Thursday, May 24, 2012

Last night before retiring to the boat for the evening, John noticed the casinos lit up.  I suppose the fog kept them hidden the night before.  We both thought they looked neat, so here is a picture:

Doesn't that look awesome?

We left Atlantic City this morning at 5:45 A.M., opting to run outside because the winds were supposed to be from the southwest.  There were 3 to 4 foot beam seas which made for an uncomfortable ride.  We were wishing that we had opted for the ICW again.  Oh well, we made it.  There wasn't much to look at except gray water.  We came in at Manasquan Bay and found an anchorage at Glimmer Glass Bay.  We had to pass a 9 foot bridge.  The bridge tender opened the bridge right away, but it worked very slowly.  The traffic was backed up pretty good by the time the bridge was lowered back into place.  We are settled in and hope to leave early tomorrow morning, providing the weather is conducive to cruising outside in the ocean to New York Harbor. 

This is a boat that was sunken right behind where we are anchored.  They marked it with buoys instead of removing it.   

 This is how close we are to the homes and docks.  This bay is pretty small.

In the distance, you can see the bridge still coming down and we are already anchored.  It's very narrow passing through the lifted bridge.  I was glad John was in control and not me.