Day 7 Atlantic City

Peter was up at 6AM out checking on the status of anchor, boats, and weather. Just after he crawled back into bed it started to rain. That was the end of sleeping so we decided to get up, make coffee and map out our day. Three of the boats who were anchored with us were leaving but after checking our satellite weather program we decided to wait an hour since there was a huge cell of heavy rain over us. So at 8:30, anchor up, and away we went. Once out of the bay we actually had rain on & off most of the way along the coast and the waves were 3' rollers. Not too uncomfortable but a little cold and soggy. Every now & again the sun came out to tease us before the next rain cloud descended. Pretzel was a real trooper, staying in her little case, but we had to wrap it in a garbage bag to keep her dry. The wind prediction was way off. There were mostly 15+k winds and right on our bow so we couldn't put any sail out to help.

All of a sudden we saw Atlantic City in the distance. A number of really large buildings sitting right on the beach. The clouds were hanging over the tops of the buildings. They seemed so close but were another 5 nautical mile away....an hour by boat. We called ahead for a dock tie up at Gardiners Basin....attached to the Atlantic City Aquarium. The price was right---$1.50 per foot of boat...a far cry from Trump's marina at $5.00 a foot!!!! We are sitting here looking across at Trump Towers and Harrah's complex. No gambling though.
We spent the rest of our day having a little "Tiki Bar" drink next door and then reading & watching boat traffic.