Location: Atlantic City/Cape May
We left yesterday at 4 in the morning in the pitch dark. From the time I woke up I knew it was coming for me. The seas were calm, but on the ocean they can only be so calm. The breeze was light but on the ocean, above a certain latitude, the breeze can only be so light. Nausea knocked on my door all day.
I managed to ignore the sound for awhile in the early morning and I napped. Once we got out of the channel at Sandy Hook I was unable to move off the cabin top until we pulled into Atlantic City. There were dolphins, which almost made it all worth it.
It took all day to get to Atlantic City. We pulled up to the dock an hour before sunset. The city was alight with casino signs, so much so that the old lighthouse stationed among them was utterly pointless.
I barely moved all day but I was exhausted and went straight to bed.
Today we woke up, used the marina showers - thank god - and started the sail for Cape May. Again there were dolphins. Again I didn't move off the cabin top in the hopes that I could conquer the sea. And, I did. We entered the Cape May Canal and anchored with a few other boats, which were obviously also making their way south and tucked in for the night.
As I write the canal is so calm, quiet, and dark compared to Atlantic City and the other ports in which we have stayed. Sleeping will be no problem. In the morning we plan on catching the high tide up the canal in the hopes of reaching the Cohansey River, where we will stay the weekend with my Dad's sisters.
I managed to ignore the sound for awhile in the early morning and I napped. Once we got out of the channel at Sandy Hook I was unable to move off the cabin top until we pulled into Atlantic City. There were dolphins, which almost made it all worth it.
It took all day to get to Atlantic City. We pulled up to the dock an hour before sunset. The city was alight with casino signs, so much so that the old lighthouse stationed among them was utterly pointless.
I barely moved all day but I was exhausted and went straight to bed.
Today we woke up, used the marina showers - thank god - and started the sail for Cape May. Again there were dolphins. Again I didn't move off the cabin top in the hopes that I could conquer the sea. And, I did. We entered the Cape May Canal and anchored with a few other boats, which were obviously also making their way south and tucked in for the night.
As I write the canal is so calm, quiet, and dark compared to Atlantic City and the other ports in which we have stayed. Sleeping will be no problem. In the morning we plan on catching the high tide up the canal in the hopes of reaching the Cohansey River, where we will stay the weekend with my Dad's sisters.
What we ate: chicken soup, soupie, cheese, crackers, grilled ham and cheese with Mac and cheese.
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