For the next day of
Fourth of July weekend, Jason and I were reunited with the beach in Ocean City,
Maryland. It’s been almost a year that’s come and gone without tanning on the
sand or walking through the surf. It was good to be back. There was a bizarre,
thick fog hanging over the water so we decided to hit the boardwalk first. We walked through the Jolly Roger, a small carnival like area, with games to win stuffed animals and a Ferris wheel. We didn’t really know where to start and wandered in and out of shops as we continued along the boardwalk.
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The Pepsi Ferris wheel |
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Ocean City's pier |
We bought soft served ice cream from the Kohr Brothers and ignored a vendor who tried to sell us a hermit crab. Further down the boardwalk we encountered Pastor Hoffman’s sand sculptures of Christ on the cross, Moses and the 10 Commandments, and the Last Supper. We admired the incredible detail along with everyone else and kept on walking.
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Jason knows the way to my heart: ice cream |
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Danie's got the directions |
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I guess we didn't need to buy a postcard, but we did anyway |
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Handpainted hermit crab shells |
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Jason called this The Last Sandper, get it? |
In the distance, Jason
thought he saw tons of flags waving in the air for a sale. As we got closer, we
realized that they were a mass of kites. I’ve never seen so many different
kites floating on there own and so high up in the sky. It was definitely worthy
of a picture.
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Let's go fly a kite |
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I've never seen so many kites |
As Jason and I were
walking along the boardwalk, we were looking for a place to lay our beach
towels on the sand, but we thought it was odd that even though the beach was
swarming with people, nobody was swimming in the ocean. Jason usually would
have rolled his eyes at my mention of a ‘shark’, but this time he believed me.
We went down to the water to check it out for ourselves and it turned out that
the water was just freezing. This certainly did not stop Jason from getting in
the water to search for sand crabs and shells. I put my sunglasses on and
basked in the sun from a distance. When Jason got too cold, we packed up our things and made our way back to the boardwalk. We actually walked the entire 2.4-mile boardwalk and ended up taking a tram back to where we started and headed back to our hotel in Salisbury.
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Even dipping my toes in the water was too much! |
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Jason's on the search for shells |
The next afternoon we met up with one of my good friends, Betsy, her
husband, Steve, and their two adorable girls. It was so awesome to see her and
catch up over Mexican food at Plaza Tapatia. After enjoying a great lunch, we
parted ways and Jason and I headed to Assateague State Park. This state park is
supposedly known for having wild horses run along the beach. Total let down. We
saw just two horses as we were paying for parking, which honestly made us think
wow—the first 2 of many! Unfortunately, these were the only horses we saw and
of course, we didn’t take a picture.
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It's weird to think horses can be wild |