Day 11, Monday:
We had another leisure morning. Wake up, watch the ponies while we eat, etc. We were feeling rejuvenated and so we decided to leave the campsite and try out the boardwalk at Ocean City.
Honestly, we were unimpressed. It was difficult to even find a spot to park. I think it was too hot for the kids to appreciate it. It was so commercialized and so packed with people that I can't figure out why anyone except teenagers would appreciate it. We did get an ice cream and visited a souvenir shop that the kids enjoyed checking out, I bought a shirt. I saw many families with wagons filled to the brim with everything they needed to spend the day at the beach. They had to walk through the crowded streets pulling that bloody wagon behind them in the ridiculous heat. It made me appreciate my campsite so much more. I felt spoiled and very fortunate....then I wondered, "Why am I here if I could be back at the camp?" Hmm.....
They indulged me for the picture, but they didn't want to do it.
They did like to play the carnival games though. We bought them each a round and they had to use their own money for more. It worked out nicely b/c since they were kids, they got a stuffed animal even if they lost. They love those things and now they had a souvenir as well.
And what little girl doesn't like the carousel?
I wanted to have an authentic seafood dinner so we stopped at Hoopers, or was it Hoppers? Anyway..we sat outside on the bay and they delivered us the all you can eat buffet. They dumped blue crab right onto our table. We learned they are a lot of work, and pretty gross, but tasty. The shrimp? Without a doubt the best shrimp I've ever had in my life. We must have gotten 4 baskets for the 5 of us.
We went back to the campsite and had a bonfire and smores. We never got into the water that day, but this is the night we found the ghost crabs, so we did spend some time on the beach.
