Vacation in the company of food.

Well I don't know about you but for me one of the best parts of a vacation is enjoying the different foods of the region I visit. And so I had my heart set on some fresh oysters when I went to Maryland. My first outing was to the ocean for a bit of wave jumping. We arrived at the beach and my first glimpse was a mass of white sand with a long line of sun tents and people. Unlike our Midwest beaches, everyone had a front row seat to the ocean and the single line of human sun worshipers went on forever. As we joined the line at the crest of the sand I saw the large waves rolling into shore. Maria ran into the ocean and waves jumping with delight as they tried to sweep her back to shore. I was not so brave. Was it innate fear or was all this swirling making me dizzy. The waves crashed to the shore then rolled back out to sea leaving my frozen feet sinking in the sand. By now Jude had joined Maria and they were both frolicking in the waves. I decided to take it slow and stay close to the beach. I thought it might be better to sit in the waves as they came to shore. BIG MISTAKE! As quickly as I got to my knees a large wave crashed into my upper body and rolled me towards the beach and a truckload of sand filled my swimsuit. Struggling to stand I'm sure all the people on the shore laughingly realized I was a tourist. Jude and Maria came to see if I was OK and I, for the first time, accused them of trying to kill me.
     However, they redeemed themselves when we went for dinner and I had oysters. The oysters were local even though my hosts had told me they were only in season in the months with an R. The table side oyster shucker explained that although oysters are bigger in the months with R's they are available all year around. Sometimes they are milky, off season, but these ones were looking good. So I had to indulge!