cape may, new jersey

new york city! passed and gone! as well as the long island sound which has held us for so long.. we are now in cape may, new jersey and about to head up the delaware bay.

the city seemed to pass us in a blur of huge buildings, really fast currents, such ominous sounding places as execution rocks and hell gate..the latter of which annalisa steered through in her sleeping bag, which she was proud of, and declared it the best way to travel :)


as evening drew on we both caught our first sight of the statue of liberty in all her glory and facing the sunset.finally amid all the hustle bustle and huge ships in the harbour, we managed to find a secret little cove on the new jersey side, right behind miss liberty herself to tie up for the night. at the wonkiest looking dock we have every seen but suited us just fine. it also seems worth mentioning that immediatly after stepping off this dock into Jersy City, Annalisa, about to throw some of our trash into trash can, let out a wild scream and jumped back into my arms. this proved to be caused by a nice big old rat, stuck in the bottom of the can. when i peeked in the rat started screaming and running circles, then he made a great jump to try to get out and when i thought he was going to grab onto my face, i let out a scream and then we were all three screaming around a trash can. we kicked the can over and let him free and considered it a fitting welcome to Jersey City. yuck.

the next day brought us down to sandy hook, new jersey and the following morning we set sail to cruise the jersey coast. we stopped a night in atlantic city, arriving at about 2 a.m, which i might add was visible from about 30 miles away at night from its bright lights. to warm our feet we jumped on shore and went for a walk which brought us into the front doors of a huge casino. having never set foot in one before both of our jaws dropped as we walked around and marveled at the bizare ways of people. annalisa decided that casino's must be a way of taxing those who are bad at math. thus satisfied that atlantic city had nothing interesting or of value for us to stay for we then continued on to cape may where we sit now. yesterday morning being sunday we decided to take a walk into town and ended up sitting in on a service at the local macedonia baptist church. the reverand, mr. robert davis was a true southern preacher and the service was based entirely around music, singing and a lot of soul. we enjoyed it very much. afterward also we got to enjoy the company of the reverand and his wife for lunch. we look forward to a stop over in havre de grace at the north of the chessapeake in the next day or two to visit the miller grandparents and then to continue on down the chessapeake to the warmer airs of virginia and soon after north carolina!!