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Our trip up the Jersey shore brought back many memories from the summers spent visiting Ocean City when I was a youngster. My cousin, Ruth, pointed out the long Beesley's Point Bridge that my grandfather helped build in 1928. It has been replaced by a modern high bridge, but is currently used as a fishing pier. I read that it was the concrete supports, not the wooden ones, that would require millions of dollars in repair, too much of an expense for a privately-owned bridge.
Jeff visited Ocean City several times when he was young, and once was with "Aunt" Joan! My mother's family would often rent a big house where we all stayed for a week.
I was surprised to see the ferris wheel from the amusement area on the boardwalk. Ocean City is still a "dry" city. It was always considered a family vacation spot, to differentiate it from Atlantic City, no doubt!
We had to travel 80 miles up the Intracoastal Waterway today while constantly looking for channel markers to guide us through the very shallow water. Boats that draw more than 4 feet must go out in the ocean, and since the waves out there have been about 7 feet lately, the larger boats are waiting in Cape May for the opportunity to leave with calm seas. We have had fog, rain, and clouds ever since we came down Delaware Bay on our last sunny day! This is a picture of Harrah's in Atlantic City!
We were reminded of the game Monopoly...with Ventnor City, Boardwalk, etc.
We were exhausted when we finished the 80 miles and came to Manasquan. The only way north of here is to go out in the ocean. But we went through this very narrow drawbridge to enter a well- protected anchorage, The Glimmer Glass. The Bridgetender loved Kate and took a picture of her when we left the next morning to show his daughter.
A man who lives at the end where we anchored came onto his dock and told us we could tie our dinghy to his dock and walk through his property instead of landing the dinghy in the muck at low tide. We found out he used to live near Buffalo, NY!!! We have benefited from the kindness of strangers a great deal during this trip...like the men who took us to and from the vet with Lacey.
Two swans-a-swimming gave Kate something to watch!
On Wed. we saw the sun in the morning!!! And the waves off-shore were only 4 feet and 8 seconds apart!!! So we went through the Manasquan Inlet and started our 28 miles trek north to Sandy Hook, NJ.
You can see the waves calmed down the farther we went, and you can see the sand from Sandy Hook! All the ripples in the water were caused by thousands of small fish who often skimmed the surface. Kate loves to watch fish!
We anchored on the protected side of Sandy Hook for lunch, and then went to Coney Island Creek to anchor for the night. It was very protected and had a lovely view of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Now I am in my father's neighborhood!!! I remember when this bridge was built connecting Brookyn to Staten Island. Previously, we always took the Staten Island Ferry when we drove to Ocean City.
Coney Island was the place where Henry Hudson and his crew first touched land in the New World.
We rafted off "Next Endeavor" for the afternoon and evening. Stan and Colleen invited us to dinner since they knew what a stressful week we have had. We have met them on and off since before Norfolk. They are such nice people. Their boat is 14 feet longer than ours....
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