Atlantic City

We left early from Cape May and headed out into the Atlantic for our first extended travel in the ocean. We have been in the Atlantic for short bursts before but never for an entire day. The seas were rolling with two footers but it was fun and nothing that the Lolligag (and crew) could not handle. After a short while, rolling seemed normal. I was not able to work on the lace shawl because I was afraid I would drop a stitch due to the movement of the boat so I knit a Seaman’s Scarf for charity instead.




It was exciting to spot the casino towers of the Atlantic City Boardwalk from a distance and watch as they grew larger indicating that we were getting closer. Look what else we found...windmills - even gambling is going green! We arrived at our slip by mid afternoon and immediately caught a bus to head to the Boardwalk. The Boardwalk is huge and exactly what we were expecting…lots of souvenir crap, every make/model, shape and example of human kind and lots of food everywhere. We had the bus take us to the very end of the Boardwalk and then we walked all the way to the other end which is about three miles. I wanted to see Caesars and the Trump Taj Mahal casinos. They were just like every other casino once we were inside.



We are staying at the Trump Marina and Tower Hotel which is not located on the Boardwalk but across town - kind of like the Strip and Downtown in Vegas. The marina is nice and has a pool which we hit Sunday afternoon. We are only staying through Monday morning and are headed onward to NYC if the weather permits. As part of staying at the Trump Marina we received a $20 gaming ticket so of course after eating at Hooters (for the wings only, of course and I hate wings) we hit this Trump casino. Mark immediately won $40 and called it quits, came to find me where I was up about $5. He showed me where he won his money so I played the machine a couple of down from where he was and within just a couple of minutes, I won $170. I immediately cashed out, converted my money into 2 $100 bills for my new nose fund and we left as fast as my little fat legs would carry me before I was tempted to play my newly found fortune.

Sunday morning we slept in and then headed to the pool atop the Trump hotel attached to the marina.



I will confess that normally when I show aerial shots of the various marinas we stay in that I did not take the photo, however I did take this shot. It was nice to relax by the pool as this will probably be the last time we stay at a marina with a pool this year.

Before returning to the boat Captain Mark still had some Trump currency to use so he tried his hand at roulette. This is his game of choice and is usually very lucky at the wheel. This time was no exception because within less than five minutes he had earned $150. Again, we left as fast as we could before the gambling gremlins forced us to put the money back into the slot machines. Overall it was a very unusual and lucky weekend for us as together we won more than the cost of our boat slip for the weekend.

Hours on the water: 6
Nautical miles traveled: 9.8
Number of bridges to be opened: 0
Time spent waiting at bridge: 0
Next Destination: Great Kills Yacht Club on Staten Island
What we are listening to: Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
Lesson for the day: The Atlantic Ocean was very calm today - this was a good thing!
Obligatory knitting report: Seaman's Scarf for Charity