May 8: In addition to the gorgeous scenery, serene anchorages, visiting
new ports of call and challenging our navigation and boat handling skills,
another enriching experience of cruising is meeting interesting people.
Last evening, we were treated to a home cooked dinner on Alain
and Judi’s boat, RAMHA. They are the
couple from Kingston, Canada who helped us into the dock in Chesapeake City, MD
and have been across the dock from us in Cape May for the last six days. Interesting people with great stories; Judi
is an artist, and ironically, while in his 20’s, Alain spent two years living and working in Greece as a
laborer in a small village on the island of Santorini.
Judi and Alain will be traveling home the same route as we;
however, we will take a more leisurely trip while they are anxious to get home
to Alain’s 92-year-old mother who was a member of the French Resistance before
emigrating to Canada after WWII. It
would be fun to lock through the Erie Canal with them but it is likely we will
not see them again until we arrive in Kingston.
Then they will be at home and we will be the foreigners.
Alain and Judi, homeward bound on RAMHA to Kingston, ON
Tomorrow we follow leaving Cape May and depending on ocean conditions,
hope to arrive at our next port of call, Jersey City, 120 NM away.
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