Congress Hall Cape May

... important than sleep." That was the evening before we woke up at 6am - ON OUR LATE DAY - to see the sunrise over the Atlantic. Sounds romantic, like a memory worth making... but it was 6am - ON OUR LATE DAY!<br><br>We woke up and were ready for a sunrise and to collect what the ocean may have washed up overnight before people got to it. We opened the door of the motel room to greet the ocean morning. The Ocean responded the ...

I've been wanting to visit the European Christmas Markets for several years now, but my husband was reluctant - he's not a fan of the cold! But this year he relented. I'm approaching one of those "milestone" birthdays, and frankly, I would rather travel than have a party, so this year we are going!<br><br>We got brochures in the mail from a number of different companies featuring Christmas Time Cruises. I also ...

... could see was one tooth. I shouldn&#8217;t go on looks though as she was quite polite and interested in where we had come from and wanted to talk to us more before being called away. We ordered our lunch of broiled beef burgers which turned out to be surprisingly tasty when compared to the McDonalds equivalent but we found out what the meaning of upsizing was with the large drink more than enough for Cath and I both.<br> <br>One more stop at a antique ...

... some good color. We went to this cute Italian restaurant that night called Cucina Rosa. Both mom and I had this amazing Mediterranean shrimp dish. Tons of garlic though, let's just say we could have kept any vampires in a 5 mile radius at bay that night. We then did some souveneir shopping and got some ice cream.<br><br>Tuesday (my birthday) it rained so we head over on ...

... then 9.5kts. We were humming. The ETA started pulling in and what had showed an arrival at 8pm not looked like 5pm....looking good.<br><br>I was ready to make the turn into the Cape May canal but was held up by a very large ferry about ready to leave the narrow channel. I hail the cap on the radio and hear...."small trawler, I would stand off....we both cant make it". OK, he wins. <br><br>By 1800 we are tied up at the ...

... tattoo parlours and hot dog stalls..... <br>And also Stone Harbour - another quaint and seriously upmarket vacation town, although looking around the other people on the streets we had to ask if we were old enough to be there - there were so many blue rinses and walking frames!<br>Out to Cape May Point to see the light house; to check out the wreck of an experimental concrete hulled boat; to investigate the wildlife reserve; but most importantly - to play ...

... days later it was nagging at me to look at the tickets again. I'm very glad I did. I briefly entertained the idea of fighting the tickets due to their being no posted parking restrictions, (If there is it's hidden because we checked again afterwards and on our way out too) but I nixed that when I saw on the ticket that the court which is only held on Sat. Sun, and Wednesdays can, (and you can bet would) charge up to $50.00 for the priveledge of ...

Leah came down to meet me and Andy in Rehoboth Beach, DE before packing up the car and hitting the road. Since the weather was so nice, we decided to take the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to enjoy the scenery that surrounds it. Somewhere along the way (maybe 3 hours into the 16 hr car ride, the heat stopped working. I later was told by a mechanic that I was at the boiling/freezing point for my radiator fluid or something...makes sense now). Our ride down wasn't ...

Labor Day. Three Day Weekend. NEW JERSEY SHORE. Woohoo! My parents drove down from Northern Jersey. Silke and I drove up from Washington, DC. The weather was perfect. It was a nice chance to relax in the sun and surf.

... or winds would hit 25kts we would stay put. As I laid there, I was assessing our chances as &lt;50%. But by 0400, I could hear winds slacken. When we got up at 0530, they were down to 12kts and the howling had stopped. We agreed it was a go. So at daybreak we haul anchor and proceed out the breakwater. We round the bend at Sandy Hook with the NYC skyline in the distance. On the beach is a 25-30' sailboat that ...