Cape May

We’ve finished the Jersey coast…YAY! We’re on a slip at the Utsch’s Marina in Cape May. What a beautiful place. We got a complimentary bag of goodies with wine, biscotti, home-made soap and a few other things. They’ve got beautiful showers, lots of laundry facilities, cable TV and are within walking distance of stores – all for $2.00 per foot! This is a family owned and operated marina since 1951 (sound familiar (d’Eon Boatbuilding). They own all their own travel-lifts, backhoes, etc. and keep the price of their fuel reasonable. Great place and great people.

We figured we were safe here…wrong! This morning Pete awoke to find his dinghy stolen! The Utsch’s crew took him in a speed boat to search and believe it or not, they found it tied to the outside docks! I guess somebody took it for a joy ride, but were kind enough to at least tie it up once they were done! What next?! The staff was appalled that this could happen here and told Pete to contact the Jersey police, which he did. They were very nice, but there was nothing to do since it was back with Radical Jack.

So now, Heather & I are showered and doing laundry. For some reason, I am the only one in the whole marina who can’t seem to log on to the internet! I keep trying, however I’m not having much luck. But we’re all making the best of things. We’re having a glass of wine while the men are doing boat stuff.

Sunday – we’ve spoken to a lot of people here and there are differing opinions about when to leave for Delaware Bay. The only consensus is that Delaware Bay is the worst stretch of water to travel. Albert has decided to leave at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow (Monday) and fight the tide for a couple of hours in the Cape May Canal then ride the flood up Delaware Bay to the Cohansey River (34 miles away) before dark. Then, the next day we’re close to the C&D canal which leads into the Chesapeake. Pete has decided to wait until Tuesday morning and leave at 4:30 a.m. and try to make the C&D Canal (47 miles away) in one day. Either way, we should be in the Chesapeake soon. Then we should be home free…lots of anchorages and short days. Yay!

We walked to a grocery store that was supposed to be about 1 ½ miles away…at least 2 miles later we finally found it! Needless to say, we took a taxi back to the marina. Hahah. And yes, we’re both still losing weight!
‘Til next time…