Back from the beach...

Just got back from the beach.  Thursday night we drove down to Lewes and had a wonderful "Firecracker Crab Bomb" at Jerry's Seafood...Do It!!  It was the best crab cake I ever had.  No filler...at all.  Jerry's in D.C. was spotlighted on the Food Network last year.  It did not disappoint.  After dinner we went to our hotel and slept in.  It is after all, vacation.

Friday morning, we went to Ocean City for the day.

Lifeguard Tower in Ocean City

Kites on the beach in Ocean City

Not much to do for old folks on the boardwalk so we had our lunch then drove over to Assateague Island to see the ponies.  It was just a short drive.  The ponies were all over the place ANNNDDD, we even saw a 3 legged Sika deer (small variety) with her baby trailing behind her.

Pinto

Mom and Foal

Egret in the Marsh

  We wanted to have dinner in OC so we drove back to Harrison's Harbor Watch Restaurant.  They had some killer Chincoteague Salt Oysters.  Yummy on the half shell.  I could have had them for dinner, too.  Finally we went back to the hotel and got freshened up to drive to a place on the bay side for sunset.  It was just so-so.  Not the glorious Arizona sunsets we've grown used to seeing.  A non-event.  Afterwards we went to bed, as we had a 4:45 AM wake up call to catch the sunrise.  We were hoping for better results and we got them.

Rehoboth Sunrise

There were dolphins arcing all over the ocean.  We were treated to a great sunrise, then went off to catch a quick breakfast so that we would be on time for the WORLDWIDE PHOTOWALK in LEWES.  The walk leader was Judy G. Rolfe, a professional photographer and former photo editor for USA Today.  She was a fantastic walk leader.  We started out on the Lightship Overfall.  Judy had arranged for it to be opened just for us.  We explored every nook and cranny of that ship which was being renovated .  It was in marvelous shape.

Lightship Overfalls

Water Depth Markers

Fire Hose

Hook to tie up ship when in port

(I'm sure it has some wonderful nautical name.)

Lettering from the ship

(Sorry, but I collect lettering photos.)

Around 9:30 AM,  we were off to the Lewes Farmer's Market.  It's comprised of about 25 or so farmers who grow their own and sell their own produce, etc.  It was a wonderful experience.  Everyone was really great about the photographers (there were 50 of us) milling around and taking pics of all their produce, etc.  There were vegetables, lavender, lamb, lambskins, eggs, home made ice cream, home made yogurt, home made cheeses, corn, mushrooms, pepper, cucumbers and of course, tomatoes of every variety.  So many beautiful things to photograph.

Portabellos

Fuzzy Peaches

We then left for the historic area of Lewes, just 2 blocks away.  It's a cute little town and you can see that everyone takes pride in the homes.  All were well kept.

Restored Lewes Home on Second Street

We then headed to the Beach House Restaurant, over the drawbridge.  It was eleven o'clock in the morning and with the sizzling temperatures, we all had a beer.  My first breakfast beer.  Then we had some steamed clams.  It was great to sit around with my fellow photographers and share stories of the day and to see some of their photos, too.

A very pleasant weekend, altogether.  Thanks, Judy Rolfe!