Cape May Sept 2009

Well after going camping on Labour Day weekend with JoAnn and Paul again we decided Sept was not going to be busy enough for us so we went down the shore to Cape May for a 4 day weekend the following weekend. Joe and Diane came as well and while the weather could have started out better it did not hamper our plans too badly and it ended with a beautiful sunny day.

We stayed at the Grand Hotel this year, a departure from our normal Montreal Inn stay and the room was alot bigger and the hotel had more amenities so it may be our new destination from now on.


We arrived in the rain on Friday afternoon, got settled into our room and went to get dinner - Parker, Rowan and I had gone last year to a bar called Bloody Mary's where they had a singer that sang all those songs you like to sing along too - our luck he was there again this year so we all went for a sing along good time and some dancing - Rowan and I boogied but the prize for best time dancing went to Pop Pop and Lily.



Saturday the weather was a little grey but not really raining so we went swimming at both of the hotels pools, one inside and one out...fools...Rowan and Parker lasted longer outside than Lily and I did.




Afterwards we dried off and went to Sunset Beach to finally feel some sand underfoot and do some shopping ;)





We were supposed to meet friends of Joe's at Menz' restaurant on Sunday night but because of the weather we switched our plans and met them on Saturday night instead so our Sunday would be completely free for the boardwalk in Wildwood. Diane got the girls matching dresses and how cute did they look for the occasion! So cute we used them again for family pics on the beach but these first ones are before we went to dinner. After dinner we went back to Cape May and went to the arcades for some fun and games and tickets and prizes.






Sunday was boardwalk day in Wildwood - we got ride passes and went to town - Lily went on a couple of rides but Rowan had the most rides of anyone. Parker went on a rollercoaster that left him queasy for a couple of hours and I actually went on a mini roller coaster with Rowan - that kid is a daredevil and I know Parker can't wait til she gets older to go on all those kinds of rides with him - this time her first foray into the daredevil rider that she aspires to be was the zoom phloom water ride - I think her and Parker rode that for a consecutive 10 times and came out soaked and smiling like there was no tomorrow!








Monday was our check out day and of course the brightest and sunniest day we were there. The hotel made us check out at 11am but gave us a pass to use the pools still and the changing rooms in the pool so we took full advantage and spent a few hours on the beach that day, took our family pics and went swimming, lunch at the Lobster House and another year down the shore comes to an end.