Cape May, NJ (return trip)

Archie had a rough night with an unhappy tummy so we didn’t give him much to eat on Friday, August 11.  Jonny took him into shore at Barnegat Light while I did my exercises (which I do not do often enough).  We pulled up the anchor by 9 a.m. and headed out. Our desire was to make it all the way to Cape May. But if the seas were uncomfortable we could duck in and stay near Atlantic City.

Fortunately, it was a very nice day and the seas were calm enough for us to decide to go all the way to Cape May. It was an especially good idea because the following day was supposed to be worse.  It was a long day of cruising with Archie glued to my side (or Jonny’s) most of the time. Even though the seas were relatively calm, there are those rolling waves when you’re out in the ocean which can make one feel a little queasy at times.  It particularly affected Archie and for the first time in two years he got a little seasick, poor baby! 

We finally entered the harbor to Cape May and set our anchor at 6 p.m. We were too tired to think about making dinner so we took Archie into shore and ate dinner at the Harbor View restaurant. It was nice to sit inside in the air conditioning and we had a fabulous view of the harbor (hence the name).

We ordered drinks and she crab soup for an appetizer. We each ordered one of their fish dinner specials. Mine was delicious - a whole hake that was perfectly prepared. Jonny’s swordfish was over done and he sent it back. They then told him they were out of swordfish so he ordered something else. It wasn’t delivered until I was almost done with my meal so that was disappointing. But we didn’t regret going out because we brought enough leftovers home to incorporate into the following night’s dinner on board. 

We got back to Zendo and called it a night after a very long day. Our plan was to stay on anchor for two nights because our next cruise is up the Delaware Bay and we need to time our departure with the current so we can make better time on that day long cruise.

On Saturday, Archie was feeling better - we think he appreciated a day off from cruising!  We took him on the dingy to  the opposite shore near Utsch’s Marina. Going this way is a longer ride across a busy harbor but we can walk next door to the great fish market run by the Lobster House Restaurant. We walked Archie through that part of town which isn’t particularly interesting but it has a couple of pocket parks for him to play in.

At the end of the walk we went to the fish market which is a favorite of ours. It was busy since it was a Saturday and we had to wait in line for quite a while. But that was OK because it gave us a chance to cool off and decide what we wanted to buy.  We bought our usual shrimp salad, potato salad and cole slaw, and decided to try their macaroni salad. We also bought their she crab soup and some nice fresh cod.

Jonny made dinner for us cooking the cod with tomatoes and capers and serving it with the leftover rice and broccoli rabe from the restaurant. It was delicious!

We went to bed early because we planned to get up and leave by 4:30 a.m. the next morning. Jonny wanted to catch the current on our way to Delaware City where we’ll stay for a week. We’ll visit Stephanie and Ryan in Philly and Jonny has a follow up eye doctor appointment. Thankfully his eyes are feeling much better! We’ll also be celebrating our 37th wedding anniversary so we’ll have to plan a little treat for ourselves.