Winter Ocean City Trip - Jan. 27th & 28th

Photos of a Cold Day in Ocean City

SO COLD even Kelly had second thoughts of going out onto the balcony overlooking the beach from our Gateway motel room, the temperature was caused by a brisk northwest wind, which as can be seen in the background, caused the waves to form rather nicely.


DIANNE AND KELLY took up brief residence on the beach at 139th St. As a youth Guy spent a summer as a crew chief here and had 85 rescues.


WITH THE SUN beginning to pop out, the temperatures rose a bit as we walked along the boardwalk in Bethany Beach, Deleware. One little terrior tried his luck with Kelly, but discretion was the better part of valor as we pulled Kelly away. Some gent with a Penn State jacket kept a jaded eye on Guy who had his MIAMI coat on display.


THE FAMOUS boardwalk at Rehobeth Beach. About a 1/4 mile back up the street we took a look at a modest home on a street corner. Thinking the price would be modest as well, we were surprised to find the 2-bedroom was listed at a cool 1/2 million. Can you imagine what the property behind Dianne on the left would go for!


During the Second World War, German U-boats patroled the waters off of Ocean City and Delaware and structures like this concrete watchtower were used by civil defense volunteers to keep an eye out for them. Guy once dove on a cargo ship which had been torpedoed off of Assateague Island by a U-Boat.


BACK IN OCEAN CITY once more, we found ourselves right next to the pier. Despite the cold, there was a guy on the boardwalk playing some rather cool blues on his guitar soliciting for money. We didn't give him any but enjoyed his work, though.

From the Boardwalk we meandered over to the big rock jetty at the end of the beach and got sand-whipped to death by the wind.


BACK ON THE boardwalk, Guy and Kelly posed before the largest fish ever taken in Maryland waters - a 7 or 800 pound tiger shark.


NOT TO BE too outdone, in the background behind Dianne was an equelly ferocious looking mako shark.


WITH THE wind whipping past her at the very end of the boardwalk, Dianne stood complaining with the beaches of Assateague Island behind her.


DUE TO THE extensive beach erosion due to the OC inlet, this section of Assateague could very well succomb to the ocean shortly and with West Ocean City then becoming oceanfront property.


THE LAST STOP for the day was the 5 o'clock mass at St. Ambrose church - a very fine and stately house of worship.

That night to crown off a very fine day, we had dinner at Fager's Island, got to chat with John Fager, had a nightcap at Finnegans, and watched the movie "JAWS" on WTBS in our room to bid a farewell to the day.

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