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It's starting to happen. Gah! Can't seem to get myself on here everyday. And recently it's not for a lack of things to talk about. Last week was vacation #1.  Yes I'm actually taking two summer vacations. I felt bad about it, because that's what I do. But it won't last.

So last week was the family vacation. Things were split up a little different than in past years. Typically it is my family (mom, dad, sometimes sister, sometimes brother and his family) for the entire week. We usually rent a townhome or condo in the area of North Wildwood, New Jersey. But this year we were going to cut it short and only do four days to cut down a bit on costs. And another difference was me doing the booking as opposed to my wife or mother.

So we decided to look at motels instead of townhomes because townhomes typically will only rent a full week. So I found what I thought was a nice one located in Wildwood proper. What attracted me was a two-bedroom unit which I thought would give some semblance of privacy (we were staying with my parents). Plus they owned two building each with pools that we could use. Perfect.

Unit K would be perfect to stay in. It was in building 2 (according to the website) across the street instead of the building that say right on the boardwalk. But it still had a pool which was nice.

So imagine our surprise when we arrived and it was not in building 2, but a small two floor white building located behind another building behind building 2. This building had no pool. True the walk wasn't THAT far. But for a mother that had a double knee replacement in January, the steps and walk could be tiring. Plus, it wasn't what was told to us on the website.

Plus the room was small. Very small. It was clean, but small. The website indicated a full-size fridge. Um, no. It wasn't a dorm fridge, but full-size it was not. But hey shit happens and we weren't going to let it ruin our good time. The rooftop pool in building 1 was pretty cool (even if it was a walk across the street and then 3 flights of stairs up). The water was nice and the view was cool.

So we ventured to the boards that first night determined to not think about what it was we were going home to. We rode our rides, ate our ice cream and then squeezed into the full-size bed to try and sleep.

When we woke the next morning, you could still see the look on everyone's face. It said what everyone was thinking. This place just sucked. We decided the best thing to do was not stay there. The longer we did the more it depressed us. So we went up to the boards to play a little skee ball. I should have known something was up when my wife said "I'll meet you up there".

A hour later she finds us in the arcade and asks my mom to come with her. After about 20 minutes I get a call "We're moving."  She had found a townhome, in North Wildwood that hadn't been rented that week. In desperation he agreed to give us a deal on 3 nights there. And after the motel we were staying in were only willing to move us to another location if we were wiling to pay more money, the choice was obvious. We packed up faster than ever, loaded the cars back up and headed ten blocks north to start our second attempt at our family vacation. More to come....