Sandy Hook Bay NJ to Baltimore MD

Saturday 8/24 we left Sandy Hook Bay and made our way to Atlantic City, where we anchored in the harbor for the night.  We traveled 93 miles and it took 12 hours!  It turned out being a really nice anchorage considering all the traffic that was going by all evening.  Once it got dark the current took over and we were nice and still all night.  

Being anchored in the harbor, we were really close to Gilchrist Restaurant and the Farely State Marina at the Golden Nugget Casino.  So being we had plenty of time, we jumped into the dingy and had breakfast at Gilchrest.  So good!  

After getting back to the boat we started our normal process of pulling up the dingy but we ran into a problem....the motorized wench was not working.  It had been acting up, but hadn't actually quit working!  

Bill had to hand crank the dingy the rest of the way up.  Another project!  At least we have a replacement motor.  Hopefully finding it under the master bed will be the toughest part of replacing the wench. 

We made it into the dock without issue and did some cleaning, laundry and boat washing, then we were off to the Golden Nugget for a little video poker.  I started off strong, but ran out of playing money and headed back to the boat.  Bill was doing great on the craps table where he made up for what I lost and then some!  All in all, fun night. 

Monday while I worked, Bill finished up washing the boat.  After I got off work we decided to walk to Harrah's.  We just were not having good luck there so we wondered back to the Golden Nugget.  I sat at the machine I played the day before and about 15 hands in I got a Royal Flush!  Totally awesome!   

We decided to take our winnings, have some dinner and call it a early night.  We were leaving Atlantic City in the morning headed to Cape May.  

Tuesday morning, Bill released the lines while I worked in the office and we started our way outside along the coast.  Not too far into our ride we  noticed that the engine speeds were fluctuating up and down by itself.  Turns out the throttle rod was broke, Again!  This happened before in Little Current.  

Luckily, Bill used a leather bootlace to control the throttle as we continued down the coast to Cape May.  Once we came in the inlet I had to drive and Bill controlled the throttle from down in the engine room.  Thank goodness for our headsets!

We got anchored and had 2 emergency repairs to tend too before we could get the dingy down and take Roxie to land.  First the throttle, then replace the wench.  Always something!  Oh, and the issue with our battery charger...that needs fixed too, but we will get repaired/replaced in Baltimore.  

Wednesday the 28th we left Cape May and went 55 miles to Delaware Bay, Reddy Island next to the entrance to the C&D canal where we anchored for the night.  There was a threat of a storm but it just missed us.  

Thursday morning we left Reedy Island and started our 10 hour ride to Baltimore, MD.  We got a dock at one of our favorite marina, Anchorage Marina where we stayed a week to get a travel break and do some maintenance and cleaning.  

We were lucky enough to be there for the Labor Day holiday.  The marina hosted a BBQ cookout and a live band.  We also got to catch up with the friends we made as we came through in the spring.  In addition friends we had made in Stuart FL came in!  

Dinner at Captain James Seafood!

Baltimore to Atlantic City

Sunday 6/30 we untied our lines for the first time in a month.  We were excited to get back out on the water again, but it has been in the upper 90's for about 2 weeks now and were just a little worried about anchoring out. 

We passed the Francis Scott Key Bridge on our way out and the cranes, barges and the Dali were no longer there.  Just a large section of missing bridge.  News is saying that it will cost $4 billion to replace and it will take until Fall of 2028.  

Passed the Carnival Pride as we were leaving Baltimore.  They were coming back in from a week in Bahamas. 

We made our way to the north end of the Chesapeake into the C&D Canal into Delaware Bay where we anchored behind Reedy Island.  We knew we had a strong storm headed our way and we needed to get Roxie to land and back before it hit.  We got back on the boat in plenty of time!  Little bit of wind and ALOT of rain. 

Monday morning 7/1 we were up at 6:30.....back on our normal early morning travel schedule.  We crossed Delaware Bay and came into Cape May, NJ where we stayed 2 nights and had a delicious dinner at the Lobster House.    

Cape May-Lewes car ferry.   

We anchored just off of the Coast Guard academy and could watch some of the morning drills! 

Lots of fish and shrimp boats in Cape May.

As we pulled anchor on the 3rd we had fog and smooth waters.  Check out this fog rainbow!

Coming into Atlantic City!

We stayed at the Farley State Marina right in front of the Golden Nugget.  We had planned on staying only 2 or 3 nights but due to wind and waves we ended up staying 4.  Not that we were complaining!  We hit all the casinos....best hands we had at video poker were 4 of a kinds and Bill had a straight flush.  That darn Royal Flush has eluded us!  Oh well, we had a great time!

The Tropicana was setting off fireworks down by the pier but we decided to watch from the boat and listen to the band on the deck at the Golden Nugget.  Turned out that there were bands every night out on the deck!     

View of the fireworks was not the best but it was a great night!

Bill had heard about the Gilchrist as being a great place to have breakfast so we got the dingy down and road over to the free dock to give it a try.  We ended up eating here twice!  Very good!

This is the Coast Guard station with Golden Nugget and Harrah's in the background. 

The beaches in the Absecon inlet were busy with holiday celebrations!

We took the Jitney to the boardwalk and walked from one end to the other, stopping to try our luck and cool off in the casinos.  The beach was very wavy and crowed.  

 

Looking forward to our next stop.....New York!