Being a larger body of water, Delaware Bay can cause many problems for boaters. Lucky for us our time on Delaware Bay was benign. In fact it was one of the more pleasant days we have had traveling on the water since we left Florida.
Because we didn't have any expectations of Cape May we were again surprised by the town. Our first impression wasn't very good at the marina. We are partially to blame because we again came in with four boats simultaneously. Some marinas are able to handle this situation better than this one was. After getting secured in our slip everything worked out all right.Things improved more after docktails with our friends. There were probably ten so more loopers at this marina, some we knew well and some we were meeting for the first time. With the rainy weather the boaters lounge accommodated all of us comfortably.
Jan and I took a long bicycle ride the next morning to the lighthouse and through downtown before the rain returned. We were really impressed with the condition of both the downtown buildings and many of the homes. After the ride we had lunch at the local seafood restaurant with some looper friends. The food was great and the price was a lot better than their dinner menu. On Ascension Thursday Jan and I were able to attend Mass at Our Lady Star of The Sea. It is a beautiful church right on the main street in downtown Cape May. We also took a trolley ride around town to view all the beautiful houses.
All in all we enjoyed Cape May but it again was time to continue north. We chose to take the New Jersey intracoastal rather than traveling out in the Atlantic ocean. The ICW is VERY shallow in New Jersey and it was an interesting trip to Atlantic City.
As you can see Delaware Bay was behaving for us today.
This huge freighter was probably heading to Philadelphia.
Another huge freighter.
These large ferries docks just inside the canal lead to Cape May.
We were warned to stay out of their way.
This is a real and modern lighthouse, not one of the old style ones.
We didn't choose to climb to the top.
We still had to ride back to the boat and it was looking like rain, which it did before we returned.
The main street in downtown Cape May.
Another view of downtown.
Its always cool to see the horses and carriages.
One of many houses we saw, all in remarkably good condition. There are reportedly more Victorian homes in Cape May than any other U.S. city. We learned that Victorian homes were originally painted somber earth tones and the colorful paint we see now is a 1970's addition.
Again here are the spring flowers. We keep following the spring weather north.
This is an octagon house.
Some fishermen off loaded several of these tubs loaded with fish. He said they weighed 50 pounds each.
They didn't seem too proud of their catch. Apparently the species wasn't appealing.
This is the beautiful Catholic Church, Our Lady Star of The Sea, founded in 1878.
We purchased a ticket for their drawing for a new Mercedes.
We hope to need to return to pick it up.
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