Cape May, NJ to Newport, RI (6-2001)

	Although we were told it's pretty common on the east coast, we had never seen a beach before where they charge you to go on it! This is the beach at Cape May, NJ. The cost was $4 per day. The guy sitting under the sign was checking people to make sure they were tagged. The beaches were beautiful and spotless, so perhaps charging isn't such a bad idea.
	Cape May is well known for it's large collection of Victorian era houses. Here's a group of the same style houses each painted a different color.
	Attitudes under sail off the NJ coast. During the entire trip from Cape May, NJ to Newport, RI we only sailed this one time for about 2 hours. There were occassions when we could have sailed slowly but chose to keep motoring since we were trying to make good time. After this trip we're going to sail more and just take longer to get where ever we're going.
	Off the NJ coast we picked up a hitch hiker. This was the largest dragon fly that either of us have ever seen! It stayed with us sitting on the edge of our dodger for quite a while until it finally flew off towards land.
	And this is just how big it was! We kept the companion way closed because we were afraid it might try to carry off Rusty (hahaha).
	After the all night trip up the NJ coast we entered New York harbor the next morning. Here's a view of the southern Manhattan skyline. The land on the left is Governer's Island.
	The famous Brooklyn bridge, one of the many bridges we passed under on our trip up the East River and into Long Island Sound. Even though the charts assured us that the clearance of most of the bridges was at least 135 feet there was always that moment of angst as we watched to see if the 55 foot tall masts were going to make it under the bridge!
	Newport (Rhode Island) harbor and the waterfront as viewed from our mooring. It was pretty foggy this morning so the picture looks a bit hazy. There's an on going argument as to which city is the "yachting capital of America" with Newport, Annapolis, and Ft. Lauderdale competing for the title. Whatever else it may be, Newport is certainly the yachting capital of the Northeast.
	Attitudes on mooring buoy in Newport harbor. The buoy is owned by Oldport Marine which also runs the water taxi service in the harbor. The cost of the mooring was $35/night.
	Modern reproduction of the sailing yacht America moored in Newport harbor. The original was the yacht which won the trophy in the mid 1800's in England that became the America's Cup, yachting's most famous trophy. Newport used to be the location for all the America's Cup races until the Australians took it away in the 1980's. One of the main streets in town is even named America's Cup Ave.
	The super cat Playstation tied up near the Newport Yacht Club. This boat won "The Race" (an around the world sailing race) and has broken just about every sailing speed record in the last year. It's huge, over 100' long!
	Newport has many historic building including the Tuoro synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the US. It was established in the 1600's.
	Another historic building is St. Mary's church. This is the church where JFK and Jackie were married in 1953. That's Karen on the right side of the picture.