Last Saturday, we got a wild hair and made a spontaneous trip to Asbury Park, New Jersey to check out the boardwalk. Mandy, Dan, and I are all summer lovers and are trying to make the most of our favorite season. Now with a car, we can be spontaneous, expand our destination locations, and since Kip naps so nicely in a moving vehicle, we thought...why not???
We hit a good bit of traffic on the way there and looked for parking for awhile as well but eventually made our way to the boardwalk. By the beach, Asbury Park is pretty nice and was definitely making an effort to revitalize. Some areas of the Jersey shore are what you imagine the Jersey shore to be...kinda run down and trashy (we're talking about you, Atlantic City). But you could tell Asbury was trying to step it up. There were nice restaurants and cute boutique stores. None of the bad t-shirts shops or seedy kitsch. We didn't go down to the beach since you had to pay (boo) and we hadn't planned on it anyways. We just found a spot for lunch and then walked the boardwalk afterwards.
We even got some shaved ice before heading out!
Tomorrow we are headed to Philadelphia for the weekend!! Mandy has never been there (neither has Kip) and Dan and I are going for the cheesesteak sandwiches!!
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