We stayed for a second day at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ocean City, Maryland. I woke up during the night and took a photo from the balcony.
I was also awake at sunrise, and it was a beautiful sight.
I got coffee and wake up wraps from Dunkin Donuts. We had our breakfast and went for a walk along the northern end of the Ocean City boardwalk which ends a block from our hotel. On the way out of the hotel, Ronnie remarked about how much she liked the wall art on the ground floor.
It was an interesting walk. There were not many shops open at this end of the boardwalk. We did see some beautiful floral arrangements on one property and a cool turtle fountain on another.
We headed back to the hotel and decided to charge the car, so we didn’t have to in the morning. The charger was about two miles from the hotel, and it was very near the southern end of the boardwalk which started near the Ocean City Inlet.
We walked by the inlet and watched a sailboat coming in. The current was swift, so the boat moved right along.
We proceeded to the boardwalk and strolled north. There weren’t a lot of people, but more shops were open and many were having end of the year sales.
There was a cool whale sculpture in the sand.
There was also a dedication to firefighters all over the world and we found that especially moving.
And, of course, the “Welcome to Ocean City” clock was beautiful.
There were three sand sculptures that were neat.
There was also the very interesting Ocean Gallery building.
We could hardly resist taking a photo of Ronnie in a very large beach chair.
We found an interesting sea dragon sculpture on the beach.
As we have done often along the trip, I offered to take photos of people struggling with selfies. In almost every case, they reciprocated.
We bought sub sandwiches from a local shop and after a late afternoon glass of wine, we dined on our sandwiches and turned in for the night. The sunset was not very vibrant as a fog had settled in on the beach. We woke to a beautiful sunrise to greet the last day of our adventure.
Ronnie and I have decided that Ocean City is a nice place, but it is too touristy for us. We might come again in the off season just to stay at this beautiful hotel.
We were going to meet our friends, Duane, and Debbie Clause for lunch in Bethany Beach. Duane made some suggestions of places that we could stop on our way.
Along the way, Ronnie spotted a couple of miniature golf courses that had heavy displays of dragons. I could not help but stop to take photos for my grandson, Caleb, who loves dragons.
What we did notice as we traveled north on highway 1 was after leaving Ocean City, how similar the landscape was to Long Beach Island, NJ. It was a totally different atmosphere than Ocean City and we preferred it.
The first suggestions from Duane was the lighthouse on Fenwick Island and to stop in the town of Bethany Beach, DE. We visited the lighthouse. It was closed but we were able to take photos of it.
There was also a monument to mark Transpeninsular Line. I’d love to explain what it is but I will let you read the plaque that describes it.
Our next stop was the town of Bethany Beach. It is a quaint town with a small boardwalk. We walked through town and then the entire length of the boardwalk and back. I think that the boardwalk is only a mile long but there were open shops and some interesting things to see.
We had planned on meeting Duane and Deb at 11:30. The restaurant was only 8 minutes from town, so we left Bethany and arrived at the restaurant. Duane arrived and informed us that his wife was not feeling well and would not be able to join us.
We had a wonderful lunch and were soon on our way. It was about 3-1/2 hours from the restaurant to our home and we arrived at sunset. It was a beautiful sunset, but we were tired and decided to do a little unpacking and settle in for the night. It was a wonderful end to an incredible adventure. We are going to start planning our next one.
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