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elSicomoro · 07-13-2003, 12:50 PM

Time to revive this...

I had fully intended on cleaning the house yesterday, but Rho wanted to go for a drive, so I was all for not doing work.

We headed towards the Jersey shore, but I decided to hit places that we had not yet been to, primarily in South Jersey.

The neat thing about the South Jersey shore is that all the towns are primarily on islands separated from the mainland. And many of the towns are separated by inlets.

Our first stop was Sea Isle City. It's very reminiscent of Ocean City, MD. Nice little place. It was a nice day yesterday, so lots of people were out, but not as many as I thought would be.

Then we headed along the Ocean Route south to Avalon. Avalon is more laid back...reminds me of Belmar. But some of the houses were amazing in their size and style.

Next was Stone Harbor, another quaint seaside stop. Then after crossing the sound temporarily onto the mainland, we headed into the Wildwoods, a collection of several towns on another island.

North Wildwood was the hub of activity yesterday--there is a big BBQ cookoff going on there this weekend. Then we headed into Wildwood, which reminded me of Atlantic City, but smaller--nice in some parts, but other parts were rather run-down. The downtown had very narrow streets, and no shops were open--it was virtually a ghost town.

After driving through Wildwood Crest and Diamond Beach, we crossed Jarvis Sound and headed towards Cape May for a fuel stop. There are only two roads that lead into Cape May, and given the amount of traffic we saw going in and out of town, we decided not to go into the town proper.

From there, we trekked over to the Cape May-Lewes ferry terminal, then headed north through North Cape May and Villas, before reaching Route 47 and heading back to Philadelphia.

This was the second time I've driven Route 47 from Cape May to the 55 freeway (which connects Philadelphia to Cumberland County via freeway). It's just a nice peaceful drive with scenery that reminds you that not all of New Jersey is suburban hell.

A good trip...hell, almost every road trip is a good one.

07-13-2003, 12:50 PM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Time to revive this... I had fully intended on cleaning the house yesterday, but Rho wanted to go for a drive, so I was all for not doing work. We headed towards the Jersey shore, but I decided to hit places that we had not yet been to, primarily in South Jersey. The neat thing about the South Jersey shore is that all the towns are primarily on islands separated from the mainland. And many of the towns are separated by inlets. Our first stop was Sea Isle City. It's very reminiscent of Ocean City, MD. Nice little place. It was a nice day yesterday, so lots of people were out, but not as many as I thought would be. Then we headed along the Ocean Route south to Avalon. Avalon is more laid back...reminds me of Belmar. But some of the houses were amazing in their size and style. Next was Stone Harbor, another quaint seaside stop. Then after crossing the sound temporarily onto the mainland, we headed into the Wildwoods, a collection of several towns on another island. North Wildwood was the hub of activity yesterday--there is a big BBQ cookoff going on there this weekend. Then we headed into Wildwood, which reminded me of Atlantic City, but smaller--nice in some parts, but other parts were rather run-down. The downtown had very narrow streets, and no shops were open--it was virtually a ghost town. After driving through Wildwood Crest and Diamond Beach, we crossed Jarvis Sound and headed towards Cape May for a fuel stop. There are only two roads that lead into Cape May, and given the amount of traffic we saw going in and out of town, we decided not to go into the town proper. From there, we trekked over to the Cape May-Lewes ferry terminal, then headed north through North Cape May and Villas, before reaching Route 47 and heading back to Philadelphia. This was the second time I've driven Route 47 from Cape May to the 55 freeway (which connects Philadelphia to Cumberland County via freeway). It's just a nice peaceful drive with scenery that reminds you that not all of New Jersey is suburban hell. A good trip...hell, almost every road trip is a good one.