Sept 23, 2011

The LG Sea-Lander!!!




We did all our grocery shopping yesterday, and when we got back to the boat it was bright and sunny. Deason was complaining of being hot, so he and Dahlia went on a kayak ride. Then they spent a while manufacturing a swing for Dahlia out of a boat cushion. Overall a pretty laid back day!
We were planning on leaving today, but the forecast for the whole week is winds out of the South, and we can't (won't) travel down the coast of New Jersey beating into the wind. So we figured that we mine as well stay here where we have everything we need so easily accessible. When we can get a forecast for winds out of anywhere but the South we will probably just try and get as far down the coast as we can. There are a few inlets that we can go into down the
NJ coast.
I really wanted to anchor near the Statue of Liberty, but it is not a practical anchorage if we are going to have to wait there for a few days for weather.
We ended up going to shore today to get some more laundry done and get some birthday candles for Dahlia's birthday cake tomorrow! We knew it was going to rain today, but by the time we got back to the dinghy it was really raining, and we got soaked getting back to the boat. Deason thought it was great, and he did a great job driving us back to the boat as fast as he could! I have to mention our great dock cart that we got over the winter, it is the LG Sea-lander, it has a cover that kept all of our laundry dry! It is really light and folds up really easily! Last year we got a typical wire cart that we got at target to haul all our stuff around in, and by the time we got up the coast the thing was being held together by bungee cords and duck tape. I highly recommend the Sea-lander!