Photo Gallery

They aren't anything spectacular, not really anything that you could call art. Just a few snapshots taken with a digital camera. Some of them turned out alright so it didn't seem fair not to share them with anyone who wants to look.

Cape May really is a picturesque town. Probably one of the more scenic parts of New Jersey, but then again I haven't taken the time to make it to the northern parts of the state. But right here, on our little beach, in our little Coast Guard housing neighborhood, Dianna and I some how come across a thing that needs its picture taken, something that stands out.

The inlet by our house is greatly affected by the high and low tides. We also get very strong winds blowing on the island, especially in the winter months. Now, I must explain to those who don't know, the city limits of Cape May, not the county mind you, but the city limits are on an island and, like Maimi, everything is sea level. We cross a bridge no more than 40 or so feet long to come to our house, and to leave at the other end of Cape May, you cross another, larger, bridge.

Now like I was saying. Because we are at sea level, parts of the roads on base flood at a very high tide and strong wind. And at the other extreme of that you have large fishing vessels that have to stay inside the trench for fear of running aground. The picture above is nothing serious. Infact this happens nearly every week when the tide goes out. In the summer there are a dozen or so small sailing craft such as the one posted above that drop anchor along the jetty at the Coast Guard base. In the winter there are only two or three, more if there is a bad storm. Once in a while the winds will be so severe that the boat's anchor drags on the sea bottom and crashes into the rocks. And that's when the 87's will go out and pull them away from the rocks.

The photo to the left is a picture of two private owned boats. The one in the foreground is only a victim to the low tide. The one in the back ground is not only a victim to the low tide but also having run aground, the owners could not get her up and running so they burned it for insurence purposes...or so the story goes. This inlet is becoming more of a boat grave yard. To count, there are three boats that are buried here and it's a wonder why the Coast Guard doesn't hual them away. One boat all that is visible are the buoys set up around it so that passing boats won't hit it. And another still has a mast protruding 20 something feet in the air.

Every time Dianna and I go for a walk we always take the camera. We never know what we might see, "Another picture for the blog" we like to call it. Once summer is here and I'm back to cutting grass for my second job, we won't have but our Sundays to go on walks together. It is nice really, to have that time, or rather, to make that time. I don't take them for granted that's for sure. Even now, Dianna is on a walk with Micaiah. I was going to go but then she grabbed the camera and I asked, "Is this going to be one of those walks?" She said she didn't know, that it might be, and I told her I was going to saty home and update my blog. She also knows that my foot still aches from having the toenail on my big toe removed becuase of a hangnail. Sorry, I don't have pictures of that. Well, it's been a nice chat. I think I've written enough for a few days. Later I'll put more photos up on the blog, but for now, please enjoy these snapshots of our world.