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Re: Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Mom and I drove down there last summer to check out the old scene. Back when we lived there, about the only houses were the big ones on the beach, now hidden mostly behind hedges and small trees. Mantoloking was the beach for Brick Township, where the Wanigan was (on Route 549). I just cringed and looked at an aerial phtograph on Mapquest, and our old paradise has mostly been paved. Grandma and Aunt Florence's houses, our dogs' graves, and acres of blueberry forest are now a parking lot for what appears to be a strip mall. The Wanigan was replaced by a savings bank in the mid 60s. I saw it once not long after that and never went back. Nice to see the Point Pleasant Boardwalk is still operating, though. And that Asbury Park is finally being rebuilt. Have fun going back. I've heard the ocean has been cold this summer. But the beer will be cold too. Raise one and chow down some subs and steamers for me.
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