It's March! Let's go to the beach! Why not? So we did! We packed up a picnic lunch and headed off for Ocean City, New Jersey. It was sunny and warm when we weren't right by the shore, but the breeze coming onto shore was pretty chilly. We stuck it out, strolled along the shore bare foot; I love how smooth my feet become from walking on sand. Combing the beach tiny treasures were everywhere, conchs, hermit crabs, clams and snails... though no one was scurrying. One or two of the larger empty whole shells found their way into my pocket. They will find a lovely home in the salt water fish tank. The dry sand was warm on my toes once we planted ourselves on a dune with our lunch, only ingested a small amount of sand :) We continued our walk by going up to the board walk even though only a few of the shops were open. There were a surprising number of people out and about. We were not entirely crazy for going to the beach in March. There was not a single coffee shop open, someone could make a fortune running an off season coffee shop there. We were forced to get coffee and hot chocolate from a little pizza place. The Christmas store was open, apparently it is open year round, we didn't dare venture into it though.