Cape May

Miss Chris Marina, Cape May NJ

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

There are severe thunderstorms forecast for today. Therefore, we got up early and got underway sailing for Cape May Harbor. There was a nice breeze and by 1300 we were in the harbor. The anchorage here is a poor one and there were lots of boats already there, so I elected to stay in a marina.

Miss Chris was the lowest price marina listed in the book. At $48/night it is not cheap, but the other marinas here want $64 up to $96 per night for Tarwathie. There's a reason for the low price though -- no showers and no laundry. Oh well.

I rode my bike to downtown Cape May in search of a WiFi signal. Negative on the WiFi, but I did learn that there's a major tourist center here. It looked like Saint Augustine Florida. I saw one thing that I've never seen before. Acme, the only supermarket in town, charges $4/hour for customers to park in their parking lot. They do allow the first 30 minutes free. Still, I never heard of such a thing.

Our bike is getting creaky and hard to ride because of corrosion. I'm disappointed that a bike called the Dahon Mariner has so many iron parts vulnerable to rust. If we were stationary in one place for a while, I'd take it to a bike shop for an overhaul.

I talked to my sister Nancy by phone today. She drove from Boston to Albany yesterday to visit our sister Marilyn. Thank you Nancy, that was nice. Nancy is going on a trip to Russia next week, she won't be back until late July. It's yet to be seen where we'll be by then.

If the weather holds, we'll head offshore tomorrow on a passage to Block Island, RI.

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