FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday
dear Gary. Happy Birthday to you. And many more. I had already shown Gary his birthday
card while we were in Virginia. We
do not get each other cards for special occasions. We pick out a card, show it to the other one and then put it
back. We don’t keep cards usually
unless they are from the grandkids, so why buy them. This custom has worked for us over the years. Most of the time, we don’t get each other gifts
either, unless they are useful.
Let’s see, I’ve gotten an anchor, a bucket of chain and dinghy davits
before. I am happy to get
these. I have also gotten diamond
earrings, a bracelet, a money tree and other good stuff over the years. These days nothing material means as
much to us as the love and health of our family. We are so blessed to have a huge, very close-knit and loving family.
Gary did get a gift from John. John came over to our boat with
something wrapped in newspaper and handed to Gary. He said “Happy birthday.” Gary opened it to find an oil cooler that would fit our
boat. When John was inspecting the
engine yesterday, he noticed that the one on TRAVELLER’s motor looked pretty corroded. He had changed his
before he left and gave Gary the one he had taken off. He thinks like Gary when it comes to
spare parts. We had talked a lot to both him and
Richard. Richard was going with
John while he moved his boat to its new home in Stuart, Florida. Richard really liked our tug and had
asked his girlfriend to look at Sundowner tugs on the Internet. We found out that he had been a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam too. He
and Gary had that in common. They
are the kind of boat people we like…honest, friendly, down to earth and
helpful.
We had arranged to eat breakfast with them
at a little after 6:00 a.m. John
came over and said Richard was going to sleep in, so the three of us went to
Captains Cove Restaurant for a Waterman’s Breakfast, whatever that is. Gary and I ordered scrapple. Gammie (Gary’s Grandma) used to make
homemade scrapple and give us a pan.
I really miss eating it. None of the scrapple I have had since has been
close to as good as the scrapple she made.
We got back in time to take pictures with
John and Richard before we helped them leave. They were going south out into the Delaware Bay so we did
not envy them at all considering the speed and direction of the wind. Hope to hear from them later.
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| Richard is on the left and John is on the right. |
We checked out and left the marina at
about 1:30. We waited to leave today so we could catch the rising tide.
The NJ ICW doesn’t have a lot water so the higher the tide the easier it is to get through the shallow parts. We didn’t want to get stuck if we could
help it. Birds were walking on a sandbar very close to the channel. When we
sailed, we always said, “Don’t go where the birds are walking.” That goes for our tug too.
As we traveled we saw houses on stilts
with nearby flags whipping in the wind,
many houses with bulkheads
really close to the water,
water tanks with town names
on them,
long rows of house, after
house, after house,
and marsh all in the same
day.
We anchored just off the Intracoastal very
close to the 9th Street Bridge of Ocean City, New Jersey. These are pictures from the anchorage.
Gary ate his cupcake after supper. Then we Skyped our girls and their
families so we could visit with them and everyone could wish Grandpa/Peepa a
Happy Birthday.
We traveled for 6 hours and 11 minutes and
covered 37 miles. We stopped at
almost 8 o’clock because we left so much later than usual. We’re glad we did wait since we were within about 6 inches of dragging the bottom several times during the trip.
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