head back to work in the morning!)
We lingered as long as we could,
then headed home for a dinner of cheesesteak sandwiches. Classic.
.......
The drive home was long (14.5 hours)
but worth every second.
We had a fantabulous vacation--
black eye and Rosie's brief stint in doggie jail aside,
pretty close to perfection.
And now, it's back to reality.
Let the summer reading begin.
The reason: these.
Our hearts are sad; we don't want to go!
But we choose to be thankful instead--
thankful for the time with family, the memories formed,
the opportunity to relax and have fun.
These are gifts we treasure.
We eat our yummy doughnuts and plan our final day in O.C.
This year?
Hadley and I went downtown ukulele shopping
and then we hit up Crazy Susan's Cookies.
(You know, since we had doughtnuts for breakfast.)
called "Tough Cookies".
I've never seen it, but the cookies were out of control.
Then all of us went to the beach one last time.
(He has a full fledged shiner now, just in time to head back to work in the morning!)
We lingered as long as we could,
then headed home for a dinner of cheesesteak sandwiches. Classic.
.......
The drive home was long (14.5 hours)
but worth every second.
We had a fantabulous vacation--
black eye and Rosie's brief stint in doggie jail aside,
pretty close to perfection.
And now, it's back to reality.
Let the summer reading begin.
okay...those donuts and cookies look pretty much like perfection! And that popcorn you brought back is AMAZING!!! Holy cow! I'm so glad you guys had a great time, but I've even more glad to have you back home :o)
ReplyDeleteyou make me want to pack up and go to the jersey shore. :) the side of the jersey shore where you guys hung out and not the other one that's on tv. :))
ReplyDeleteit sounds like a perfect family vacation....I kind of teared up when you talked about your last day there....what sweet memories together!