Chesapeake City and Cape May

Today felt like a long cruise with choppy waters, wind and rain until we were about an hour from our destination. A lovely picturesque opportunity to try to focus on catching the Turkey Point Lighthouse at Elkneck- not always great focus with a cell phone! We also cruised past the beautiful Blue Elk Vineyards at Bohemia Overlook Waterfront wedding venue. 

Blue Elk Vineyards along the Elk River

The tide and current are very strong heading into the Chesapeake Restaurant Inn and Marina. It is quieter than Nana expected until of course the music started at the Tiki Bar and the Prom night started thereafter. It was actually fun to watch the fashion for the prom where the guys and gals were having lots of pictures taken in the park and on the docks - at one point Nana was concerned that there might be a person in the water wearing those high heels! 

We had front row tickets right from the boat and enjoyed the music without ever leaving the dock. For dinner we took a stroll downtown and had an excellent dinner at Prime 225. It’s really difficult to describe Chesapeake City - it’s really not a city but a village with 19th century buildings. There is a ferry that takes you back and forth from north to south side. The Inn has a full calendar of music events posted right as you come into the Tiki bar. 

There is also a free town dock that fills quickly on a first come basis from April to October, and a small anchorage area. 

A very colorful banner and compass rose that decorates the Inn which represents the areas from Italy where the owners of the business are from.

The little wedding chapel gives you an idea as to the size of some of the houses in the village.

Nandad poses with Chessie the horse, Zoe the little girl and Jim the boy. In 1829 the historic Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was opened. Barges pulled by horses or mules transported cargo 14.6 miles between the cities. The animals walked along the north side of the canal sometimes ridden by a young body known as a hoggy. The sculpture depicts a mule resting at a canal lock along the way. “ BYGONE DAYS”.

Friday May 17th Cape May.

A lovely bright sunny day finally takes us through the canal and down the Delaware Bay. This is very wide at 782 square miles in area and extends approximately 52 miles. It is notorious for building up short, choppy seas quickly and creating rougher weather than expected however today we are lucky and NH cruises at a wonderful steady speed of over 13 mph and Nana was able to make delicious toasted sandwiches for lunch - cheese,advocado,tomato,bacon - very yummy.

Our gathering of boats as we cruise the Cape May Canal heading into South Jersey Marina


South Jersey Marina is a great spot right beside the Fisherman’s Warf. Lots of transient boats are coming into the marina and there is much discussion regarding the weather. The next lap of our journey requires us to go outside into the Atlantic Ocean so we would like to have no more than 3 foot waves with light winds and a decent interval between swells. So we will see what the morning brings. Nana all wrapped up looking out from the bow of New Horizon. Looking  at those grey clouds and the fact that Nana has all her wet gear on should tell us something!