Blogs from Cape May, New Jersey, United States, North America
Day 2 Still in Cape May, NJ
Published: June 28th 2011North America » United States » New Jersey » Cape May
June 28th 2011
:Ms. Hull Kayaks!! This morning we got up early and went kayaking at Miss Chris's Kayaks. We paddled around for 2 hours. I saw: Jellyfish, nesting hawks, sea gulls, white egrets, and hermit crabs. It was great fun! After lunch we went to see another lighthouse. This one was very different. It looked like a victorian house. It also had a wonderful garden all around. We stopped at a place for a snack and got our french fries served in a dog dish. It was very funny! The place was called Maui's Dog House. They served hot dogs too, but I was too full of fries. The sun is shining so I think we will walk up to the beach for a while. Tonight we are going to a concert if it doesn't storm. I will ... read more
Kayaking the back waters
Published: July 2nd 2011North America » United States » New Jersey » Cape May
June 28th 2011
Day 2 – June 28th After a hearty breakfast, Emily, Mattie, Jill, and I headed to Miss Chris Marina where we had reserved kayaks for a morning of exploring the back waters and bays of Cape May. Although Jill has experience canoeing, none of us had actually been in a kayak before – we expected that, if nothing else, it would be an “interesting” time. Jill and I each had our own kayak and the girls opted to share a larger tandem boat. I expected that the kayak would be unstable and would tip over easily. To my surprise it was quite stable and was relatively easy to maneuver. Emily and Mattie had a bit rougher time since a certain bit of coordination is required for a double kayak to go where it’s intended. Being the ... read more
June 27th 2011
Day 1 – June 27th We were up before the sun today. Even though we tried to prepare for the trip before today, there seemed to be numerous little things that had been neglected. But by 6:30 the van was packed (and I mean packed) and we were rolling down the street toward I-95. We followed I-95 to the north through Maryland into Delaware, and crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge into New Jersey, our third state of the day. We decided to abandon the well-traveled highways, so we switched off the GPS and follow those grey-lined roads on our map. We found some wonderfully quiet byways and very little traffic. One of the pleasures or touring New Jersey is the gas prices and the mandatory full service pumps. The tax structure allows gas to be sold ... read more
May 14th 2011
We had planned to end our trip with a few days in the our Honeymoon city, Cape May, NJ. As we neared the end our trip the rising cost of fuel was stretching our budget and we decided it would be good to spend additional time with our families. So we decided just to spend a single night in Cape May. We located a great campsite and certainly enjoyed the uncrowded off-season rates and environment. It was a beautiful day and we arrived with plenty of time to setup the tent, walk the beach, have a great dinner, and still make it to the west side of Cape May to catch the sunset over the bay. After a pleasant night, we leisurely cleaned up the tent, packed thing up and headed for the beach! Naps, sand ... read more
July 29th 2010
About 30 hours now until we land in Spain. Vanessa - otherworldly sprite that she is - has burst into some type of flailing, foot-stomping, hand-clapping dance here in the office. This, she explains, is meant to inspire me to start this blog - and, oddly, it has succeeded. (Note to self: If such a thing exists as Flamenco Karaoke, do NOT allow Vanessa to participate. Or DO, and take video for future entertainment). This will be my first visit to Spain since the last year of graduate school (2001), when I lived and studied in Burgos for about 2 months. No test at the end this go-round, but I feel compelled to take notes nonetheless. I tend to remember past events in representative snapshots but find myself searching for concrete details even days afterward. I ... read more
July 26th 2010
So it's been 3 years and 8 months since I've logged into the Travel Blog. Every time I've said, "I really have to get a new post up", something else came up that side tracked the ambition. Where to start... where to start... Mike and I decided to return from Costa Rica after an absolutely wonderful 6 month adventure. We truly had an amazing experience traveling around the country with no possessions, no mortgages, no bills ~ just plain and simple Pura Vida living. We just came to find that it wasn't the place where we wanted to drop our life savings and never leave. We are both perpetual travel bugs and the idea of buying property in CR and never being able to really leave it, wasn't overly appealing. In our experience, we found that ... read more
Sandy Hook / Cape May
Published: September 21st 2009North America » United States » New Jersey » Cape May
September 21st 2009
Bonjour la famille et les amis. Bon nous voici rendu à l'océan Atlantique. C'est là que nous allons tester les dires de Mario le marin. A la première lumière l'étrave pointe au sud pour une croisière vers Atlantique City. Vent; Est 5 à 10 noeuds tournant Nord Est dans l'après midi 10 à 15 noeuds avec bourasque à 20 noeuds vagues 2 à 4 pieds. Tout vat bien jusqu'au bourasque. Les vagues se sont formées et grandissent et nous nous faisons brasser pas à moitier. L'étrave fonce dans les vagues et nous renvoient des embruns par dessus le bimini et nous avons pas encore attérie sur la prochaine vagues. 4 pieds les vagues! sort le tape à mesurer monsieur NOAA. Ce petit scénario dure des heures et des heures. Pas d'avarie sérieuses mais,effectivement le setup du ... read more
I love New York ........!
Published: September 21st 2009North America » United States » New Jersey » Cape May
September 20th 2009
Bonjour les amis. Désolé pour la longue période de silence mais New York c'est pas évident en bateau, enfin pas pour nous. Une autre aventure nous attendait. Après l'île au serpent à sonette vient le gremelin rongeur de cablo. Bon un cablo ça retein l'ancre au bateau en passent par la chaine. Imaginez vous donc que pendant notre première nuit à la marina 79th street boat basin, 2 heure du matin, le cablo à été sectionné et le bateau est partie à la dérive pour allez frapper le mur du rivage de la rivière Hudson en plien sur l'étrave, pas dommage merci. Pas chanceux mais très très très chanceux. By By l'ancre,cqr 35 lbs, 50 pieds de chaine et 80 pieds de cablo. Cette petite avarie est survenue à entre deux marées de là la chance. ... read more
Cape May August 2009
Published: September 5th 2009North America » United States » New Jersey » Cape May
September 5th 2009
This trip was just a weekend getaway, (it is only 2 hours away from my house) but it was supposed to rain all weekend. Amazingly, it turned out to be a beautiful weekend and I thought I would share the photos.... read more
August 16th 2009
Surprise!!!! I flew home last Saturday for a week and it was marvelous! Got into Philly around 10pm and by the time I got home I was still awake so I stayed up for a bit on the computer and talking to Emily, which was very nice. Sunday morning we headed down to Cape May! It was so nice seeing so much green as we drove down. I hadn't realized quite how much I missed woods until I saw them again. :) Also, I love Jersey and how every 2 feet practically there are local produce stands along the side of the road. Wonderful. I went with dad, we arrived a little after 2pm but couldn't check in yet. So I wandered. Went and got some scratch lottery tickets (I love that I lived in vegas ... read more
