Ocean City, MD 2009It's that time of year again... it's our family vacation to Ocean City. As a kid growing up in PA, my parents always took us on an annual family vacation. It was usually a beach vacation. We would alternate our summer outings between Wildwood NJ and Ocean City, MD. The trips became less in frequency when we moved to CT. Perhaps this is because we moved 250 miles away or we were teenagers and we didn't have a desire to 'hang out' with our parents. But as we became adults, we began enjoying our days in OC again. And now as parents, we bring our children.
This year was an interesting year... it's become full circle. Dan and I drove 9 hrs and 360miles with a toddler and an infant to spend time with family and friends. This year we were joined by family (my dad, brother, niece, and cousins) and friends Laurie (college friend) and Karen (friends for almost 30 yrs!!!) and her family and Dave(friend who loves to come to OC) and his nephew. Every year it's always a different group and this year was no different.
This was Haley's first trip and Evan's second. The temperature was a high of at least 90 with a humidity level of stifling and a low of 70 with the same thickness in the air. The warm temps made it 'comfy' for Haley and she spent most of time sleeping (so be lucky to see her eyes open during this trip).
This being Evan's first trip, he got to experience all the fun things to do in Ocean City: mini-golf (he went 3 times and even got a hole in one); building sandcastles and drip castles and moots; playing games on the boardwalk; amusement park rides like the carousel and race cars (scared him); flying kites on the beach; and boogie boarding.
The drive down was difficult. We left at 4:30am and can you believe that Evan was awake the whole time except for about 20 minutes (when Haley woke up and was hungry). And that lack of sleep stayed with Evan the whole week.... even after he took a 4.5 hr nap one day. And when we finally got to our unit, Evan literally was running around in circles for about 15 minutes!!! Guess he felt cooped up in the car.
Jellyfish: So on our first full day in MD, we went to the beach... all of us (imagine 5 umbrellas, about 9 or 10 chairs and 24 of us) were enjoying the relief the water gave from the 90 degree + heat and humidity... and the waves were crashing at our ankles and knees (depending on how tall you were) and others were body surfing and boogie boarding... then IT happened. Like a scene from 'Jaws', someone spotted IT... a jellyfish... and then another and another and soon folks were getting out of the water and away from the site. Unfortunately, we all weren't that lucky!!! Little 3 yr old Chris was playing in the water with his bucket when a wave crashed at his knee... and then it was instantly that the screams began, it was instantly the cries and tears came and it was instantly that we realized that wave was carrying a jellyfish and it stung his knee. That was the last time Chris went into the water and the last time his family was able to enjoy the ocean.
All in all it was a great trip... beaching it up, using the pool, the boardwalk, outlet shopping, kite flying, dining out and spending time with friends and family. Have to go and de-vacation and then I'll be back with more stories!!!
This year was an interesting year... it's become full circle. Dan and I drove 9 hrs and 360miles with a toddler and an infant to spend time with family and friends. This year we were joined by family (my dad, brother, niece, and cousins) and friends Laurie (college friend) and Karen (friends for almost 30 yrs!!!) and her family and Dave(friend who loves to come to OC) and his nephew. Every year it's always a different group and this year was no different.
This was Haley's first trip and Evan's second. The temperature was a high of at least 90 with a humidity level of stifling and a low of 70 with the same thickness in the air. The warm temps made it 'comfy' for Haley and she spent most of time sleeping (so be lucky to see her eyes open during this trip).
This being Evan's first trip, he got to experience all the fun things to do in Ocean City: mini-golf (he went 3 times and even got a hole in one); building sandcastles and drip castles and moots; playing games on the boardwalk; amusement park rides like the carousel and race cars (scared him); flying kites on the beach; and boogie boarding.
The drive down was difficult. We left at 4:30am and can you believe that Evan was awake the whole time except for about 20 minutes (when Haley woke up and was hungry). And that lack of sleep stayed with Evan the whole week.... even after he took a 4.5 hr nap one day. And when we finally got to our unit, Evan literally was running around in circles for about 15 minutes!!! Guess he felt cooped up in the car.
Jellyfish: So on our first full day in MD, we went to the beach... all of us (imagine 5 umbrellas, about 9 or 10 chairs and 24 of us) were enjoying the relief the water gave from the 90 degree + heat and humidity... and the waves were crashing at our ankles and knees (depending on how tall you were) and others were body surfing and boogie boarding... then IT happened. Like a scene from 'Jaws', someone spotted IT... a jellyfish... and then another and another and soon folks were getting out of the water and away from the site. Unfortunately, we all weren't that lucky!!! Little 3 yr old Chris was playing in the water with his bucket when a wave crashed at his knee... and then it was instantly that the screams began, it was instantly the cries and tears came and it was instantly that we realized that wave was carrying a jellyfish and it stung his knee. That was the last time Chris went into the water and the last time his family was able to enjoy the ocean.All in all it was a great trip... beaching it up, using the pool, the boardwalk, outlet shopping, kite flying, dining out and spending time with friends and family. Have to go and de-vacation and then I'll be back with more stories!!!
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