I started Capemaychick in 2009 and it is hard to believe I have been keeping this blog for 5 years. But when I think about it, I've been coming to Cape May for my whole life, 20 years, so 5 years isn't really that much. Oh man, I'm rambling.
I've been to Cape May 2 times since last updating the blog (November/December). Now (March) I am here for my only spring visit before my big summer vacation.
We left today after my class and I *gasp* drove us part way! From our house, through the beltway and Route 50 and even over the Bay Bridge (plus the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Severn (Severen?) River Bridge, Kent Narrows Bridge, but these are minor). I had never driven over the Bay Bridge before, and frankly I wasn't nervous. It went well and we all survived.
The hardest part was driving on the beltway. Keeping up with the flow of traffic which is around 65 miles an hour (despite 55 mile speed limit) is something I can do, but prefer to do in my Subaru Outback. My dad's Subaru Forester handles very differently and is very sensitive. Someone merged while I was in their blind spot...mind you they merged over a solid white line (BIG NO NO!!) and almost hit me, causing me to serve and jerk the car a little tightly, which my car could have handled better than the Forester. Basically, I am vigilant about checking my mirrors and knew there was no one in the left lane so I guess it was subconscious that I swerved to miss them hitting me, because they definitely would have. We're all really sensitive about swerving because a pick up towing a trailer tractor hit our family jeep in 1995 and flipped our jeep. We could have died, and probably should have, but we had guardian angels watching over us and we were fine. But needless to say, it is really hard for my parents to let me drive after a terrifying experience like that.
Before we got to our restaurant for dinner, we saw a new antique store called The Cool Cat Antiques, Consignments & Gifts. It was exciting to see a new antique store with a great name. Since our beach house is called The Cool Cat Cottage, we felt at home there. Check out the cute little cat dish we bought.
We ate at our favorite fried chicken joint Holly's Restaurant in Grasonville, Maryland. It is supposed to close in June this year which is sad. It's been a tradition to stop there for so many years. I will miss it when it closes.
Dad drove the rest of the way. We made good time until we stopped at the Vineland Target which probably added on 40 minutes to our trip. You know, it's impossible to go to Target and not shop for everything but the thing you stopped for! Buzzfeed's 53 Thoughts Every Girl Has While Shopping At Target was exactly a summary of our trip.
We stopped at Wawa for milk and got to the house by 10 pm. We left at 3 pm and did hit some traffic and with stopping for antiquing, dinner, gas and Target made the trip longer. We unpacked, saw our next door neighbors and got settled in to the house.
Tomorrow we have quite a bit on our plate!
xo,
capemaychick
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