This year during our Cape May trip Grandma Judi’s influence showed up in food choices and conversation, from soft pretzels to flying pigs to Kokepelli jewelry. There are a lot of memories. Grandma Judi went to Cape May every year from the time she was a little girl.
When Mommy was little, she stayed at the campground with Grandma Judi, Grandpa Earl, Mark and Tod. They used to ride bikes around the campground until they were lost and then use the campground map to find their way home. Early real-world development of analytical skills — and it was for fun. Sometimes Mommy would stay at Great-Grandma Emma and Pop-pop’s condo. Other times she’d stay with Auntie Janet or Auntie Heather at a bed and breakfast. Her all-time favorite was the Queen Victoria, where everyone hung out in the palor during the rainy days. Daytime was spent at the beach, where extra chairs were sitting ready for friends stopping by. In the evenings, it was cookouts at the campground or fancy dinners in town at places like the Mad Batter. Almost every night we went for ice cream at Uncle Charlie’s, or strolled to the boardwalk for skeeball. Minature golf was another favorite evening activity. Mommy remembers how everyone would walk up to her with a bag of sweets from Morrow’s Nut House and offer to share. Fruit slices. Licorice. Salt water taffy. Fun times with the Lloyd relatives.