We did a little driving around on our beach weekend and ended up heading down to Ocean City. Lu and I got out to explore the boardwalk which was still quite the scene, even in winter. Most of the food and game stands were closed up, the seats were removed from the ferris wheel and the rides were fenced off, but the arcades were open and busy. Apparently gambling, and playing skeeball for tickets to win shell covered lamps and mermaid statues is always in demand! I left my camera in the car bringing only my iphone, and took quite a few hipstamatic photos. It was just as well, as the camera would have been way too obtrusive. There was a two year old boy with a blond buzz cut shooting an adult sized rifle at a video game with such skill that you had to see it to believe it! I wanted to take his picture, but his teenage caretaker didn’t look so friendly. We left with only pink cotton candy and these photographs (although truthfully I would have loved to bring home a mermaid statue for the back yard) and Lulu raved that it was her favorite part of the trip.
