Cape May, NJ – Marmore, NJ, June 9, 2008

We left around 10:30 this morning after Bob and Margaret received a UPS package they had been waiting for. It was very hot again today. It never cooled down overnight. For a while after we left we were running with the wind and it was miserable. Luckily we had to turn north and then had a fairly nice breeze while traveling.

We went by a Coast Guard Station. It is the only active Coast Guard Training Center. They used to allow visitors to the site, but changed that policy after 9/11. Even at graduations, only family is allowed in. We met a lot of commercial fishing vessels and passed thousands of boats that were docked. We saw “waterfront” homes, which are built on pilings. In one area there was a small community of these homes. There was one with flags on the front. We wonder what they said.

Today the trip was very scenic. It was nice to get back to the feel of the intracoastal, having land on both sides of the water. There were many towns, many boats and miles and miles of the Cape May Wetlands with many birds. We saw one man fishing in a boat while shading himself with an umbrella.

We had heard that, particularly in New Jersey, fishermen like to anchor right in the middle of the narrow channel. We can tell you that it is true. It makes it difficult sometimes for us.

We arrived at our destination at 3:00. We had originally planned to anchor out but the lack of anchorages and the extreme heat made us change our mind. We wanted electricity so we could run our air conditioning. We could run our generator at anchor, but we would have to run it all night to keep the AC going. It turned out to be lucky for us, because the price of diesel here was lower than any other place we had heard about so both boats bought fuel.