A Beautiful Sunday in Cape May

Bright sunshine everywhere! Two boats left early this morning for the New Jersey ICW... one has a 3 ft draft and after he was in it he called a neighbor boat and told them he didn't recommend it at for any boats that take more than 3 ft as he was hitting bottom! (our boat has a 3.5 ft draft)  He also went at low low tide..yeah I meant to say “Low low”... don't ask ! I am not up on these tides but realize they have now become very important. We warned him yesterday that it was not a very good idea and that going outside was better. But the ocean has 5 foot swells on it today.. not good! So he would have had to wait it out like the rest of us here.. .still I was a little envious that he was on the Loop while we await a safe/more comfortable travel day.

After breakfast we cleaned up and Walter hung our Bible study flag hoping some neighbors or Loopers would join us for a short study. We had two attentive students: W & GA! Our flag didn't really blow out so it could be read easily but I did text one couple however they were already into boat cleaning project.

The next big thing we needed to accomplish today was finding the drug store in town that could fill Walter's prescription. Our plan was to walk the 2 miles to the store and then call a cab to bring us back... taxis are cheap here! We found the drug store and then had lunch at great little restaurant called Dock Mike's. It's a Breakfast and Lunch place and recently voted the best breakfast place in New Jersey. We sat outside and cooled off from our walk but then the strong ocean breeze made us chilly . So naturally we walked another block to “Scoops” for an ice cream cone!

Cape May Beach

Then I wanted to see the beach which was another 4 blocks away... it cost to walk on the beach but we were allowed to take a quick photo without paying. I talked Walter into walking back to the Marina hoping to work off the ice cream... I believe we walked a little over 4 miles when we got back to our wonderful soft sofa where W collapsed and GA to the chair. Whew! Probably just worked up an appetite for the next meal!

This is such a pretty town with more Victorian homes than any other place along the New England coast. We hope to discover the history tomorrow when we continue the Cape May Adventure.

Every few hours Walter checks weather and seas..... Tides play a part also if in the ICW....we have a FIVE foot tide here... the boat is up this afternoon. This morning it was so low that the portable walk way to the floating dock was very steep... hard to do in flip flops!  It looks like we will start with 3 ft seas on Tuesday going down to two feet and staying that way for several days... this is doable..... perhaps no more waiting to get into NY Harbor... so excited about this part of the trip....and a little nervous!