More Beaches!
Day 5 (2022-06-07) 44 miles, 767 feet (2092)

Today we biked through Bethany Beach and Ocean City and then headed inland. We didn't get to the boardwalk in Bethany Beach, but we did go to the boardwalk in Ocean City. OC was every bit as tacky and dreary as we expected, but the boardwalk and the beach was beautiful. The day was a bit overcast, which probably contributed a bit to the slight letdown I felt, despite knowing full well what the place was probably like.

Nonetheless we had fun. I found a Big Chair, and Bill posed carefully watching Henry's bike. The backstory here was that earlier, on the boardwalk, Henry had asked Bill to watch his bike while he used the restroom. Bill said "Sure," and promptly forgot about it.

So we decide to head out, going through a complicated interchange to get from the barrier island section back to the main peninsula, and eventually realized that Henry wasn't with us. He had come out, noticed his bike, prominently displaying both phone no and wallet, were still there, but Bill was not. He rode up and down the boardwalk looking for us, and finally looked at his phone to see all our messages. The picture was Bill's (after-the-fact, staged) attempt to show Henry that he had taken his task seriously.

About 30 miles in, facing strong headwinds with ebikes not fully charged, we took a shortcut 14 miles down a divided highway with a broad shoulder in order to shave 12 miles off our day. We finished the day at a tavern w/ very good crab-stuffed flounder, but very little selection in beer. Hm.

Our AirBnB is a cute little 180yo house that was clearly built by non-experts, and for short people, but has loads of charm and good air-conditioning.