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Ocean City - Saturday

Packed up, said our goodbyes and hit the road by 10:00 AM. We wanted to get our telescope pictures but things didn't work out. We saw Jean and her gang there and she told me their printer wasn't working. We got set up at a terminal then Natalie started feeling faint so we had to leave before we had a chance to check out the scopes. We went to BJs for lunch before we left town. I had the soup - Cream of Roasted Pepper with Crab, and a fish sandwich. Matthew had a teriyaki chicken sandwich, Tom had a Buffalo chicken sandwich and I think Natalie had a club. We split an order of potato skins. Tom didn't seem to like his too much but everything else was good. Traffic on the way home was moderate, it probably took us about 4 hours. Things slowed to a crawl after 404 merged with Route 50 and it was bumper to bumper, stop and go on the bay bridge. We also hit a traffic jam at the junction of Route 97 and 100. The next day we read in the paper some idiot had hit a tow truck driver on the shoulder. We stopped at Dundalk Veterinary Hospital on our way home to pick up Otto .

Ocean City - Friday

My turn for dinner today - the traditional chili. A better day on the beach but it was still windy. We did the telescope picture thing early and just hung out out for the rest of the day. Nelson and Haddy were there. A bunch of us walked over to the bay side to see the sunset. Natalie spent a lot of her night packing.

Ocean City - Thursday

I went to the beach today - very windy and partly overcast. Everbody else seems to have ended up down at the boardwalk. Natalie and I went to Reflections for dinner. We split escargot and a salad for an appetizer, along with two orders of their great bread. We both ordered specials, Natalie had some kind of seafood pasta and I had tuna topped with crab in basil sauce. Everything was great - even the vegetable medley side dish and my baked potato. For desert, we split a piece of mocha chocolate pie.

Ocean City - Wednesday

Most of the men went boating on the Pocomoke River today. I spent the day on the beach, but the weather wasn't a very good. It was OK early but it got very windy as the day wore on. Natalie went shopping. After dinner we had a birthday party for Judy. She had turned 43 on August 7th. Later, Natalie and I went out for a few drinks. First, we drove up to Fenwick Island but they had closed for the night. They roll up the sidewalks after dark there. We ended up at Shenanigans on the boardwalk at 4th street. We had a blast, even though things started out rough. The kitchen was closed, even though they are supposed to have bar food late, so no stuffed pretzels. Then, the frat boys arrived and surrounded us, ordering shots of Jagermeister and being obnoxious. But we moved to better seats and the live music started. A guy named Sean Fleming was playing. I guess he plays solo early in the week, then he has a full band later on. He was good, just him with a semi-acoustic guitar and a little electronic bass drum for accompaniment. They also had the Orioles game on from earlier in the day that they were re-broadcasting. It was fun, even with all those people from Pittsburgh. We stayed to closing time and then went back to the condo. A lot of people were still up and it ended up being a very late night.

Ocean City - Tuesday

Took a break from the beach today. Natalie, Matthew and I went to West Ocean City. We had lunch at the Harborside. Natalie and I used to go there when it was the Stumblin Inn. It doesn't look all that different. The food was good. I had little neck clams and they were really little, like those mussels Jim got from behind the convention center. On the way back we stopped at Fish Tales in the Bahia Marina for a drink. No fish came in while we were there. Jean made tacos for dinner.

Later on, the three of us went to the boardwalk with Mike, Mitch, Little Mitch and Alex. We parked at the inlet and wondered up to 2nd street and back. The kids got on some rides and we hit Marty's and Sportland. I had the three food groups - Thrasher's French Fries, Love's Lemonade and a Dumsers Chocolate milkshake.

Ocean City - Monday

Another great day at the beach. Scott and his family came over and sat with us. The Ravens played a pre-season game that night and we were all supposed to meet at the Galaxy rooftop bar to watch it. We had to sit at a table and use a waitress. They had one TV with the sound turned off . We left after one drink. Natalie and I had been to the place years before after it had just opened, we may have even gotten a drink at the downstairs bar. We didn't like it then and the rooftop bar didn't change our minds - it's a yuppie hole. Mike Evans stayed at the Galaxy and Mom, Mike, Natalie and I went to BJs. Mike drove Mom back to the condo after the first half and walked back to BJs to watch the second half. I watched the Orioles on another TV. The Ravens won but I can't remember what the Orioles did. Karen and Steve ended up watching the game at the Salty Dog.

Ocean City - Sunday

The weather was great today - not a cloud in the sky. We spent the whole day on the beach. There was quite a crowd there - Aunt Colleen, Uncle Tony, Patrick and Nelson, Uncle Howie and Aunt Dolores, Sandy Huber, Steve Huber and his family (except Shawn). Jocelyn and Molly got in from Fallston later in the day. Spent the evening hanging out on the porch. This was the night that was supposed to be the best for seeing the Perseids Meteor shower. I walked up to the beach and saw a few but it wasn't very spectacular.

Ocean City - Saturday

Left for OC about 6:20 AM this morning. We stopped at Holly's for breakfast, as usual. I got 2 eggs, sunny-side up, with scrapple. They must give you more than 1/2 pound with your meal. Tom got cream chipped beef and Natalie and Matthew got BLTs. Traffic started getting heavier after we left Holly's, even that early in the morning. We got to 78th street in OC a little after 10:00 AM and hit the beach. The weather had been overcast all the way down but it was bright and sunny on the beach. We got settled in and everbody else arrived at different times through out the rest of the day. Natalie and I walked over to BJs for a drink later that night. They had Natalies favorite soup - Cream of Roasted Red Pepper with Crab. Great stuff.

Friday's at the Walters with Natalie

Natalie and I went down to the Walters today to see the Quilts of Gees Bend. It was pretty interesting. After that, the plan was to stop by the house and pick up Otto and head out to my parents house. We were going to leave the dog there while went to Ruby Tuesdays and used the gift certificate Natalie got from her sister Carol for Christmas. But the weather looked bad, real bad. We ended up just going to Red Brick Station for happy hour and $1 roast beef sandwiches. Then we picked the dog up and headed out to my parents. It was overcast and misting for the rest of the night.

Daytona 2006

Special Sneak Preview At The Bengies

I got an email from the Bengies Tuesday about a free screening of the movie "Hot Rod" tonight. It was by invitation only - you needed them a copy of the email and your ID to get in. Matthew, Nelson and I went, it was Nelson's first time at the drive-in. The movie was pretty good, it had some funny moments. Two of the main actors are from the current cast of Saturday Night Live - Andy Samberg and Bill Hader. It also had a former SNL cast member, Chris Parnell. I dropped Matthew and Nelson off at his house after the movie. Matthew is spending the night. Tomorrow, we're all going out to Granny & Pop's (it's supposed to hit 95 degrees). Tommy and Matthew will spend the night and the following morning the whole crew is off to Knoebels.