Cape May, the first day

Earlier this summer Dan and I decided we would go to Cape May for our travel part of our homey-moon.  Dan did all the planning on this and not only did he do a great job but it took a lot of stress off of me.

Early on Wednesday morning we took the subway into the city and then the New Jersey train to Newark where Dan had rented a car.  Of course, we stopped at a real mall on the way and did a little bit of shopping and got some Chick-fil-a.  Rocky Pants joined us, naturally.  

We got to Cape May and checked-in at our quaint little bed and breakfast called Kings Cottage.  We had some good friends that had spent a week in Cape May earlier in the summer so they gave us all kinds of great tips on what to do and see. They recommended the B&B and it was lovely.  Our room had an enclosed porch and a balcony that overlooked the ocean. Since the beach was only a half a block away from the B&B we had to stop there first.

We were so incredibly blessed with the weather.  It was perfect beach weather with endless sunnies and heat that kissed our summer deprived souls.  The beach sand was smooth and soft (not like grubby Coney Island) and the water was like a swimming pool.  We jumped in and immediately got smashed by powerful waves.  They were crazy strong and could push you fully several feet into the shallow sand.  I'm not gonna lie, I felt like I almost lost my bathing suit a few times.  Fortunately and unfortunately, Dan's sunglasses were the only casualty. 

We only stayed at the beach for a bit because we were eager to explore the town.  The main street was for pedestrians only and was lined with darling shops and restaurants.  We poked around in the stores and were totally enchanted with a little shop with lots of Swedish and Scandinavian goodies.  We picked-up some souvenirs there!

We decided to go to dinner at a little fish shop and shared crab brushetta and lobster mac&cheese.  So good.  Man I want some more.

We walked around after dinner and ended up at the beach again around sunset.  The light was so beautiful and it was the perfect summer evening, even though it was early September.  I was just so happy the weather came through for us.  The three days we spent in Cape May totally made up for the mild summer overall. 

We felt like we were being eaten alive by mosquitoes on the beach so we headed away from the water and played some miniature golf at the little place near the beach.  Dan actually got a hole in one on the last hole and won a free game.

Then we finished the night with ice cream on the little balcony porch off of our room.  Sleeping the first night was hard since we had the A/C on the wrong setting and the bed was rickety but that was okay because everything else was wonderful.