Still in Cape May, NJ

As you can see our home is still sitting comfortably at a slip at low tide at Utsch's Marine. We decided not to do our overnight Monday, due to the front that would arrive in the NYC Harbor about the same time we would have arrived Tuesday morning. Now our next weather window will be on Thursday, at that time we plan to do an overnight to avoid entering another NJ inlet.














Larry and I spent most of the day after breakfast walking to the historic district here in Cape May. You will see by the picture of someones beautiful garden, the Spring flowers are in full bloom. There are pansies every where. I feel my photo just doesn't do justice to the beauty. The architecture of the homes, the Victorian Gingerbread styling with the many colors on the woodwork, is a treat to the eyes.

(LCH) Gail has shared how pleasant the last few stops have been but things do happen to make you understand why you have to have some caution living this life. As recent as yesterday the Chesapeake Delaware Canal was closed due to a sailboat sinking after being struck by a barge and tug. It appears the sailboat turned in front of the barge and was struck and sunk. The crew of the barge jumped into the water and got the sailors off the sailboat. Easy to second guess what happened but it makes one think. On Sunday the Coast Guard called off a search for a missing 50' sailboat of the Carolinas. The sailboat had a crew of 4 and was last heard from when their EPIRB went off for a few minutes. It is assumed the boat sunk. They had left off shore during the northeaster we waited out in St Michaels. Why did they feel they had to leave then? It seems that the Coast Guard rescued 3 other boats during that storm. A bit off caution goes a long way but sometimes things just happen. We are planning to do an overnight to NYC on Thursday, a trip of 100 nm. We have waited since Saturday to go but the weather has not cooperated. It is better to be safe than rush and have problems. Cheers!