{"id":115,"date":"2014-12-28T12:35:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:59:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:59:09","slug":"ocean-city-md-day-trip-27-dec-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/28\/ocean-city-md-day-trip-27-dec-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean City, MD &#8211; Day Trip &#8211; 27 Dec 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John and I decided to head to Ocean City, MD in order to take advantage of a warmer and sunny December day.  <\/p>\n<p>For the start of the walk up the boardwalk, the weather was perfect &#8211; bright sun and almost 60 degrees.Lots of folks were out walking, and for a December day, it was surprising to see so many people on the boardwalk, even with so many of the stores and restaurants closed for the season.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_140\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16081.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16081-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Boardwalk\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16081-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16081-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Boardwalk<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We did walk out onto the beach &#8211; obviously, we didn&#8217;t get in the water, but great day for photos and watching the waves.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_116\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1625-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - Boardwalk Beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1625-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1625-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; Boardwalk Beach<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_118\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16341-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - Boardwalk Beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16341-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16341-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; Boardwalk Beach<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_119\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1637-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - Boardwalk Beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1637-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1637-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; Boardwalk Beach<\/p><\/div>    <\/p>\n<p>We headed back up the beach toward the pier, hoping for some pictures from a different angle.  Lots of mist off of the water.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1643-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - Boardwalk Beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1643-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1643-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; Boardwalk Beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From just beside the pier, a view of the waves.  A lot of people were walking the water line as we had.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_121\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1670.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1670-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Fishing Pier\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1670-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1670-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Fishing Pier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The actual fishing pier was closed beyond this point, but the front platform was still accessible for photos up the coastline.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16891.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16891-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Fishing Pier\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16891-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16891-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Fishing Pier<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_123\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16741-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - Coastline from OC Fishing Pier\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16741-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_16741-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; Coastline from OC Fishing Pier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back to the Ocean City Inlet, John and I found a bench to sit and watch the sunset.  At this point, with the sun setting, the temps really began to drop quickly.  We made lots of jokes about how there should be heaters installed beneath the benches.  A lot of the fishing boats were returning to the inlet around this time, which made for some great photos.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_127\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17301-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Inlet\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17301-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17301-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Inlet<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_128\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1748-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Inlet at Sunset\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1748-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1748-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Inlet at Sunset<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_130\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17681.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17681-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Inlet at Sunset\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17681-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17681-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Inlet at Sunset<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_132\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17851.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17851-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Inlet at Sunset\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17851-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_17851-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Inlet at Sunset<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>We were really freezing at this point, so we walked back to the car (free parking in the Municipal Lots until April!), and warmed up before driving over to another section of the inlet to jump out and take a few last pictures of the sunset.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_133\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1792.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1792-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean City, MD - OC Inlet at Sunset\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1792-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.girlnovember.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_1792-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean City, MD &#8211; OC Inlet at Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After this, we headed over to Chipotle to share a burrito, and plan the drive home.   Some coffee.  A snack from Candy Kitchen.  A good road trip overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and I decided to head to Ocean City, MD in order to take advantage of a warmer and sunny December day. 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