Category: Activities

  I have always admired the collections of sea glass in local properties- thinking that it couldn’t all be from our local beaches.   Wouldn’t I have noticed that much glass under foot??

A friend’s display in a vase on her kitchen counter prompted me to toss the few pieces I had into a glass container and add to it over time.

Now that I’m looking,  I find a few pieces each time I walk…and my container is 3/4 full. 

I joke that the dolphins know my morning routine and join me for my walk…but now that I’m scanning the sand, they aren’t getting my full attention.  Plus, my pace is slower and I wonder why my neck has a twinge  😉

The weather changed as I walked this morning.  The humid breeze from the south east switched to a hot and dry west wind. 

Still a perfect morning to be on the beach…or out in the water fishing!

The ocean temperatures are back in the comfortable range – 72 degrees reported yesterday.

 Barrier Island:  surrounded by water on all sides.  For a toddler from Colorado, that’s very exciting.  

For those of us who live here and see the ocean every day, it’s fun to experience it through their eyes.   

 

 Enthusiasm for an early morning kayaking trip in the back bay  🙂

 Family still in town, and the schedule is busy!

The ocean temperature is very warm for this time of year…even “Nan” is willing to go in!

 

 

 Last night, we made the annual visit to the Wildwood boardwalk.  Once a year is enough for me… it’s a relief to cross back over the bridge to our more low key island  🙂

The boardwalk was packed- a good sign for tourism at the Jersey Shore.

People on vacation are determined to make the best of it…even though it’s been raining since, what March?

Yesterday looked hopeful, then heavy rain moved  in.  A break later in the day, then a torrential downpour.  A beautiful double rainbow and deep puddles to entertain the kids rounded out the day!

Stay positive…tomorrow’s weather forecast calls for some SUN  🙂

Those of us who live here full time or in the summer find it entertaining to watch the rental properties in our neighborhood. 

Every Saturday, a new family arrives to make claim to their shore rental home.  It’s like a different TV series for us each week (sounds pathetic…but it’s true).

The tenants intrigue us with their “toys” (like the motor home AND jet skies above), fancy cars (as long as they don’t park in front of our house!), and gatherings on the deck. 

And then they sadly pack up the following week, and the cycle starts all over again.

There are 2 distinct groups at the shore:  beach people and bay people.  Similar to your religious or political affiliation- you are who you are.  

Sure, a mixed marriage can work, but eventually one spouse will cave to the pressure and convert.

So you have the bay front owners  fluent in bulkheads, floating docks, and fishing gear…and the other property owners who can’t understand why someone would want to live that far from the beach.

I am a beach person at heart, but also enjoy quietly snooping (…I mean kayaking) around the beautiful bay front neighborhoods.  The boats and elaborate water toys are impressive-  sometimes in contrast to a modest cottage.   And the residents are a friendly bunch- everyone waves as I paddle by  🙂