Heritage Southwinds Cape May

... as if we were to show up in the right town, but skip the show for Camfel. Furthermore, we came to Elaine prepared to help. We saw her need, got ice and went to her communicating that we cared and were prepared to help. How often as Christians do we appear in someone's life, not taking into consideration their circumkstance, and offer a solution that may not relate to their need? They need Christ, we know that, but I also think ...

... online. Somehow, I found the Travel Insider web site and the package featured several things that sounded appealing - discounts, add-ons, a great itinerary, and a cruise company that we had used before & enjoyed very much. I also spoke to the "host" - the Travel Insider himself - and found him to be pleasant, well-informed, and enthusiastic about the trip.

An auspicious start, I thought.

... way each running north south so there are only 3 rows of buildings. The one facing the inlet, the one bounded by the two main roads and the one facing the sea. The buildings all looked as if they came from the sixties and seventies a little bit rundown. We found a park and headed up between the units to come onto a boardwalk that went for at least a mile in either direction fronting the boardwalk where all manner of tourist shops that kept repeating ...

... ferry to Delaware where we explored the town of Lewes and hit the outlets. We came back for a late birthday dinner at the Peter Shields Inn. Good food and a fantastic view of the ocean from our table.

Wednesday was already our last day. So we hit the beach all day and then jumped in our cars and left. All in all it was a perfect little relaxing beach get a way.

We decided to make it a long day for the trip down Delaware Bay is kind of a wasteland for boaters. In fact, its kind of a nasty body of water. There is nothing much to see there short of the nuclear power plant....wow. There is a great deal of shipping with large ships coming out of Philly and tides provide serious current pro or con. In fact, it is essential that the cruiser plan for the current to avoid dropping SOGs in ...

... dinner. This sets a pattern that repeats over the next 4 days....

Cape May is the last piece of land on the Jersey Shore before it is cut by the Delaware Bay and is therefore the last piece of the great ocean beaches that make up the Jersey coastline. It was obviously a popular seaside resort for wealthy New Yorkers and New Jerseyites way back at the end of the 1800's and they built hundreds of Victorian Gothic style villas and hotels here. Today ...

... money. I'll definately be back to Bethany Beach because it is a great place. If I ever am lucky enough to be able to afford a summer place it will be in Bethany Beach, because they don't have real estate, sales or income taxes after all and real estate is still reasonable there. Having said that I will never spend another dime in Dewey Beach. Unfortunately there's no other way to get to Bethany accept through Dewey Beach. Thanks for letting me ...

... that exciting although we did get to stop and get Chipotle with one of my best friends Justin, who now lives in NC. When I realized that we were close to his town I called him up and we were surprisingly only a few minutes down the road. Leah was also interested in looking into graduate school so it was a convenient pit stop along the way. We arrived into Atlanta around 1 a.m. and happily crashed. The signs for a town called Kannapolis cracked me up everytime.

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.

Today we finished up our time in Virginia with a paddleboat ride on the lake. Then we headed for New Jersey! We ventured onto the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, which is over 20 miles long and has two spans where it goes underwater. It was a beautiful ride (I hope the driver got to see some ...