Thorn and the Rose Cape May

... I know who you are becaue you're my only check-in today. So, I'm going to put you on another one of my properties, follow me!" So across the street we drove to another motel with more guests (I think I counted four other cars) and stayed there. OK... September is slow for beach motels.

Back to our morning: With our late scheduled start we could have slept till 10! However, I believe my exact words were "Memories are ...

... online. Somehow, I found the Travel Insider web site and the package featured several things that sounded appealing - discounts, add-ons, a great itinerary, and a cruise company that we had used before & enjoyed very much. I also spoke to the "host" - the Travel Insider himself - and found him to be pleasant, well-informed, and enthusiastic about the trip.

An auspicious start, I thought.

... slip when I told him we were going to LA and his reply was “she MIGHT make it”. But as this was an adventure and my eBay trust was at stake I gave him the money and let Cath follow me (I was driving the caddy) to drop off the caddy at budget. Cath’s face was a look of OMG but the deal was done so it was off we set heading to the resort town of ocean city.

Ocean city is a narrow strip of land with only two main roads both ...

Mom and I had a great time relaxing at the beach for a few days. We got in by about 1:30 or so on Sunday. We then had a lazy afternoon getting some food and exploring town a bit. Our inn provided afternoon tea everyday at 3:30. Got the best recipe ever for a new Peanut butter/Chocolate cookie I can't wait to try.

Monday we hit the beach all day and I definitely ...

We decided to make it a long day for the trip down Delaware Bay is kind of a wasteland for boaters. In fact, its kind of a nasty body of water. There is nothing much to see there short of the nuclear power plant....wow. There is a great deal of shipping with large ships coming out of Philly and tides provide serious current pro or con. In fact, it is essential that the cruiser plan for the current to avoid dropping SOGs in ...

... tattoo parlours and hot dog stalls.....
And also Stone Harbour - another quaint and seriously upmarket vacation town, although looking around the other people on the streets we had to ask if we were old enough to be there - there were so many blue rinses and walking frames!
Out to Cape May Point to see the light house; to check out the wreck of an experimental concrete hulled boat; to investigate the wildlife reserve; but most importantly - to play ...

... credit card to do so. Consider this your little screw-you back to the town that will have to pony up a small percentage back to the credit card company for the priviledge of accepting payment with their cards. If you have a card that pays rewards like I do then even better, use that one to further cushion the insult of getting caught in this **** in the first place. (Accepting credit card payments was also buried at the bottom of the ticket... I ...

Leah came down to meet me and Andy in Rehoboth Beach, DE before packing up the car and hitting the road. Since the weather was so nice, we decided to take the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to enjoy the scenery that surrounds it. Somewhere along the way (maybe 3 hours into the 16 hr car ride, the heat stopped working. I later was told by a mechanic that I was at the boiling/freezing point for my radiator fluid or something...makes sense now). Our ride down wasn't ...

Labor Day. Three Day Weekend. NEW JERSEY SHORE. Woohoo! My parents drove down from Northern Jersey. Silke and I drove up from Washington, DC. The weather was perfect. It was a nice chance to relax in the sun and surf.

Nach der Gewalttour in WDC und der daraus resultiereden Müdugkeit kommen wir erst etwas später vom Kampground weg. Auf geht es nach Cape May, New Jersey, damit wir neben den lieblichen Häusern auch den Atlantik zu Gesicht bekommen. Eine gleich vorweg: Die Fahrten daueren einfach immer länger als geplant und so kommen wir erst gegen 16h am Strand an. Sehr zum Leidwesen der Damen, die die Mittagshitze ...