Believe it or not, we are still plagued by the Boston sickness. Kyndale is still struggling with a bad cough and Landon seems to be hitting the worst of it. He is now running a fever, which continues for two to three days. We repeat our cure from Boston, spending one day sleeping & lounging by the pool and the second day at the beach. This works fairly well for Landon, as he is a much better patient than I.
We stayed at a very remote location called Chip's Folly. This place is near Tuckerton, NJ. They had one rule and one rule only:
Dey were serious abou' dat too.
The husband and wife team that owned the place were very nice. She was a tough lady though and you could tell she wouldn't take nuttin off nobody. Their son seemed to manage the place, running about here and there working his tail off and reminding folks of "da rule."
The place was oddly sandy. What was probably once a nice field of a playground was now the largest sand box I'd ever seen.
There was a mini-zoo at the campgrounds. 5-6 peacocks and uncountable roosters, chickens and turkeys. The screaming of peacocks at 3am was slightly unnerving.
So much of the physicality of this place reminded me of South Carolina. Marshes, sandy forests, massive mosquitos and long country roads. The accents were a stark contrast.
As a tourist of this state, what I have learned is that Jersey is a huge agricultural state with farms everywhere! You can find almost anything here local and fresh if you head ten minutes out of town in any direction. We ate 6 pints of blueberries during our stay. Each pint was just $1.50 and delicious! (For anyone counting that's 1.5 gallons of blueberries for $9.)
Day two we head for the shore. The waves were wicked and the sun was bright.
It took me a few shots to realize that my camera lens was dirty from the beach. Here we are getting "attacked" by black headed seagulls for a few cracker crumbs. Maya is fearlessly shooing them away from Landon who is curled up in the fetal position on the beach. Just kidding- he's not quite that bad, but he isn't exactly enjoying this show of avian pluck. If you know Landon you know he is no fan of birds, especially the aggressive ones, which these black-headed Jersey birds seem to be.
Ahh, cleaned camera lens...there's our hero. It was rather windy on the shore, but a lovely day at the beach.
After a long day at the beach we decide to hit the boardwalk. Of course we find a shirt shop and must indulge ourselves once again in some cheap local wear. In the spirit of the shore, we decide to rock the neon colors and cropped shirts. These babies go hard.
Landon's shirt is his own in this picture- not his new one. Didn't want there to be any confusion here.
Well well well, lookie at what we have here! Cheap food, our favorite! We had some ice cream, hot dogs, water ice, pizza, French fries & fudge on the boardwalk.
Okay, we're not sure if I caught Kyndale in mid cough or is she's gonna hurl from all the boardwalk food. Either way it was time to get some decent sustenance.
and the service was speedy.
The kids enjoyed some free pudding too!
All in all it was a great day at the shore. Next up, our last stop. Virginia beach.
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