Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Beach Day 2014

Our second annual beach day was a blast!  Last year Lois and I and our families went to Virginia Beach on Labor Day and it was great.  We did a beach day on Labor Day this year too, and I think we've found a perfect beach day.  The traffic was good, crowds were fine, and it's a fun outing to look forward too before summer officially ends.

This year we met up with our friend Mary in her hometown of North Wildwood, NJ.  We started off the day with a yummy breakfast at a restaurant that Mary worked at in high school.  We got the "special" for $2.99!  Two huge pancakes, with eggs and bacon.  I loved the cinnamon syrup too.  And we were right on the boardwalk.  Pretty fun.
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After a delicious breakfast we parked a few blocks from the beach (free streetside parking!) and walked in.  It was a great beach, with lifeguards too! The weather was great and we had a lovely time.  Enjoy the picture overload!
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We ordered pizza for lunch and the slices were huge!  Thanks Chris for helping Lee with the pizza! 
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After the beach we stopped at Mary's house and everyone showered in her parent's outdoor shower---complete with warm water!  Before we left Mary gave us all some yummy gourmet ice cream for the road.  We made it home in good time, but were exhausted.  Some of the kids were late to school the next day too...oops! Can't wait for next year's beach day! 

1 comment:

Melissa S. said...

Looks like so much fun. I loooooove cinnamon syrup too!