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| We went to Wildwood NJ and Philadelphia the weekend of April 12th, 2003. Here's what we saw and what we did. |
| Day One: Saturday We shoved off from Arlington around 9am. Around 11:30 we were outside Wilmington, DE, dining at the Charcoal Pit. They have a delicious burger. Louise overloaded hers-- Maddie and I stuck with simple structures that let the charbroiled burger taste shine through. Wonderful! We continued on through the Southern New Jersey countryside to Wildwood, NJ, a beach resort dominated by mid-century "space-age" designed motels. Overcast conditions had us worried, but by the time we arrived (around 2:30) the clouds were moving out and a brilliantly clear 3-day weekend had begun. |
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| The Wildwood boardwalk was vintage Jersey boardwalk, with about 5 million pizza joints and crappy souvenir stores. But we were very surprised to see that Morey's Piers, an amusement park jutting out to sea (actually 3 amusement parks, only one of which was open) was a beautiful, very nicely thought-out attraction. We got some cotton candy, then Maddie and I rode the teacups, and Maddie rode an airplane ride and the gorgeous 2-story carousel. I had to choose between getting a good shot of Maddie on the upper deck or of the carousel-- we've got plenty of Maddie. Dinner was at the Vegas Diner-- neither Vegasy nor a diner. Tasty enough food, though. Click for the next feature: Our Hotel. |
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