Lucy the Elephant

AAA triptiks have points of interest; I almost always click on them. When I saw ‘Lucy the Elephant’ it was immediately added to the trip. It’s a National Historic Monument! It’s a very large wooden structure that looks like an elephant. Click here for more information about Lucy the Elephant. We declined the tour. But as we sat there, while Bob figured out how to send the picture to Anna, a woman about 10-15 years older than us came out of the gift shop and she was also wandering and looking up at it. We told her we were sending the picture to our granddaughter Lucy. She told us her brother was in the Shriner’s hospital nearby for 5 years when he was young. Their parents always brought them to see Lucy the Elephant when they visited. She has brought her children and grandchildren to see it also.

As we were told, we found it with no problem. It was right on Atlantic Avenue in Margate City- even the water tower has ‘Lucy’ on it.

I didn’t know all the places on the Monopoly board were real places- looking at the map it’s strange to see Ventnor Ave, Pacific Ave, Reading….

We’re at the Whippoorwill Campground. It’s closing soon but it appears to be a busy place during the summer- pool, crafts, activities. Internet is at the picnic tables outside the office.(And was faster after the office closed). There are a lot of permanent sites – people have not only decks and or porches but rooms added on to their campers.

Tomorrow we’re headed south to Cape May and we’ll make reservations for the ferry Monday and check out another Oceanside resort town.