This morning Alyce, Rich and I went for a walk along the waterfront. Alyce recently has a knee replacement 3 months ago so she set the pace. She is doing great. The weather has been sunny but not as humid as when we first arrived.
Later Rich and I took a drive along the ocean, through Wildwood and had lunch in Cape May.
Later Rich and I took a drive along the ocean, through Wildwood and had lunch in Cape May.
When Rich was growing up, he would spend his summers at Wildwood. At one time his parents ran a small hotel, called the Melrose, in Wildwood. He tells me stories of his summers, exploring in a small rowboat called the Daisy Mae, and then his summer jobs delivering soft drink syrups to the businesses on the Boardwalk.
Cape May is the southern most tip of New Jersey. The architecture is predominately Victorian,similar to the painted ladies of San Francisco. Cape May was named for a Dutch explorer, Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, who sailed by one a voyage in 1620. In the mid 18th century Cape May became a seaside resort for the well-to-do from Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and New York, a place to escape the hot summers in these cities and enjoy the beach and the cool breezes off the ocean. The town is a designated National Historic Landmark. We stopped for lunch and then drove back on the Garden State Parkway
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