2012-05-15 - in Atlantic City, NJ

The food court upstairs had these great chairs in sand.  It gave
a great view of the ocean and beach front!

lots of crashing waves today!

We tried to break free of Atlantic City today.  Kerry had checked the weather and he thought that we would be stuck here today due to the higher winds.   A sailboat pulled into the fuel dock that came in from the outside.  Kerry ran over to ask them what the sea state was.  They said that it was fine and they were just going to fuel up and head back out.  We were skeptical, but thought that we would give it a try.  Well, I am not sure what part of the North Atlantic they are from, but the sea state was not good.  It was very rough.  Leaving the Atlantic City channel is always difficult when the current opposes the tide.  Sure enough the tide was opposing the current making for a very rough ride to the outside.  We thought we would push through the channel, make the turn to the north and give it about 3 minutes.  If things were not settled we would turn around.  It wasn't at all dangerous...just very bumpy and it started to really pour down.  It was a good decision not to proceed.  We turned the boat around and secured ourselves to the dock again after 30 bumpy minutes.   We ended up taking a taxi downtown again to enjoy the boardwalk.  We ended up spending most of our time at the Ceasars Pier (a very large pier with upscale shopping) since it was still raining.  The best thing was a fountain show to music that was on every hour.  We all loved that.  It also gave us a great view of the ocean from 3 floors up.  Lots of waves out there!











Our view from the docks at Kammermans marina - quite rustic!