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Continuing south along the Atlantic coast from Rehoboth Beach leads eventually to Ocean City, Maryland. Unlike Rehoboth, Ocean City goes on for miles and has a significant stretch of high-rise hotels. Ocean City’s boardwalk is 3 miles long although I never seriously looked for it. In the summer, bike riding on beach boardwalks is forbidden after 10 or 11 am. Not feeling like walking another boardwalk in the warm sun, I found an attractive park and savored the freedom that comes with biking:
The air felt wonderful on a bicycle and reminded me of southern California beaches on a fine day.
Ocean City is strung out on a barrier island with the Atlantic on one side and a bay on the other. This particular park looked out into the bay:
There were many beautiful condos on the bay side, owned by fearless folks who sneer at storms --- or, so I imagine:
I think the plan, in case a serious storm does come along, is to hop in the boat and head for higher ground:
And that --- other than driving all the way through the city --- was my total immersion in Ocean City, MD. I consider it just an introduction.
While driving back up into PA, I stumbled into the little town of Chesapeake City, MD, with lunch on my mind. I got more than lunch because the town, sited on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, is cute as a button with a big bridge soaring high overhead:
Chesapeake City had its origins in 1829, the year the canal was complete. It apparently gets a few tourists who come to experience this quaint and quiet hamlet and stay overnight in one of the B&B’s or inns.
The C&D is a sea-level canal that links the upper Chesapeake Bay with the upper Delaware Bay, in effect making the Chesapeake Peninsula an island. The canal is fairly busy. I read that it carries some 40 percent of all ship traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore:
While I was in town gawking and eating, a crew high overhead was hard at work on the bridge:
Suspended from a cherry-picker, two workers were preparing to “go under”:
... and under they went:
Hope they weren’t the nervous type.