The Homes of Cape May, New Jersey

Cape May was one of the first resorts in America and is well known for its colorful Victorian architecture. The city was named a National Historic Landmark District in 1976.

Yesterday we walked into town and marveled at “what we call” The Painted Ladies. Here are just a few.

Bob wonders if the homeowners of this house took the hydrangea blossoms to Lowes to match the house colors. They’re perfect!!

The Firehouse Museum

The Merry Widow Bed & Breakfast

The Haunted House

The Southern Mansion

Just a Cute House

Today we went to Dock Mike’s for breakfast and had planned to ride bikes into town to explore some more, but it was 90 degrees at 10am, so we spent time on the boat with the AC on, planning out the next few months and checking the charts to figure out our timetable for the summer.

About 2:50pm the sky turned dark and we knew we were in for some nasty weather. The XM weather map shows the storm as its right over us. TOM-KAT is the little black triangle (under the red triangle) right in the middle of the action. The storm brought high winds: we saw 22 knots in the marina, but we heard boats on the VHF radio talking (maybe out in the ocean?) that saw 70 knots of wind. The picture of the storm passing through the marina doesn’t show the nickel size hail or the wind blowing the water down the channel, but we could see it and feel it! It was a small storm, so it only lasted for half and hour or so, but in that time, the temperature dropped from 90 to 70 degrees!!

I tried a new recipe for dinner-Chicken Thighs with Apricot Jam, Dijon Mustard and Honey Glaze over rice…..very good.

Maybe the bikes will come down tomorrow.

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