On Memorial Day, despite our usual aversion to being on the water on holiday weekends, we traveled from Delaware City down Delaware Bay to Cape May, NJ. The decision to travel Monday instead of waiting until our planned travel day of Tuesday was occasioned by careful study of the weather. Delaware Bay is known as one of the roughest inland bodies of water when conditions are not favorable, and studying NOAA wind and current models suggested that the beautifully calm weekend weather pattern would begin to deteriorate soon after the weekend. We therefore departed a day earlier than planned, and had a delightful journey down the bay. Spirit Journey and Francesca followed us, and we timed our departure for 1030 to ride a favorable current for most of the 5 1/2 hour trip. We arrived at Utsch's Marina, and were secured in our reserved slips by 5 p.m. We will be here awhile, as both we and Spirit Journey's crew have obligations "out of the area" for a few days. There was, indeed, significant wind on Tuesday followed by rain and thunderstorms ahead of a cold front, which arrived with high wind and low temperatures Wednesday morning. This morning (Thursday) it is 55 degrees, and won't change much throughout the day!
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| Cape May Light, 165 ft., 1859 |
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| Cape May Architecture |
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| Cape May Victorian Architecture |
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| Cape May Architecture |
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