Atlantic City, NJ

Jonny took Archie for a walk while I had breakfast on Tuesday, October 11.  I had my Spanish tutor at 9:30 and Jonny decided to pull up anchor by 9 so we could make our way to Atlantic City. I was able to do my lesson from the salon. Fortunately there was only one day this year that I couldn’t participate in the lesson due to connectivity problems.

For the next several hours we cruised south on a sunny and fairly mild day with calm seas.  I made tuna fish sandwiches for lunch and after lunch Jonny spied another whale and this time I saw it too! We even saw it blow! This is the second time in two days that we spotted whales on the Jersey coastline!

We arrived in Atlantic City by 1:50. The local MTOA port captain who Jonny had contacted helped us to get a slip at the Farley State Marina which is operated by the Golden Nugget casino. It’s a huge marina and really quite nice.  Glenn was also kind enough to let Jonny have the new inverter shipped to him.  That was the reason we were staying there - so Jonny could install the inverter and have some moral support from Glenn, a very seasoned boater.  After we arrived, Jonny removed the old inverter and got ready to install the new one which was planned for the next day. We took Archie for a couple of walks and had dinner on board.

On Wednesday Jonny worked all day installing the inverter.  It was a lot of work but he didn’t stop until 6:30 and he got it done! Hooray!

In the meantime, I worked on finalizing the article about our San Juan Island cruise to submit to the MTOA magazine.

Although our original plan was just to stay two nights, we decided to stay a third night because the weather forecast called for rain and rough seas on Thursday. As it turned out Jonny still had more work to do connecting the inverter and snaking the wires through the chase to where our instrument panels are.  This was one area where I could help because my hands are smaller and maybe a little more nimble than his to maneuver through a blind space to make the connection.

While he did that, I watched the ninth (and last) hearing of the January 9 Congressional committee. It was fascinating and even more fascinating is why the majority of Americans are not completely outraged at all that has been reported!

That evening we took advantage of the fact that Atlantic City had extended its restaurant month and we had dinner at the nearby Chart House which is connected to the Golden Nugget. Dinner was very good and as usual, we had enough leftover for another meal!  After dinner we walked through the casino to gawk at the people playing the slot machines.  We are clearly not gamblers so the proximity to the casino held no draw for us. 

Each day we were here we took Archie for long walks along an attractive waterfront walkway. It brought us by some very pretty scenic areas, a windmill installation, and a few of the Atlantic City casinos such as Harrah’s and Borgata. We weren’t on the famous Boardwalk but we didn’t mind a bit though it might have been fun to stroll by the others at night when they are all lit up.

On the last night we were delighted by a fireworks display within view of Zendo. Our plan was to leave the next morning bound for Cape May.  Sadly, we only have a couple more days and nights on Zendo before we put her up for the winter.