Ocean City

Last weekend we took a little road trip to Ocean City, New Jersey with some friends from the ward, the O'Farrells. I wasn't sure what to expect from a New Jersey beach, but it was actually really pretty. There was a cute little boardwalk with an amusement park, shops, and every kind of fried food imaginable. I think something about being next to the ocean makes it taste even better. We had heard rave reviews about one of the restaurants along the boardwalk, Mack and Manco's pizza, so we made that our first stop.

Very yummy! After that, we spent some time on the beach.

It was definitely a bit chilly. Jeremy and Mike actually got all the way in and went body surfing. They were just about the only people in the water. I heard the people next to us on the beach saying that they "must be from Canada." Afterwards, we took a walk along the boardwalk


and tried a few more of the restaurants. The funnel cake, fried oreos, and salt water taffy were amazing. I think we all left the boardwalk very satisfied!

Sunny Dallas

Jeremy and I got home from our trip to Dallas yesterday. I had forgotten just how much I like Texans, they are great.We had a really fun time spending time with Jeremy's family and relaxing a bit. The first night we were there we spent at rough creek ranch. It was a really fun place, they had swimming, rock climbing, biking, fishing, and lots of random puppies to play with. This was in our welcome bag when we got there.

I appreciate little touches like this! Here is a picture of all of us at the restaurant at the lodge. The food there really was amazing.


The next day we stopped by Fossil Rim, which is an African animal preserve. They give you a bag of feed and then you just drive through the park. The animals come right up to your car. I loved feeding the giraffes

The zebras were a little bit too grabby for my taste.

The rest of the week we did a few things around the Dallas area. We were able to tour the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, which I now know has the largest high definition television screen in the world. Jeremy was really excited about seeing that! We also went to a western mystery dinner at the Gaylord Texan resort.

Our table (the Macgyvers) even guessed right about who had committed the murder. It was a little bit sad coming back to Pennsylvania, we had to ride back on a tiny turbo prop plane (I hate throwing up on planes, everyone just looks so horrified) and we got to drive home from Allentown through a monsoon. Welcome home!