Down South
Wow...I let another 3 months lapse between postings....Nice resolve to update more often, eh?
Well first I'll recap the past week, which was one of the biggest in recent memory...Me and Jill celebrated our 2nd anniversary down at the shore! The jerzy shore, Ocean City! Normally I went to Atlantic City when I was younger (we even spent the whole summer there when I was 7...that's my dad's idea of a family vacation heh), but this place is only 10 min away from there and has all the benefits, minus the gambling hehe. We went down there on Saturday, fought through a bit of traffic, but got in around 3:30 and checked in to The Forum, one of the nicest hotels there. It's only about a block's walk from the boardwalk, which is also nice. I lugged the Xbox with me too so we could play X-Men Legends and Halo at the hotel. I was originally worried it would be one of those tvs that had aall the cables locked up in the back, but this one was nice like everything else about the place, and it had the a/v jacks, and it even had a little shelf underneath for the Xbox to stay! This was a source of delight for me and Jill to no end.
The weekend got off to a good start! liquidsynergy, distortedsoundz, djschmitty, and Jeff just happened to be on the shore at the same time!! It was like Shampoop on the beach! We went into the water and took some pictures, and we all had a ball on the beach. Later, we met up at a restaurant in Sea Isle that turned out to be booked for the evening and ended up at a 50s retro diner that wasn't terribly impressive, but alright. It was really good to see everyone there. Sunday came, and we went to the beach again. The waves were quite high compared to the other days, and I got knocked around good (always fun!). Two of Jill's friends stopped by also and spent the morning with us. Much shopping was done, and we had more fun. One of the hotels was supposedly haunted, and we went in to see a picture of the ghost, but we were told it wasn't there anymore, and so we left disappointed. The fun and games went on til Tuesday, when it was time to come back. I really didn't want to leave, it's just so great there. But it didn't stop there...Wednesday was Shampoopoo. I've only been there twice in the past year or something, and its only been in recent weeks I've been able to start coming out more. I had lots of fun seeing everybody again.
While it's fun to go to the beach, (and this should come as no surprise) the definite highlight of the trip was the FEWD! The place is littered with candy shops everywhere...They sell all kinds of candy, especially fresh-made fudge and taffy, and some of the places even have the factory right there! We really stocked up on everything to bring back...The restaurants there were also top-notch, and it was hard to fit all of them in for one trip. Great seafood and atmosphere fo sho.
There was way too much that went on to report it all in detail so I'll just stop right here. It was a great vacation and I hope to go back again soon!
Since I've hardly been photographed or posted any pics in many months, I leave you with this picture taken just before the beach:
Well first I'll recap the past week, which was one of the biggest in recent memory...Me and Jill celebrated our 2nd anniversary down at the shore! The jerzy shore, Ocean City! Normally I went to Atlantic City when I was younger (we even spent the whole summer there when I was 7...that's my dad's idea of a family vacation heh), but this place is only 10 min away from there and has all the benefits, minus the gambling hehe. We went down there on Saturday, fought through a bit of traffic, but got in around 3:30 and checked in to The Forum, one of the nicest hotels there. It's only about a block's walk from the boardwalk, which is also nice. I lugged the Xbox with me too so we could play X-Men Legends and Halo at the hotel. I was originally worried it would be one of those tvs that had aall the cables locked up in the back, but this one was nice like everything else about the place, and it had the a/v jacks, and it even had a little shelf underneath for the Xbox to stay! This was a source of delight for me and Jill to no end.
The weekend got off to a good start! liquidsynergy, distortedsoundz, djschmitty, and Jeff just happened to be on the shore at the same time!! It was like Shampoop on the beach! We went into the water and took some pictures, and we all had a ball on the beach. Later, we met up at a restaurant in Sea Isle that turned out to be booked for the evening and ended up at a 50s retro diner that wasn't terribly impressive, but alright. It was really good to see everyone there. Sunday came, and we went to the beach again. The waves were quite high compared to the other days, and I got knocked around good (always fun!). Two of Jill's friends stopped by also and spent the morning with us. Much shopping was done, and we had more fun. One of the hotels was supposedly haunted, and we went in to see a picture of the ghost, but we were told it wasn't there anymore, and so we left disappointed. The fun and games went on til Tuesday, when it was time to come back. I really didn't want to leave, it's just so great there. But it didn't stop there...Wednesday was Shampoopoo. I've only been there twice in the past year or something, and its only been in recent weeks I've been able to start coming out more. I had lots of fun seeing everybody again.
While it's fun to go to the beach, (and this should come as no surprise) the definite highlight of the trip was the FEWD! The place is littered with candy shops everywhere...They sell all kinds of candy, especially fresh-made fudge and taffy, and some of the places even have the factory right there! We really stocked up on everything to bring back...The restaurants there were also top-notch, and it was hard to fit all of them in for one trip. Great seafood and atmosphere fo sho.
There was way too much that went on to report it all in detail so I'll just stop right here. It was a great vacation and I hope to go back again soon!
Since I've hardly been photographed or posted any pics in many months, I leave you with this picture taken just before the beach: