We're full, go away.

[geekchick]

Today is Pungenday, day 39 in the season of Bureaucracy, 3271.

Apparently Ocean City is all full up this weekend. The only two hotels I could find any space at were a Comfort Suites a mile or so from the beach at $279 a night (and that's the AAA rate) or the Fenwick Inn. I was curious as to why this was the only place close to the ocean that had rooms available, but this cleared it pretty much right up. Call me a snob, but for $170+tax a night, I expect a clean room. So instead, we're going to Rehoboth; of course that's all full up too, so we're staying out near the outlets rather than near the beach. So much for the grand plan of going after Labor Day to avoid the insane crowds and the higher prices. Oh well, either way it's still a trip to the beach. I wonder where my bathing suit is?

[Edit: Well, I found out why Ocean City is full: Delmarva Bike Week. D'oh!]

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

and that's the AAA rate

Because that's the sound you make upon hearing the rate. :-)

So much for the grand plan of going after Labor Day to avoid the insane crowds and the higher prices.

I'm not surprised that this year everyone else had the same idea.

I wonder where my bathing suit is?

You mean you can't go without one? *ducks* ;-)

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Things might clear out pretty quickly if Ophelia actually starts moving up the coast rather than just sitting on the Outer Banks, but then again, you might not want to be there much then either.

[geekchick]

Nah, it looks like it'll rain but the hurricane is heading off the coast.

The bigger problem, which I just discovered, is that it's Bike Week. D'oh.

[geekchick]

I'm not surprised that this year everyone else had the same idea.

No, not everyone.
http://www.delmarvabikeweek.com/

*facepalm*

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Oy.

[stitchinthyme.livejournal.com]

We discovered the hard way last year (or was it the year before) that you NEVER want to go to the beach during Bike Week -- at least not if noise keeps you from falling asleep. We went up to Wildwood, NJ the weekend after Labor Day, figuring that it should be less crowded with all the kiddies back in school, but we didn't realize it was Bike Week. It was as crowded as in the summer and wee barely slept the whole time we were there thanks to the loud motorcycles going up and down the street all night. Never again. If I were queen of the world, there'd be a mandatory jail term for driving anything that makes as much noise as those damn bikes do. (I never realized until that weekend that the bikes are sold with mufflers but the owners remove them so they can make lots of noise, as if everyone within a 3-mile radius has to know they're coming.)

[geekchick]

If we're really lucky, we'll be mostly removed from it in Rehoboth since it's in Ocean City. Not like they're all *that* far apart, but we're less likely to end up with bikes parading through the outlet malls at night. I hope.

If I were queen of the world, there'd be a mandatory jail term for driving anything that makes as much noise as those damn bikes do.

When it's election time, that just got you my vote. =)