Chunky Dunking

The sign in the gift shop on the Cape May - Lewes Ferry said - "We no longer Skinny Dip, we now Chunky Dunk." Just another way for someone to tell me that I am fat. It was that way all weekend.
My mother in law said, "You can tell David doesn't miss any meals"
My mom said, "you and Steve were so fit and trim when you were in the Marines, maybe you need to start running again."
My brother Steve said, "What is your waist size?" SAME AS YOURS BRO!
The airlines announced that they are going to start charging for extra pounds. The seat at the baseball stadium seemed awful small. Anyway, it seems like a good time to go on a serious diet. Especially after all that good NJ food. It is normally 8 hours between when we leave home and I am sinking my teeth into a NJ submarine, but we were taking Sharon's Mom and our niece Mandy with us for the visit so we went to NJ via the Cape May - Lewes Ferry. It is a pleasant boat ride across the Delaware Bay. I think everyone enjoyed it. It added about 4 hours to the trip, we went over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Annapolis, which is also impressive.
We had a quick trip, traveling on Friday and Monday - which only left Saturday and Sunday for visiting. We went to North Wildwood Saturday morning just before the rain that lasted all day hit. Saturday night about 20 people gathered and Mom's and we had some "Big Johns" pizza, a special taste and memory from my days growing up in NJ. Did you know that smell is the closest sense we have to memory? When I walk into Big Johns the smell is exactly what I remember from 35 - 40 years ago. The pizza tastes like I remember it also. Sharon agrees with me about NJ food and is becoming a big fan of Big John's Pizza. Especially the sweet peppers, onions and sausage pizza that Freddie turned us on to. Never had that growing up, but it is good.
Sunday I spent the day with Fred. Brian had tickets for the Phillies and Orioles game and he was taking his Dad for Fathers day and they invited me. Thanks again for that! I'd never been into the new stadium in Philadelphia before. I went to the old Connie Mack stadium two or three times. Once I remember Uncle Carson taking Fred and I and we got to see Johnny Callison play right field. The one game I went to at Veterans Stadium I saw Mike Schmidt hit a home run. The Phillies lost this game 2-1 a real pitchers duel. Ryan Howard didn't play cause he had the flu, he might have made the difference. He had hit a 3 run home run the night before. After the game Fred and I slept in the car as Brian fought bumper to bumper traffic for quite awhile. (I don't know who snores louder me or Fred.) Then we visited Jim and Pam and got to see their home and sample some of Jim's grill expertise. AJ/Alan is a good baby and I finally got to hold him at their house. He was being held by everyone else at Mom's on Saturday night.
Sharon, her Mom, my Mom, Mandy and Dianna went to the shore again on Sunday while I was watching baseball. This time it didn't rain and they got to walk on the Ocean City Board walk and see the sights. This was the first time Mandy or Sharon's mom had seen the ocean and when they said that on the beach on old fella didn't believe that Mom Jarvis had never seen the ocean. Sharon loves feeding the seagulls, she could stand and do that all day long I think. She was surprised that the came down and took food right out of my hand, she just throws it to them. I think Mandy and Sharon's Mom - Lotus Jarvis had a good time visiting and I want to thank everyone for making them feel at home.
Hey life is too short to hold grudges or be mad at anyone. Family is too important to not stay in touch and stay close.
Well I think that I've rambled aimlessly long enough.