Ocean City New Jersey

Hello. Today I'm writing about our recent family vacation.

Every summer my family consisting of my mom and dad, me, and my siblings Alex and Katie, have a week long vacation in Ocean City New Jersey. We've been having this vacation for as long as I can remember, even though I've been assured that I haven't been there every summer of my life. While I'm there I see my Grandma, Aunt Robin and Uncle Dave, and my two cousins, Andrew and Isaac. It's also a family reunion on my dad's side. Going to Ocean City for vacation has been a long standing annual vacation on my dad's side of the family, so as you can imagine there are many many traditions to uphold yearly. For the most part we always rent out the same beach house. Our current one we've been using for at least three years, and I remember changing from our previous one because it was getting a little small for the growing families. The trip to Ocean City is filled with nostalgia and I find those kinds of car trips very fun when you know you're going someplace fun. We get up a little early and pack up the car with our clothes, beach chairs, and bikes. Among each of our backpacks there are small things to keep us entertained during the quiet moments at the beach house or while sitting on the beach. There are normally many books, but I think I won most books packed this year at seven. We normally stop at a toy store called It's a Toy Store on the way there. It's a house that's been converted into a toy store and almost every inch of the walls and ceilings have been covered in toys or posters or statues, and there are many toy racks in the rooms. It's a very dorky place, and me, Alex, and dad enjoy it the most. Normally we'd eat lunch at a place right next to the toy store, but they were closed so we ate at a large diner a little ways down the road called May's Landing Diner which was very good. There's a bridge that takes you over to Ocean City, which is a peninsula off of New Jersey. I saw the first seagull of the year there, and you could see all of us getting very excited.

We all had a huge amount of fun at vacation this year. We upheld a couple traditions but also did new things that were tons of fun. We went to Atlantic City north of us and went in the Apple Store, where my dad got a keyboard for his iPad. We went to a Red Robin and ate large burgers before going to see Finding Dory, which was very good. I rode rides with my Mom, Alex, and Katie, and they were as exhilarating as they are every year. More than those other things I just enjoyed being there. On the boardwalk. On the beach. In the ocean. At the beach house. But above all of those other things I enjoyed being with my family, especially the ones I only get to see a few times a year.

That was this year's Ocean City vacation. Bye.


- By Ashton