Took a trip to the Southern Tip of NJ.
GPS kept telling me to take I-95 down. I decided to cross the new Tappanzee Bridge and take Garden State Parkway down. Loved it! Reminded me of the Merritt Parkway here in CT. Only spot it was congested was through Orange NJ.
Here's some pics from my trip.
The path I took
Welcome to NJ. Weather was great. Timed perfectly with a cold front that came through last night. Morning temps started in the 50s and warmed to 60s fast then had highs in the 70s but not humid!
Welcome to Wildwood
Hotel Room View. Stayed at Fleur-Di-Lis resort in Wildwood Crest.
Pool at night was changing colors.
Award winner. Top 10 Beaches right across resort. LOVED the nature preserve (right word?) to left and right of the pathway.
Freshly raked.
Another view of the beach. June 5th and nobody on it. Perfect! lol. This was in the morning. Temps were chilly 50s with the winds. (40s back home in CT)
Looking back at the resorts
Dead Sting Ray?
The Boardwalk is steps from the resort but you have to walk 1/2 mile to get to the stores and it goes past 4 miles. We did 2 miles up and 2 miles back.
1st chain of stores I was like where is everyone?? Too cold? lol. Temps were dropping as it was around 6pm now from mid 70s to low 70s. Tram car $3.50 for a ride
Next chain of stores, more people.
Sun was setting. Looks nice at night. Got chilly fast without the sun. I had shorts and short sleeves on. Temps were in the upper 60s with bone dry dew points in the 40s and a breeze.
Ready to climb this? 199 spiral steps. 3rd tallest in NJ. One of the ones that actually still works.
View from up top. That structure on the beach was an underground WW2 Bunker.
Looking down at the entrance and gift shop where I bought a sweatshirt.
Time to take a 3 Hour Whale & Dolphin tour
Another view of the WW2 Bunker.
Timing was good for weather but it wasn't to see Whales. High Pressure was moving in + I think there was a strong NW flow. Forgot to checked weather maps.
Ton of Dolphins around but we didn't see any whales. There were white caps further out from the wind so it was hard to see if they were surfacing from a distance. Captain had Sonar detection but no luck on this day.
Sometimes you would think its a shark, but they were dolphins. lol
Shipping Barges? Thought a war was happening in the Delaware Bay. lol. You can see the white caps a little here as we were waiting to see any Whales came up.
Shopping time. Washington Street Mall in Cape May.
Was about 70° at 11am here. Sun was beaming strong vs what I'm used to. Wow it felt hot. Thought it was in the 80s. Dew point was in the 50s so it was nice!
Little Italy in Wildwood Crest. Eh. Everything was so pricey.
Was driving down this road and I noticed something of course. See it? On the left.
Weather Station! Very cool! And it's not near an airport runway.
Here's the weather site: Click on the map you'll see West Cape May as I showed in the picture. It's the furthest one down south. The 81 near it is the Cape May County
"Airport" (always warmer)
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These are from yesterday.
