The water in the ocean there was warm, unlike San Diego, and was a lot of fun to swim in. We were there on Friday July 3rd, which was really crowded from the holiday vacationers like us:
The water was blue-green and it reminded us of the ocean in the Florida Keys or bahamas because of the cool color and warm water temperature:
We even got a neat picture of Colleen with a sailboat right behind her:
After spending all day at the beach, we drove into downtown Wilmington (5 miles from the beach). Downtown Wilmington reminded us a lot of downtown Portsmouth, NH with lots of brick buildings having restaurants, shops, cafes, etc. There was also a river through town right at the coast, and they even have a lift bridge just like Portsmouth, the resemblance was amazing:
They have a boardwalk along the river and we were lucky enough to eat dinner on a deck right next to the water. Then we walked along the boardwalk back towards downtown:
One thing that was neat about driving out of Wilmington was on I-40. I-40 begins near the coast in Wilmington and goes west to Barstow, California. We have been on the beginning on of I-40 in Barstow, California in November when we were going canoeing on the Colorado River and we took this picture of a neat sign:
Well in Wilmington they have an identical sign! (We passed by it too quick for a picture, but later that night we found this pic on the web of that sign)
It was neat to know we've seen each sign in the last 8 months!
I can't believe the water is so warm down there (85 degrees or so, from what I found online.) It was "only" 75 at Ocean City, MD, which was still pretty tolerable after being in for a few minutes.
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