Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!: Chesapeake Beach

Monday, July 8, 2013

Chesapeake Beach - Day 1 of Family Getaway

June was already ending and unlike many summers past, I didn't have a desire to go to the beach. Until now. I just had to get away. I needed to hear some waves and just recline in my beach chair and watch my children play.

We found a treasure only 90 minutes away. Yes, 90. It's called Brownie beach---- a little inlet where the locals go and get a little sun. It was beautiful with all the greenery and even a little cliff.

To get to this quiet exclusive beach, you need to ask a local. The directions they give you to get there is "Once you get to the school, turn left, and then there's another street and then turn right." It took us a little while, but we found it. You walk less than a 1/4 mile through this rain-forest like path and then you hit the jackpot!

This is all the kids needed. Some water, sun, sand, and fun things to find!

Best part: we didn't need to drive four hours to get there...

The tourist location is called Chesapeake Beach & North Beach, a quaint little strip with hotels and shops and a few good restaurants. The feature is this long fishing pier. If you were to take family, the nice hotel is Chesapeake Beach Hotel and there's the Chesapeake Water Park for the kids.

You have to pay to get on this beach. It has some nice waterfront restaurants, too. We found one on the end of the beach strip called Mango's Bar and Grill at Herrington on the Bay Resort & Marina . I had the best to-die-for steamed shrimp for $10.