TR 5/31 Absecon Lighthouse; Showboat

My wife, daughter and I headed for the shore today. This was not to be a casino visit, though we did end up playing a little. Our main destination was the Absecon Lighthouse.

We have friends who have a condo in Longport and we had arranged to meet up with them and all go to the lighthouse together. We went to their place first and chatted a bit, waiting for the clouds to clear, which they did. Then around noon, we headed for the lighthouse. For those not familiar with it, it is on Rhode Island Ave., a couple of blocks from Showboat.

Admission is $7/person but I had printed a coupon from their website to get $1 off each person. So we paid our money and hit the stairs. The lighthouse has 228 of them. It is billed as the 3rd tallest lighthouse in the US.

The climb to the top is nice. There are 6 landings with windows along the way with some old photos and info. At the top, there is a staff person giving info about the lighthouse and handing out a card to document your climb. The view was terrific, especially looking north toward Brigantine. Looking south, you see lots of buildings but can%26#39;t really see the shore. It must have been much nicer decades ago before all the towers were built.

After the lighthouse, we drove over and parked at Showboat. We went out on the Boardwalk and walked up past Resorts before stopping for lunch at some greasy pizza place. The 3 of us would have preferred to eat at one of the casino hotels but our friends wanted something cheaper, though I%26#39;m not sure it ended up any cheaper. We would have had a much better meal at a casino restaurant.

The kids wanted to go to ItSugar at The Pier. My wife and the other woman decided to head back and play at Showboat a little. The guy doesn%26#39;t gamble and offered to take the kids to the Pier, so they went their way and we headed back toward the casino.

We stopped at Resorts because my cousin owns Caprice, the giftware store there. We like to visit him when we%26#39;re in town.

At Showboat, I walked around for a while seeing where everything was because we don%26#39;t usually play there. I finally got a seat at a $15 BJ table and played for about an hour before leaving down $52.50 which wasn%26#39;t too bad. I hadn%26#39;t expected to play at all today.

We drove our friends back to their condo and then headed for home. Another nice trip. A beautiful day weather-wise. And a neat experience climbing the lighthouse. If you haven%26#39;t done that, I%26#39;d highly recommend it.

TR 5/31 Absecon Lighthouse; Showboat

Nice report and interestingly enough it is on our agenda to climb the lighthouse next Monday, June 8.

Now that you have described it, I can%26#39;t wait.

Glad you had a good time with your pals and shared the lighthouse.

TR 5/31 Absecon Lighthouse; Showboat

Thanks for the nice report. Did you have a camera when you climbed the Lighthouse? It seems like you have a nice clear day for pictures.

sounds like you had a really nice day..never did the lighthouse but have now added it to my list of things I need to do at some point...

easydave, yes I did have my camera. I took a bunch of photos but didn%26#39;t download them to the computer yet. When I do, I%26#39;ll post a few to my webshots page and post a link here. It was a beautiful day with great visibility.