Remembering What This Is All About
As you can tell from the pictures and the stories that I have shared here and on Facebook in the last week, my family and I have had an enriching experience that will be remembered for many years to come. There is no doubt that my children will reflect on these days as their defining [...]
Wild Horses
(all photos taken by rus vanwestervelt, assateague/chincoteague island national seashore, july 29, 2010) In the end, it was a darkness different than the pre-dawn trip to Assateague that enveloped me, and haunts me still. Ten hours earlier I knew nothing of the cries. When we stepped outside of the bayside condo to head south toward [...]
OC 2010: Day Two
(photo taken by rus vanwestervelt, july 27, 2010, ocean city, md; mick jagger imitation by my son purely coincidental) The warm temperatures of the water, the pull of the full moon, and the restlessness of the mid-summer Atlantic all led me to believe that, on this day along the ocean’s shoreline, the water would be [...]
OC 2010: Day One
(all pictures taken 26 July 2010, rus vanwestervelt, ocean city, md) In what seemed like the fastest trip ever to Ocean City (and yet, the longest and “most boringest” ride to my son, Braeden), we finally made it back to Ocean City, MD for our much-anticipated week at the beach. Last year, when my family [...]
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