The crazy 25 knot wind finally slowed down around noon so we could depart Cape May, but we didn’t get an early enough start to make it very far. Like Sunday, we were in 4 foot waves, but today they were off our rear quarter instead of head-on, which made for a bumpy but better ride.
We docked around 3pm in Ocean City, Maryland and since my sister Kelly and her husband Peter live about an hour away in Cambridge, MD, they met us for docktails on the boat then we went to a restaurant for dinner.
As we were placing our orders at the restaurant, the waitress presented a gift card from our parents. How did they know where we were? Well, earlier I had texted Dad that we had arrived at the marina safely and that we were having dinner with Kelly and Peter. He (jokingly) texted that he would have the private jet fly him and Mom in. He asked for the name of the restaurant, which I gave him, completely naive to his ploy, then he called the restaurant and bought a gift card. How tricky and clever is that?
We ate at the Shark on the Harbor and had a delicious meal of fried oysters, crab cakes, perfectly cooked duck, swordfish, and two desserts. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
