Day 54 Crossing the Delaware

Yes, the Bell's now have THAT in common with George Washington - we have crossed the Delaware. After the storm last night, we hiked to Crabby Dick's for "pairs of crab balls" appetizers. Everything is a play on words there, but the crab dinners were wonderful. We left the marina at 5:45 this morning and headed to Cape May. The journey was easy today. It could have been very different, but we've been timing this trip for awhile and the wind, seas and currents were with us. It took us less than 8 hours. We had light rain for the last two hours but no biggie. We are taking the New Jersey Intercoastal Waterway to Mannasquan, so we entered at Cape May making our way to Wildwood Crest. As we entered the waterway, the forest lined beach was serene. Passed a fishing fleet that smelled from their profession, but was very picturesque. We anchored in "Sunset Lake" for the night. Yesterday we were dealing with huge freighters - today, we have . . . well, see pic 1. Aaahh, the diversity of the Great Loop. This IS a tourist beach town. We are surrounded by SUP's, pirate cruises, kayaks, excursion boats, fishing craft, jet ski track, and foot peddling duck boats that look like so much fun to rent and are hell on earth in the water as soon as you leave the dock. We are going to try and knock off as many miles as possible tomorrow to reach our goal of the Hudson by Saturday.