Memories of beaches.

[mia]

I just saw this photo and it reminded me of the Delaware and Maryland beaches that our family visited long ago. I remember traveling across the Chesapeake Bay on a ferry with our car and the drive to the beach with the smell of salt water all the way. I remember lying down on a canvas mat to surf the big waves, tumbling off with my eyes open and looking at what was beneath the water, then crawling back to shore with my mat to do it all over again.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/26/spectacular-insane-creepy-shelf-cloud-looms-over-popular-delaware-beach/

[elleng]

1. Quite a picture, isn't it, mia?!

We used to visit Rehoboth regularly, before marriage, and during my daughter's first summer (my folks rented a condo so they could see her every weekend.)

I haven't been over there recently, more calm here in southern MD!

[mia]

2. Southern Maryland is so nice, too.

I haven't been to the Chesapeake Bay area for at least 10 years. I enjoyed some Maryland crab cakes at a restaurant on the bay.

[elleng]

3. Yes, it's very nice here! I'm a few miles from the Bay, on a major river, have a little beach,

and my daughter + family just bought a house near me with access to a bigger beach that they visited last week; my grandson caught his first fish from the dock @ their house.

VERY happy here, and some good crab cakes nearby.

[mia]

4. Very happy for you.

I can imagine the wonderful times you are having with your family!

[elleng]

5. Thanks. It's great, a new baby girl, and 5 year old boy exploring!

[Fla Dem]

6. That is an awesome picture and freaky, scary cloud formation.

Surprised all the people are just standing around. I'd be heading for the nearest basement.

[Recursion]

7. I love the Delaware / Maryland beaches

That whole strip from Rehoboth down to the end of the VA peninsula. Just gorgeous.

[we can do it]

8. I live a mile from that picture.