Rain had come overnight to Atlantic City, just as predicted. We wake up to a wet and windy morning, and therefore take it slow - we are not out of our hotel room until almost 9am. Check out time is 12 noon and we intend to make the most out of it.
Also, we are going back to Chester In Maryland today to return Jim and Michel's car and since Mary is working and there is only a 3 hour drive, we are in no hurry. We don't want to interrupt Mary's day too much.
We decided to wander north on the boardwalk from our hotel and then inlands as we only been south yesterday. The Atlantic City boardwalk is very empty and wet on this rainy Monday morning.
The Atlantic City boardwalk is closed off in large chunks due to the damage, but in one place at its very end you can wander in from the other direction. We are in for some work here.
Di is waiting in the rain for Hans to finish his photography.
We circle around the edges of Atlantic City's northeastern corner and then come across a working fishing port. These guys had clearly been out there on the Sunday and were busy offloading what looked like big clams. Of course, the seagulls were also there in force.
The small fishing port was sharing space with some pretty nice houses here.
Well, after some 90 minutes of wandering and exploring, without finding a coffee shop, we had pretty much done a loop and were very close to Showboat Casino so we decided to go back to the hotel room, have a cuppa and dry our clothing a bit. It got a bit soggy after a while as it was a bit windy and no break in the rain. Interesting for us to see another side of Atlantic City.
At 11.30am or so we check out and start driving in the rain towards Chester. We decided not to take the Atlantic City expressway this time, but to go west further south on New Jersey state road number 40.
We stop for lunch at a diner in Malaga, NJ called... Malaga Diner, before driving across Delaware Memorial Bridge coming out just south of Wilmington, DE.
We arrive at Mary's place around 4pm, bring in our stuff and say goodbye to Jim and Michel's car, before getting into a drink.
Later on, several of Jim and Michel's and Mary's marina friends come over and we all have pizza and drinks and chat for a few hours.
Burridge flew in this morning from Amsterdam but still worked during the day and now had time and energy to come over. Good on'ya Burridge.
At 9pm, the guests, apart from us of course, are all gone. Tired now. Big day tomorrow going to New York City. Good night.
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