Day 56: Summit North, DE to Cape May, NJ
Day 56: Thursday, June 2nd: Up at 5:30 am (yes the world is there at this ungodly hour) and underway to try to get out ahead of the promised worsening wind and weather. Cold. Dark-ish. Ruth decided to make a study of the bridges crossing the C&D Canal. The first one was right outside the marina harbor and this was the only picture we got. Look up:
And a pair together a few miles east on the canal. Note the calm water and the very nice wide canal:
Another bridge near the east end of the Canal. The weather is getting worse. That ship in the distance is a Navy ocean tug pulling a Navy warship you can barely see behind the land to the right. They are headed up the Delaware River:
Another view of the ship being towed and its smaller tending tugs:
With great trepidation we left the relative comfort of the C&D Canal and headed out into Delaware Bay. This bay has a reputation for bad conditions second only to Cape Hatteras. Today was predicted to be OK early and getting worse. It is about 8:00 am:
The first checkpoint was "the Power Plant," which is a nuclear power plant a little way down the upper bay. It makes for a good checkpoint to see what is "out there".
As we moved further down the Bay, the wind and waves built up. This is typical. Fortunately, our planning to start early had been good. We arrived at Cape May Canal shortly before 1:00 pm and before the seas got much above three feet.
We moored at Utsch's Marina in Cape May, NJ, and to our surprise were moored with about six other "Loopers," several of whom had followed us down the Delaware Bay. Karen and Bill Hasselbach, aboard Candy Dish, organized a deck party on their boat and we all had a blast. The promised rain and wind held off, thank Goodness!
We'll try to get more picture of this area tomorrow.
And now to bed.. long day..
Position tonight: N38 57.054 W074 54.322
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