Our trip on the New Jersey intracoastal waterway was not fun. As the picture below shows, it was SHALLOW!!! Luckily we were following other boats that need about the same draft that we do. Without Jan's motion issues we would have gone out into the Atlantic Ocean and bypassed the waterway. Several boats and those with deeper drafts did go "outside". One of the issues in the waterway is the fishermen right in the channel. Not being much of a fisherman, I am guessing the fish only bite inside the channel. Seriously, I know the fish prefer the deeper water and the channel is where the deeper water is.
After we arrived in Atlantic City the channel took us all the way around the city to the north end. We stayed at the Frank S Farley State Park Marina which is connected to the Golden Nugget Casino. We were impressed with the nice docks, friendly helpful dock attendants, etc. This is a really nice place. This location is somewhat remote from the boardwalk and we were told not to walk to the boardwalk after dark.
Our first night we joined several other looper boats at the casino buffet. It was Friday and a seafood buffet. I guess real seafood lovers were impressed. I, however, didn't find my favorite seafood, fish and chips! The Fish House in Fort Myers Beach is hard to beat.
Bicycle riding is allowed on the boardwalk until 10:00 AM and we joined Mark and Jane from Average Looper to ride from one end to the other. It was a good easy flat ride. We understand why we were instructed not to walk to the boardwalk at night. The surrounding areas look quite tough.
Saturday night was a return to the buffet and a Jitney ride to see the boardwalk after dark with Mark and Jane. We walked through the Trump Casino the get from the road to the boardwalk. That casino was much more Las Vegas style than the Golden Nugget, which was surprisingly small. Neither one of us gambled at all. I had been playing some blackjack on the I pad and thought I might try $20.00. At least I thought I would get four hands before the money was gone. The minimum table was$10.00 and I gave Mark the $20.00 for a firefighters challenge he was involved in. That was much better use of the money.
Sunday was time to move north again. Some how we got to lead through the next section of the New Jersey intracoastal. It was another day of SHALLOW water and fishermen and the added local boaters traveling at high speeds and "waking" us a lot. Local knowledge is a wonderful thing. We all made if to Manasquan for the night. There isn't any intracoastal from Manasquan to New York and we were going to be in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Just to avoid a cliff hanger here, it was a good trip to Great Kills Yacht Club on Staten Island.
The next post will be Manasquan and Staten Island. After that will be New York City. We are really getting there!
This was a typical depth for the days travel. YUK!!!
The Golden Nugget is the building on the right.
A nice marina to be in after a disappointing marina in Cape May.
Cute, cute water tower!
Yes, there really is a real beach here.
I believe this fountain was at the Trump Casino.
View looking south on the boardwalk.
It really is boards!
View looking north.
This is the south end of the boardwalk looking north.
Jan and I on our after dark boardwalk tour.
We weren't very impressed and didn't stay very long.
This is the nighttime view from the stern of Navigator.
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