What a marathon final 2 days we had. Spent all of Monday emptying the excess stuff from the house. That is all of the things that will make it look bad should the real estate agent get a buyer to look inside. That finished about 11:00am. We then had to pack. By 2:00 we had everything loaded in the truck. Annie only had a 2x2 space to sit in behind the seat and that was on top of several bags full of clothing. The bed of the pickup was full to the top of the sides with food and other miscellaneous gear.
By three we were at the boat and at four we let go the docklines heading for Cape May.
The inside of the boat looks like an explosion in a Super Walmart. Bags of clothing – Bags of Food and Bags of other stuff all over the place, but we are moving.
A stiff headwind slowed us going to Cape May and we arrived at the marina about 8:15. After tying up and walking Annie we walked ourselves over to my favorite Wing Place – C View Bar – and had dinner (and several beers).
On Wednesday we got underway about 9:00 and stayed in the ICW (InterCoastal Waterway) all the way to Atlantic City. We expected to arrive about 5:00pm, but there is a bridge that closes for two hours, from 4 to 6 and we got there at 4:20. Tidal currents slowed us more than expected.
We stayed at Trump Castle Marina – WOW! - this must be the priciest marina south of New York. It is going to take a lot Anchoring out to get back on track. And it was not even that nice. Utsch's Marina in Cape May at half the price was far nicer.
Friends Karol and Marcos stopped by for a drink and we had a nice chat with them before crashing for the night.
Inside of the boat still looks like the bombing aftermath. Going up the ICW in NJ can be nerve wracking. It is very shallow and very winding. Plus it was raining on and off (mostly on) and sometime it was right in our face. It took the both of us n to make the trip comfortable, which is why only a little cleanup happened. Of course my procrastination had nothing to do with it.
Weather is much nicer Today. We left AC at 8:00am and took the ICW to Barnegat Bay where we are now cruising on to Manesquan.
If the weather and seas hold out we will be somewhere on the Hudson River tomorrow evening.
I will apologize ahead for any spelling or grammar errors as I want to send this before we need to navigate again (and before I lose my signal)
More pictures are at http://picasaweb.google.com/mitchb88/
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