Sunset, 12th Street beach, Ocean City
So I am nearly at the end of my Memorial Day odyssey. Tonight, the Ocean City boardwalk was filled with people like me, who were trying to squeeze every last moment into their holiday weekend. There were last ice cream cones, and last boardwalk lemonades, and last handfuls of Johnson's popcorn. In a way, these three days are an illusion - it feels like summer, but it's not.
"I don't WANT to go back to school," I heard a little boy cry as his parents steered him off the boardwalk.
We know what you mean, junior.
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