June 24th - Monday, Monday...

Well...it was a decent day for me, mostly!  Unfortunately, Greg was very busy working this morning.  He had to extend our stay at Holly Shores through the afternoon.  Meanwhile, I went to Walmart - got some stuff we needed, post office - mailed some cards, drove around town and got a few more pics...

     I sometimes reside here...

We finally made our way to the Cape May - Lewes ferry.  I arrived first and had to pull into a spot in front as the RV would have to be in the middle lane of the ferry.  

One thing I forgot to mention about Cape May, is that they have a million putt putt golf places!  Including this one at the ferry!  

Greg arrives from his ride and I drive Bessy on to the ferry!!  And there she is!! 

The ride is about an hour and a half.  We wandered around the ferry, taking pictures and enjoying the warm breezes... 

 At one point the captain told us to go to the right side of the boat because there were dolphins passing by!  I took a picture but it just looks like a couple of dark spots on the water.  :(

The sunset was stunning, the camera doesn't do it justice...

Nearing Delaware, looming off in the distance is a huge windmill - it towered over the houses... 

Once arriving in Delaware, Greg took off on the bike.  It was already well after 7:30pm and he still had about 2 hours of riding ahead of him.  

I decided to take my time getting to our next stop - Delaware Seashore State Park and whenever something caught my eye, I pulled over and took a few pictures...I had a blast!!                                                                                                                            

                If you look really close you can 
                see a rainbow in this shot!

Delaware is lush and green and full of surprising beauty.As I was getting close to our destination for the night I saw something looming in the distance and thought it was a power plant..

 

...it just glowed!  

Pulled into the campground, next to this amazing bridge and talked with the nicest lady at the booth - Dawn.  She gave me the map for our camp spot, and said I needed to disconnect the jeep from the RV first, before heading over to the site. 

It has been difficult doing this and tonight wasn't any different.  Except for the fact that once I pushed the transfer case back into the normal gear for driving, the entire shifter was completely loose as if it disconnected from the gears.  I couldn't drive it or go in reverse!

I must say I am grateful for Dawn, she was there for me just like she was my friend.  So kind, understanding and helpful.  (We have been meeting some nice people on this trip - it's been a real blessing).  So once I calmed down from my usual hysteria, I left the jeep there and went looking for the site...it was dark by this time and I couldn't see a dang thing...so I had to circle around the camp twice to find it.   

Once Greg got there, sometime after 10...we hunted down a jeep dealer in a town north of the ferry.  Would call them in morning...and since we were probably going to be dealing with this for the entire day, we decided to call a Thor authorized dealer to see if they could help us with the many things that were going wrong with the RV.  And so it ends, my Monday Monday... 

Cape May Weekend

Friday.  Staying the weekend at Holly Shores Campground.

Nice place and the people are so friendly! There's a pool and a jacuzzi (I'll be in THAT sometime this weekend!)  The girl behind the counter was so sweet, could see I was frazzled and said "Just go and relax, we can take care of the paperwork later!"  This nice gentlemen with a long white beard parked the RV (had to be backed in again) for me.  As I was getting stuff out of the jeep, a friendly couple, Ann and Tim, zoomed up in a golf cart.  They got their RV at the same show we did at the Hershey convention center.  Theirs is even longer than ours!  38 feet!  It's their first too, and just like us, they figured, hey, if you don't do the trip now...it may never happen!  Picked up Greg at 8:30pm at the Cape May Lighthouse.  (We got a bit of a late start today!) 
It will be nice to stay put for the weekend... 

Saturday.  Cape May town. 

Had breakfast at Uncle Bill's Pancake House - a favorite for us - for me, especially 'cause I have an Uncle Bill - many a family gathering he has had us in stitches - such a funny guy!  

Loved the Spatula Hall of Fame - famous chefs who cooked at Uncle Bill's!


Cape May is such a breath of fresh air.  Here we can kick back and take a breather.  We spent the day meandering through town.

 

In Stewarts - Greg had a rootbeer float - had a taste - yummy!  They are playing 40's music, we're sitting on stools like in an old-fashioned ice cream shoppe.  So cool. 

                                                                    The neatest little "car" outside Stewarts!  

It was such a nice warm day, we decided to go back to the campground and hit the pool and jacuzzi!!  SO happy!  And toasted.

We knew we had to make arrangements for the Cape May - Lewes ferry to get to Delaware.  So on Monday, I'm driving the "rig" onto this huge boat!!  The pic doesn't do it justice...it's really, really big!  As my friend Madeline would say, "Lord have mercy!"

Sunday.  Visited Cape Community Church in the town of Cape May Court House.   

Awesome church!  Same beliefs as our church and we knew all the songs!!  How Great is our God, The Solid Rock, Revelation Song, Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty and Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus!  That was just the best!  And the first Bible verse quoted by the pastor in his sermon....wait for it...."Let not your hearts be troubled" from John 14:1. There were so many churches in the area and yet this is the one we went to.  How cool is that!