Cape May
                                                                       

Congress Hall Hotel

WW11 lookout tower - built to spot German submarines and U-boats

We left early in the morning to ride the tide almost the entire 55 mile distance.   We also knew the wind would be really strong in the afternoon.

A rough time coming into the slip as the wind picked up at just that moment - like it almost always does for Bill when docking!

An 1800's victorian town - a real jewel - and totally surprising to us as we had no idea . Every street is lined with victorian homes, all meticulousy maintained.  Cape May was THE vacation  spot in the 1800-1900's.

Bill replaced the starter heater unit in which the wires had entirely melted down.  He discovered it by chance when doing his daily enginc check.  We were very lucky!

We had huge electicall storms 2 nights in a row.  There were so many ligtening strikes that you couldn't separate them and the sky just stayed lit up.  Strikes hit twice by the marina office a hundred feet from us.

Stayed here 3 nights and had a great time.  I love this town!

The weather and boating conditions are changing constantly.  Rain comes and goes. Bill seriously checks about 4-6 weather sites 5X a day trying to decide when we can travel.

Huge fishing industry here - 5th largest high end commercial (scallops, shrimp, crab) in country.

biggest lobster  caught - 37.5 lbs. 1985

We were told that the market for antiques is not good - BUT the market for boats (used and new)  and cars is tremendous right now.  There are antique stores everywhere here on the East Coast.

Cape May diamonds- very small, polished quartz rocks on the beach that are only found  here  After being cut by a jeweler they look exactly like a diamond.  They are all over the beach.