I was recently diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. – Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. Here is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Budweiser I’d been drinking.

One of the best things about cruising to Cape May by boat is that we often get stuck there. This is meant as the highest compliment: rough water in either Delaware Bay or the Atlantic can extend a Cape May visit by a few days.

Tour, walk, read a book, nap in your bunk, enjoy an excellent meal; and then do more of the same the next day. Cape May can’t be seen in a few hours or even a day; it is the kind of place that keeps boaters returning on a regular basis. ICW travelers make Cape May a routine Spring Forward (north) – Fall Backward (south) stop.

Our favorite marina is Utsch’s with South Jersey Marina running a close second. While each provide excellent service, even cleaner restrooms, and knowledge about what is going on, their flavors are a little different.

Utsch’s is the most transient and quickly accessed as one enters/exits the Cape May Canal. It has been around for over half a century, 54 years to be exact, under the capable ownership of the Utsch family. A relatively recent internet lounge and laundromat can compete with the newest marinas. Gas and diesel are pumped regularly. This spot has everything one could want for short and long stays: Bernedette’s Canvas Shop, where’s/why’s/how-to-get-there for Cape May and Historic Cold Spring Village; repair service, a tackle shop and ship’s store, and service for most any problem imaginable. Fishermen come for party and charter boats along with a popular Striper Tournament every fall.