Atlantic City

This week has been an adventure and an education.  South New Jersey is rural.  The coastline is obviously a seasonal tourist area.  The marsh areas and extensive and beautiful.   Lucky for us, this is off season so the crowds are manageable.

Atlantic City is full of high-rise casinos, hotels, limosines, helicopters and high rollers.  Then there is the sixty foot wide boardwalk full of tourists in bathing suits, shorts and t-shirts.  Lots of pizza, hot dogs, ice-cream stands and souvenier shops.  We are close to the Taj Mahal and not far from Absecon lighthouse.  We visited both.  Yesterday we walked down to Caesars Palace and saw the water fountain show.  Neat!  It has been unseasonably warm breaking records with 93 degrees yesterday.