Exciting Beach Trip
There was going to be perfect weather last Saturday — not too hot, clear skies — so we set my birthday beach trip and aimed for Rehoboth. Everyone in the US probably knows how this story will go.
We set up our chairs on a less populated stretch of sand and removed our masks. But about five minutes after we sat down, a F-15 fighter jet started circling over the beach. It was loud. And low. And freaked me out.
Josh checked, and Biden was in residence at his Rehoboth house. Crap. We hadn’t checked before we left, but with another loop or two over the sand, the fighter jet left and calm returned. Later, when we were walking in town, we got to see the motorcade pass. And even though I’ve seen a presidential motorcade dozens of times, I still stood and clapped.
Beyond the initial confusing fighter jet situation, it had been a perfect day. French fries for lunch. Great weather. Enjoyable mystery to read and waves to watch. We were the only masked riders for the haunted mansion ride on the beach, but I got everyone to jump on the merry-go-round with me before we picked up Nicola’s and said goodbye to the original location with a picnic dinner. We didn’t know anything was amiss until we got home and people texted to ask if we had been at Rehoboth.
Ooops. We had no clue anything was happening until we got home and saw the news.
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As I started reading your post, Rehoboth sounded vaguely familiar but I wasn’t sure why. Glad everything turned out OK, for the Bidens & for you!
Glad everyone’s ok…and you got your beach french fries!!
(What does it say that I had to look up what happened–given the recent spate of gun news, I was relieved it wasn’t worse.)
I’m glad you had a lovely day at the beach, despite the fighter jet. Only when I hovered over your link did I recall the news I’d heard/read. Glad it didn’t disrupt your day.
I’ve just googlemapped it – I didn’t realise it was due east of DC, and so close for you. (I’ve been there, but drove up from Virginia on our way to Cape May, so my bearings were all out.) So nice to be able to picture where you were though!