Time for us "Blighty-Boys" to head for the beach thanks to my dear friend Michael, and his college buddy Paul. Paul has a holiday home in the town of Sea Girt, right next to the Jersey shoreline and had very generously invited us all to come and stay.
After early morning coffee with Michael by the Hudson River next to his Manhattan apartment we set off to park our motorcycles in a secure city car park for the sum of $100 each for just two days "welcome to NYC" I hear you say! Before jumping into Mikes car and heading for Sea Girt, New Jersey
The drive down from Manhattan took about an hour and a half. It felt really strange being in a car and mixing it up with all the morning traffic as we battled our way out of the city in Michaels 4-cylinder SUV with the regular cry from him of "I gotta f***ing merge, I need 6 cylinders to merge, 4 'aint cutting it! I should never have bought this f***king car!!!
Pulling into Sea Girt we stopped for supplies - cases of beer, and a magnum of vodka for the cranberry and soda vodka cocktails we would take to the beach in plain plastic bottles, so it looked just like fruit juice! Apparently you can't drink alcohol on the beach in Sea Girt. For a minute there JG and I thought we were back in California.
But before the beach we needed lunch and Michael knew just the place to go - 'Rods Tavern' - what a wonderful place and to top it all, it served ice cold 'Stella Artois' beer!
Entrance to Rod's after finding a "Rock Star" parking slot right outside
Paul's holiday home. Just a 2 minute stroll to the beach. What a wonderful welcoming place. Note the 4-Cylinder SUV recovering in the sun after the 'thrashing' Michael gave it on the drive down!
'Sea Girt' beach just calling you to it. I couldn't quite believe that within hours of arriving we all found ourselves swimming in the sea - I mean that's the Atlantic Ocean! Surprisingly it was warm and the waves were great fun to be jumping and splashing around in.
That night we enjoyed endless beers and great conversation at Paul's house along with his girlfriend Rachel who both prepared and cooked for us a "banquet" of a BBQ, such kind people.
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