Another early morning for the Smith family with Benjamin treating his big brother to a lovely rendition of 'happy birthday to you - JAKE!' at 5.30am. Despite being told that it was still night-time we only managed another 30 mins of half-quiet before it was clear that 2 Smith boys in a bed together = not going back to sleep. So soon we were all up and had time to stop at the fantastic Marvis Diner for some traditional american breakfasts on our way to catch our first ferry of the trip.
Check in for the Cape May (New Jersey) to Lewes (Delaware) ferry was an hour before sailing time...waiting time is always a thing of dread with a toddler but fortunately we had a pretty free run of a long waiting area so the boys were free to burn off some energy...and so they did:
Fortunately, this meant Benjamin had very little energy to burn when 'toddler overboard' was an option!
First stop as we hit the Delaware shore? The Tanger Outlet Mall at Rehoboth Beach for some retail therapy...first purchase, sunglasses for both Ken and I because we had left our usual ones in the car at home. Benjamin was very taken by my new Ray-Bans and insisted on wearing them for me around a couple of shops...and then licking them clean...what a lovely boy he is!!!
Sadly, our tight schedule meant that our experiences of Delaware were limited to shopping and sightseeing from the car. This was much to Jakey's dismay as we drove through Ocean City, which should rightly be named 'The City of MANY Crazy Golf Courses' and as a huge crazy golf fan Jake was hanging onto the window longingly.
A quick pit stop at a gas station and we were soon in Maryland, and tonights destination Pocomoke City. Through all our careful planning of this trip Pocomoke was designed to be the 'quiet calm night' after the 2 boardwalks preceding it...little did we know that our first 2 nights would be calm and early to bed for all...still, we arrived at 5pm for a quick tour around town and in plenty of time for Jakey and I to have an early evening swim.
Tomorrow, we head further south, through Virginia and on to North Carolina...taking this cheeky rotter to charm everyone in his path along the way!
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