The "Lunch with Friends" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Made a trip from our vacation rental in Ocean City, NJ to the Jersey Shore town of Cape May, which is the farthest point south in New Jersey, and Exit 0 on the Garden State Parkway.  For the past eight years Carol and I have traveled to Ocean City to vacation with our family and every year we have taken a day off from the family to make a visit to Cape May to have some vacation time alone with each other.  Have always arrived close to 10:00 AM in the town that is known as one of the country's oldest resort vacation destinations.  

John and Lois on left with Carol and LDub.

The town is famous for it's Victorian architecture, rich history and award-winning beaches (#7 on Travel Channel's list of top USA beaches).  Carol and I spend a few hours of leisurely walking and shopping along Washington Street and then headed to The Lobster House for a lunch which naturally includes a lobster tail.  We usually reserve the entire day for just each other, but this year we met some special friends for lunch.  My Aunt Lois and Uncle John were also spending their vacation along the Jersey shore the same week and we planned to share lunch together.  

Lobster dinner.

Lois is my mother's sister who was born a year before me.  I'm sure her birth must have been quite a surprise for everyone involved!  More like a sister than an aunt who shared a playpen with me for the first year and a half of my life when my mother and I stayed at my Grandpap's house while my dad served his tour of duty in the Army during WWII.  We have been friends for going on 70 years now and it was fun to spend our special lunch time together while on vacation.  Spent over two hours reminiscing about past vacations we took as a family when we were kids while we dined on lobster tails, baked potatoes, salad and slaw.  Carol and I cherish our time together, but we also enjoyed our meal with family this special time.  Hope to maybe again next year if we happen to vacation during the same week at the Jersey shore.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.