Cape May to Atlantic City
June 15, 2013
We left Cape May early this morning and it was only 38 miles to an entirely different place. I would say that next to Merkel, Texas, Cape May is polar opposite to Atlantic City. A quiet coastal fishing village compared to a version of Las Vegas, only smaller. We sailed from 19 th century to the 21st century in essence. Maybe it seems most normal to the locals but in contrast to what we’ve seen lately this is a treat of a different horse. Bear has never been here and I came only once for a business meeting, so we had much to see. Farley State Marina is part of and managed by Golden Nugget Casino so once here, we were in the middle of the world of movers and shakers. Obviously, we are not really part of this scene but for a cruiser stop, this is fun. This marina is not on the boardwalk but the “Jitney” gets one to that area. The Boardwalk is impressive for its size and even more so for the fact, that hurricane Sandy attempted to remove it but the recovery is almost complete. Few signs remain of the damage.
Fast forward to Fathers Day: Jimmy Buffett did a concert last evening and few knew it ahead of time. We certainly did not. He whipped into town and did an hour freebie then left town. Wow. We stumbled into the Margaretville Café and learned about it this morning while strolling the Boardwalk. A sort of miracle took place today in that place: I did not pick up another tee shirt. Having acquired them along the way, we don’t have room for any more tee shirts. I think we have enough for the remainder of our lives.
We will depart this place early in the morning for Sandy Hook, NJ and the New York City area. The others in our sailing fleet are already mixing it up in the Long Island Sound. We will meet them sometime in the next two weeks or so to sail through the Cape Cod Canal to the Boston Area. Until then, we hope to visit some of those places where we stood on shore long ago and said we hoped to sail these waters someday. Someday is here.

Picture is of Bear on the Boardwalk