Adventure #75: The Shore

"In Jersey, we don't go 'to the beach.' We go 'down the shore.'" - Unknown

June 6, 2016

After living in Jersey for nearly a year, we've had more than our fair share of strange looks when we asked questions about the beaches here. Someone had to explain to us that what we call "beaches" are what everyone here calls "the shore." It took us a while, but we finally took a trip to the shore... and Maria HATED it!  Most of our time on the sand consisted of Maria begging us to pick her up, nearly in tears, and Maria crawling on top of us so she won't have to touch the sand any more... as pictured. By the way, we went to Ocean City if you were wondering.

She was happy looking around and touching the water if we held her, but that was it.

Her reaction was a little concerning only because our summer was filled with vacations to the beach with family and friends. We figured she would get used to it because quite frankly, she would be kind of forced to. Maria wouldn't even stand on the towels. haha 

Jordan wanted to try to take her to the water again. He tried to show her some shells and Maria pulled this face:

Can you believe that? She was so disgusted! I didn't even know that was an instinctive "this is so gross" face! We were laughing so hard and just kept doing it again and again. 

We even tried to put sandals on Maria to see if she would walk on the sand. She lasted about 0.2 seconds and then started crying again... lol

Ocean City had a huge boardwalk! Maria was extremely tired and so we walked up and down the boardwalk. Jordan was so excited to see Goofy Golf. Every time Jordan's family visits their extended family in Florida, they go to a place called Goofy Golf.

Within a few minutes of walking up the boardwalk, Maria conked out. We even reapplied sunscreen on her arms and legs and she still didn't budge.

Jordan and I had a blast looking at all the shops, rides, and food along the boardwalk. We just walked and talked without a worry in the world. It was pretty much a date with how long Maria slept. We really did love the entire experience there and can't wait to go back again!