photo: ocean city, md, usa.

the following are photographs from my recent americorps retreat to ocean city. we spent about three days and two nights at a superb condo between oceanside and bayside (ocean city is one, long island, with a portion of the chesapeake bay and its tributaries along its western side), right along 5th street and philadelphia road. descriptions follow each picture, where applicable.


this is the first photo i took. my current m.o. is to purchase a disposable camera, and use it to take pictures (instead of investing in a worthwhile camera). this camera in particular was encased in plastic, which apparently made it waterproof.

for the shots of the shore, i attempted to capture nothing but the beach and nature. but of course the city snuck in there for several of them. i blame it on the viewfinder.

because it was so windy, there were all sorts of oddly-weathered sand hills and remnants of sandy cliffs along the shore. some cheesy hotels highlight the background of this one.

along certain segments of the beach, ocean city has placed rocky barriers (the official name escapes me at the moment) to ease erosion.

the rocks along this row in particular were studded with barnacles. for some reason, i was fascinated with them. i didn't want to take a picture of them too close, for fear of the photo completely blurring out.

i tried to catch a number of waves crashing on the rocks with this camera; i was moderately successful. the low-speed film always makes water crappy.

more rocks on the water.

good thing i splurged for that waterproof camera.

hell no, i'm not perfect. that's a silhouette of my head as the picture is snapped.

more shots of water on the rocks. one of my team mates made it into this one (dang viewfinder).

here are two of my team members, investigating one of the rocky outcroppings along the shore.

earth, sea, and sky 1.

these unlucky lumps are the remnants of my monday afternoon sandcastles. an errant wave turned this into a low-budget rendition of 'swamp castle.'

again, with the hotels interrupting my VISION.

it was quite windy the first day we arrived at the shore, and there were some honest-to-goodness dunes. these were shaped by the wind.

dunes texture 2.

this is a picture of two of my team members, along with my supervisor (center).

"god bless 'merica. best election." 'nuff said.

snakes on a muthafuckin' beach!

earth, sea, and sky 2.

construction was taking place incessantly along the boardwalk, sporadically placed. this was a 75' long auger bit, i assume used to dig post holes for support of the massive pylons or pillars that hold up those multi-unit hotels we all love.


es hoy, indeed.
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