Ocean City Vacation

I like to blog about things/events/etc. after they occur, especially if they involve us going out-of-town.  This past Friday, Ben and I went to Ocean City, Maryland for a vacation.  We came back yesterday and had quite the adventure during our 5-day beach break. 

Friday night we got stuck in a horrible thunder storm and had to pull over once the hail started.  We got to Ocean City about 1.5 hours later than planned due to the storm.  We checked into our hotel and discovered our room was a) not ocean front, b) made up of 2 full-size beds, c) had a window-unit AC that sounded like someone was banging a metal trashcan with a stick, d) drunk college kids partying in the room next door until 4am, and e) half the lights not working in our room.  We called the front desk a few times about the kids next door and at 3:30am I finally went downstairs to the front desk and told them we wanted to check out in the morning and wanted a refund for the rest of the week.  At 8:30am, I met with the hotel manager, she gave us a full refund and we found a new hotel down the street.  Our new hotel only had 1 room available (it was hotel week) and it was the same price as our old room.  Once we checked in, we got to our room (if you can call it a room), it was a 3-room-suite complete with living room, kitchenette, king size bed, and private bath with a jacuzzi tub.  It is called the Dow Jones Suite. Ha!  Needless to say, after the night we had, Ben and I were surprised/pleased/excited.

We spent the day at the beach until our room was ready.  In fact, we spent every day relaxing on the wonderful, glorious beach.  Ben in the sun and me under the umbrella.  It was fabulous.  Each night we did a different activity.  Putt-putt miniature golf, a game room, a walk on the boardwalk, dinner at a Japanese steakhouse, and relaxing and watching a movie one evening.  We had a ton of fun running around Ocean City at night and relaxing all day on the beach.  I got a couple of good photos of some of our activities.

mini-golf Saturday night

Sunday at the beach!

Ben enjoying a beach drink for me on Sunday.

We were at this beach restaurant when the earthquake hit on Tuesday.

It rained Sunday night and we found this indoor golf/game place.

I rock at ski-ball!

Ben enjoying 3 of his favorite things: beer, cheese sticks, and wings on Monday night at the board walk.

Hello from Ocean City!

The view from our balcony.

Tuesday night at the Japanese Steakhouse.