February 28, 2010

Next day the sun came out and people flocked to the beach. These pictures are of the Atlantic ocean side of the pennisula. At this point the pennisula is very narrow with only 2 miles separating the ocean from the bay.

In the afternoon a huge truck lumbered down the main street, and teenage workers set up rows of folding chairs curbside for about a mile.

Several of the restaurants had these airconditioned glass enclosures on the curb side of the sidewalk. Others just doubled their usual number of outside tables, obliterating the sidewalk in places. The shops of course remained open during the parade. After midnight people settled in with their kids for a serious steak dinner. This last picture is the open flame grille inside my adopted restaurant where I had my first and last steak dinner.

After 10pm that night there was a carnival parade.