Our little family took a quick family vacation to Cape May, NJ - voted one of the top 10 beach destinations in the USA by Trip Advisor.I'm not a beach person and am no expert on this subject, but we were willing to give it a go since it's only 2.5 hours from our place!
Cape May was everything a beach vacation should be. Not much to do, cute things to look at, and a lot of laying around on the beach!
There were lots of Victorian houses to look at! Here's a quick smattering:
Love the colors in this one:
Took all my effort not to just go through this gate and make myself at home here:
Tell me you thought, "Wedgewood," when you saw this house too:
And this is someone's porch. Does it look like Southern Living to you too?
We arrived by noon on Friday 6/17 and luckily no storms as the weather was predicting. It was sunny, partly cloudy, high of 81 with some winds. So while it was pleasant, it really wasn't swimmin' weather. We tried at the pool and gave up.
Got dressed and went to play putt putt, which was right outside of our MOTEL. Yes, motel, but it really wasn't bad! It wasn't fancy, but it was plenty spacious! We had a living area, a dining area, a kitchenette with stove/fridge/microwave/sink, and a separate bedroom! So it was plenty of room and right across the street from the beach.
After putt putt - we played Ticket to Ride, Brian's Father's Day gift which I did not hide very well (or at all for that matter) so he saw it before our trip!
One thing I love about America? You can bring nonsensical things, like this game, with you on vacations. We would have NEVER brought that on a European vacation because it would have taken up too much space and we didn't want to schlep it all over creation!
Walked the promenade. Dinner at a Mexican place. It was ok. We're not huge Mexican food fans.
Put Michael to bed and Brian and I stayed up playing Bohnanza and Ticket to Ride in our "dining room." I am all about multi rooms when traveling with kids! LOVE America!
Next day, we walked around, took pictures of houses, ate a cafe breakfast and just sat at the beach all day. Brian rented us an umbrella so we had some reprieve from the sun. I read a ton of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo while Brian and Michael played in the surf.
Skipped lunch. Had dinner at Louisa's - great fresh fish grilled. And delicious desserts! We ordered 3! They had panna cotta, which we love!
After a huge dinner, we headed back to our country in the PA. We always love coming home.
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