Since lighthouses were turning out to be a theme on this trip I decided to venture into Atlantic City to see the Absecon lighthouse. It wasn’t much but maybe that was just the setting.
I just did not care for AC. It smelled and was full of sprawling resort casinos.
Maybe if I had gone in under the cover of darkness but at 7am it is not a great place. The next lighthouse was the Hereford Inlet lighthouse.
It’s pretty small and looks like a little fancy house but there’s a nice long boardwalk that you can travel that leads to the beaches so I strolled along and walked along the ocean looking for seashells. New Jersey doesn’t have many seashells. I discovered this cool new feature on my camera that lets me focus on one thing and everything else around it gets blurred. I think its really cool.
I also played with the "fish eye" feature:
My next stop was Cape May state park.
They have a really nice lighthouse but it costs $7 to go in so I decided to forego that expense and instead enjoy the nature trail where I caught sight of this monster bird.
The trail wound around to the ocean so I made my way back to the parking lot along the shore line. There’s a decrepit fort thing that’s wasting away in the middle of the beach that looks pretty odd.
When I got back to my car I decided to call around and see if I couldn’t find a camp site for the night. I knew I would have a horrible day if I had to worry about where I would camp that night. I called a state park and, although they were full, the lady was very helpful and gave me the name of several other campgrounds in the area. I was starting to panic when the first few were sold out but Ringing Rocks Campground saved the day. The guy said that a family that was planning to stay all weekend had just left that morning and they had one spot available. I booked it right away and decided to celebrate by lying on the beach and enjoying a good book.
It was wonderful. There’s no swimming allowed at Cape May so the beach only had a few people fishing. After soaking up the sun I moved onto the East Point Lighthouse.
It is quite rural and very charming. There’s a small beach out in front so I decided to hang out and continue reading my book. The beach was actually pretty gross with a couple dead fish and icky water but it was just so quiet and peaceful that I really enjoyed it. Definitely a good spot to avoid the crowds.
I enjoyed watching these dogs play in the water:
Since lighthouses were turning out to be a theme on this trip I decided to venture into Atlantic City to see the Absecon lighthouse. It wasn’t much but maybe that was just the setting. 
I just did not care for AC. It smelled and was full of sprawling resort casinos. 
Maybe if I had gone in under the cover of darkness but at 7am it is not a great place. The next lighthouse was the Hereford Inlet lighthouse. 
It’s pretty small and looks like a little fancy house but there’s a nice long boardwalk that you can travel that leads to the beaches so I strolled along and walked along the ocean looking for seashells. New Jersey doesn’t have many seashells. I discovered this cool new feature on my camera that lets me focus on one thing and everything else around it gets blurred. I think its really cool.
I also played with the "fish eye" feature:
My next stop was Cape May state park. 
They have a really nice lighthouse but it costs $7 to go in so I decided to forego that expense and instead enjoy the nature trail where I caught sight of this monster bird. 
The trail wound around to the ocean so I made my way back to the parking lot along the shore line. There’s a decrepit fort thing that’s wasting away in the middle of the beach that looks pretty odd. 
When I got back to my car I decided to call around and see if I couldn’t find a camp site for the night. I knew I would have a horrible day if I had to worry about where I would camp that night. I called a state park and, although they were full, the lady was very helpful and gave me the name of several other campgrounds in the area. I was starting to panic when the first few were sold out but Ringing Rocks Campground saved the day. The guy said that a family that was planning to stay all weekend had just left that morning and they had one spot available. I booked it right away and decided to celebrate by lying on the beach and enjoying a good book. 
It was wonderful. There’s no swimming allowed at Cape May so the beach only had a few people fishing. After soaking up the sun I moved onto the East Point Lighthouse.
It is quite rural and very charming. There’s a small beach out in front so I decided to hang out and continue reading my book. The beach was actually pretty gross with a couple dead fish and icky water but it was just so quiet and peaceful that I really enjoyed it. Definitely a good spot to avoid the crowds.
I enjoyed watching these dogs play in the water:
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