Wildwood Boardwalk Burns

I went down the shore over the weekend — to Wildwood, of course, because Wildwood is awesome and if you disagree you’re wrong. On Saturday, wildfires from North Carolina and Virginia somehow created a haze on the beaches down the shore. “It smells like cedar,” some dude told the Press of Atlantic City. Neat!

And, then, just this morning, a three-alarm fire broke out under Mariner’s Landing in Wildwood, requiring 200 firefighters to get the blaze under control. I was in Wildwood over the weekend; fire in Wildwood Monday morning. Coincidence? Well, of course. The Boardwalk of Fame and Happiness (this is an actual sign) doesn’t just catch fire because I went for a visit, ate at Sam’s Pizza and learned that spray-on sunscreen doesn’t work as well as the regular stuff.

Today’s fire wasn’t quite as tragic as the one that leveled Castle Dracula six years ago; the only rides that were damaged were the Super Scooter and the Seal Flume (which are probably kids’ rides). Ha ha, kids, looks like we grownups win again!