(Good Morning! Got in at 7 am...woke up around 2:30 pm. )

Sounds like you caught 'em at their peak, WW! This year they peaked at about 60 per hour, much less than anticipated, but still a worthy and rare event. Last year, at that time, they were peaking at an incredible 800-1,000 per hour!

I took a look down the beach at about 11 pm, and it was a bit hazy with bright moonlight and other light reflecting, and by 12 midnight I didn't see a thing...chatted with a friend I met down there for awhile and headed back to the house to warm-up. (last year at this time we were already seeing about a dozen per hour). Went back down at about 2 am and in 45 minutes I only saw one fireball and another smaller flash...and it was even hazier. So I decided to head out to Belleplain State Forest (a 20 minute drive) and join the South Jersey Astronomy Club Skywatch. Glad I did.
The sky really started opening up after 3 am, and we saw a couple really nice fireballs, and there were a few times when there were multiple meteors zig-zaggin across the sky...but nothing like last year. But it was still a treat and plenty worthwhile to see, (even in the 18° cold...brrrr!). One of the guys there said at about 11-11:30 they had a peak of activity with some nice fireballs, but I couldn't see them at the coast, so it was a good choice to head up there. They also had the telescopes set-up and Venus, which you saw rising over the western horizon, was unusually bright this night, and through the lens you could actually see that it was in crescent, like a quarter moon! (I never knew, until this, that the planets went through phases like the moon) And sometime between 5-5:30 am that vehicle you may have seen traversing the sky straight overhead past Jupiter, from NW to SE, was the International Space Station! (as pointed out by one of the astronomers there) I never knew you could see it so vividly with the naked eye. So, even though the meteor-show fell below expectations, it was still an amazing display as far as meteor showers go. And another treasure of memory to roll out on some dreary day! The stars are cool! I love this stuff!