Life's a Beach
We headed to Chincoteaque at the crack of 10:30 a.m. on Saturday after deciding we didn't really want to drive down there in the rainstorm on Friday night. Good thing, too, because after dinner and half a glass of wine at 4712 Jim was conked out by 8:30 p.m. and slept like the proverbial log until 6:30 a.m.... got up, read the Post, and then went BACK to bed for another nap!
Anyhow, it was a beautiful drive down, the day was as pretty as it could be, and we got there about 2. John, Brigitte and Miles had waited for us to have lunch so that was first on the agenda after we took a quick tour of their lovely new house. After oyster stew, crabcake and fried flounder fish sandwiches at a local seafood restaurant, we drove to Assateaque to walk along the ocean. Then it was a short driving tour of the island and back to the house for music, wine, cheese, and conversation until a late and luscious dinner (kudos to Brigitte), bed, a lazy Sunday morning, a drive back to Assateaque for the nature preserve walk and another look at the ocean before picking up sandwiches and a salad for lunch...eating and packing up. We departed about 3. Home about 6:30.
Besides not being able to find a gas station that also had a public restroom on the way down, the weekend was just about perfect. If you consider the fact that that is only a minor annoyance, not after all a real problem, the week-end was, in fact, perfect. Sometimes life really is a beach!
Anyhow, it was a beautiful drive down, the day was as pretty as it could be, and we got there about 2. John, Brigitte and Miles had waited for us to have lunch so that was first on the agenda after we took a quick tour of their lovely new house. After oyster stew, crabcake and fried flounder fish sandwiches at a local seafood restaurant, we drove to Assateaque to walk along the ocean. Then it was a short driving tour of the island and back to the house for music, wine, cheese, and conversation until a late and luscious dinner (kudos to Brigitte), bed, a lazy Sunday morning, a drive back to Assateaque for the nature preserve walk and another look at the ocean before picking up sandwiches and a salad for lunch...eating and packing up. We departed about 3. Home about 6:30.
Besides not being able to find a gas station that also had a public restroom on the way down, the weekend was just about perfect. If you consider the fact that that is only a minor annoyance, not after all a real problem, the week-end was, in fact, perfect. Sometimes life really is a beach!
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