Just another Manic Monday!

N O T!  It was anything but a normal Monday....Lucky us.  But let me back up to Sunday first =)

After watching the sunrise Sunday morning, it was breakfast for us.  Leftover scallops and shrimp make a perfect omlet.

Then off to the beach awaiting the kids arrival but not before stopping by the 'locker room' to grab some chairs.  Very nice to be able to come in the side door, rinse your stuff off and store in the locker before heading up to the condo.  Very well thought out.

A very pretty day on the beach.  Cierra and Blake arrived in enough time to come out and enjoy the 'normal beach day views' .

Even a 'wipe out' -

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And then it was time to relax - Chase and Mal arrived.  Safe and sound even though there was an accident on the Bay Bridge.  Ugh.  Mal chose spaghetti for dinner.  SURPRISE, haha.  Never - that girl would eat spaghetti every day -

There was another beautiful moon -

And who would pass up Dumsers before bed?  Not us OR the security guard of our building. So three it is!

And don't forget to use the crosswalks.  We have seen so many people not do so and for the most part they are dressed in dark clothing.  Who told them we can see them?!

A good night's sleep (we missed the sunrise) and a quick breakfast of cereal then out we go - Beautiful flowers -

Beautiful children -

And then what we have all been waiting for!  307 Boats registered -

we get there around 5 and missed a 86 lb. white marlin come in.  There was a nice breeze and a LOT of people.  Pretty boats -

The guy we see every year - check out his hat lol

The lady that donates her time to cutting up the donated fish -

The State police helicopter -

Even a Drone.  I totally want a drone.

We watched for the flags - flying upside down or right side up.

Beautiful boats with awesome drivers that get in to check-in with just a few moves -

The fish?  Well, there's a 550 lb blue marlin - and a white marlin (that didn't quite make weight)

Some dauphin, wahoo, big eye, yellowfin....oh my!  It was definitely a good day out there.  295 of the 307 went out, I'd say we should see some fish!

We had already planned on Thrashers and burgers for dinner but I couldn't help but snap some shots of this boat on the way in to the inlet -

Yummy food -

Family time -

and Dad's bench is right between the Atlantic Stand and the Cork Street bar.  (more to come on that)

No ice cream for us but it's so nice to sit on the balcony and listen to the waves crash.  We even slept with the door cracked to sleep to the sound.

And now it's Tuesday - another beautiful day in our little paradise.

And we're OFF!

We left yesterday morning shortly after 7, heading for Ocean City.  We LOVE, love this place, with both of us raised knowing that just 'was' the summer vacation spot.

We were trying to beat traffic.  But oh my....it was heavy -

Luckily once we got to the toll plaza our lane was open =)

And there's just something about crossing over to the Eastern Shore.

Traffic remained really heavy so we decided to stop at our fav pizza place in Salisbury -

Perfect!  Thin crust, yummy sauce and cheese with pepperoni and sweet peppers.

One of the 'four on the shore' wineries is only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday so we wanted to stop by and see Kathryn - she is so fun to chat with.

Then off to our final destination -

We made it to the check-in location just a little early, hehe so had some time to kill.  Well, we might as well hit the other winery -  let's get these two annual stops out of the way.

And this pretty bottle with the 4 arrow heads has a story....a few years ago Ronnie and the owner Adrian sat at one of the tables in the winery enjoying a bottle and talked for a few hours about the name for a blend.  Adrian told the story of these arrow heads and a man that lived/worked on the farm (which used to be grapes for Welch's).  Ronnie thought about it for a little bit and then threw out "Four Winds".  Well lookie here.....it worked!  And now we have our own special bottle.

Then it was time to check-in.

Ah!  Finally -

This place is beautiful -

With quaint little touches and a perfect view!

All checked-in, settled, but the cupboards are bare.  Time for the dreaded chore....Walmart.  U.G.H.

Two hours later we make it back to the condo and a get our 'buggy' to fill up.

This is the view from the front side of our condo.  Beautiful sunset right over Seacrets.

We chilled out on the balcony for a while, trying to figure out where we wanted to eat.  And on the way out, we caught the moon.  Beautiful.

Dinner here -

No complaints about the scallops, or stuffed shrimp along with the extras -

At 5:44 this morning the sky was 'orange' -

Sunrise @ 6:03

So I would say our first day was pretty darn good.  Sunrise at home, sunset on the bay, moon on the ocean and sunrise this morning.  We are very blessed.