The Ship’s Rusty Anchor

When traveling, I like to look around for the more obscure things to see while all of the tourists flock to the main attractions. For me, those little things are more interesting than the big things.

For example, while on vacation we were walking along the beach and sand dunes and came across a playground that was built directly on the beach. It’s a beautiful playground with a lot of fun things for the kids to see and do. There are plenty of benches for the parents to sit down & relax while their children play.

A little further down and off-the-beaten path we found this really large rusty & old ship’s anchor leaning up against a wood piling. We sat there looking at it and were really surprised at how large it was and trust me, it’s so heavy we couldn’t even budge it. None of the tourists nearby even noticed it and they all just walked right by it like it was no big deal.

Can you imagine the size of ship that the rusty anchor used to belong to? That anchor is at least 5 feet tall, if not taller! It’s pretty wide too…I would say about 4 1/2 foot wide. It’s actually quite beautiful (even in it’s rusty state which gives it charm) to see.

So a piece of advice to all of you. When you travel, take the time to look for the obscure & smaller things that aren’t attracting the tourists. You can really find some hidden gems along your way. Over the next few weeks, I’ll share a few other obscure treasures that we found on one of our recent trips down to the Jersey Shore.