{"id":3015,"date":"2020-11-06T22:03:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T03:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2023-02-25T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T20:55:10","slug":"ocean-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/2020\/11\/06\/ocean-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3052\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/View3-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After four itinerant years since retirement, on September 28, 2020, I bought a small condo on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey. Living on the ocean has been a life-long dream. I have daily sunrise walks, bike rides on the Boardwalk, and body surfing in the ocean (even now in November in my wet suit). I&#8217;m also playing lots of bridge online with my favorite partners from across the country and beyond. <a href=\"http:\/\/attheshore.com\/livecam-14thstreetpiersouth2\">Live cam of my beach<\/a>. \u00a0More \u00a0photos \u00a0at \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seeinghappy.org\/author\/fmorgan\/\">SeeingHappy.com<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2022\/11\/BodySurf3.mov\">BodySurf3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3017 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Sunrise1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I first considered Florida, toured the East Coast from New Hampshire to Georgia, almost settled on San Diego. I was fascinated by Australia, Rio with its bridge club just off the dazzling beach, and especially Cuba. But in the end I chose my favorite old spot on Earth since childhood.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3018\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SunriseN2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3053\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/FullWetSuit-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2022\/11\/BodySurf3.mov\">BodySurf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/SkiFeb23.mov\">Skiing the Boardwalk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My bridge partner Mike Kohler shows me how to make a sandcastle:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3158\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/Castle-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are two photos from Cuba:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3027 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2370-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3022 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/Morgan\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_2430-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four itinerant years since retirement, on September 28, 2020, I bought a small condo on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey. Living on the ocean has been a life-long dream. 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