High time in the Big Town

I spent the entire day visiting every casino in Atlantic City.  It turns out none of them have quarter slots - my gambling limit.  You can actually find nickle and quarter slots, but they don't actually take nickles and quarters. You have to convert a five dollar bill into a "ticket" and then use that in the machines so it would cost me five bucks to loose my quarter.            

Actually the highlights of the day were boat pancakes for breakfast.  Thanks Sue.  We had to unlock the gimbal on the stove so the pancakes could cook flat - the boat was/is heeled 3 degrees at the dock due to the wind.  We all had nice warm showers. Then Eileen and Sue each did a load of laundry just to dry things out a bit.  Harold and Eileen treated us to tonight's dockage.  They paid before I knew it, so I would have felt bad taking them for another stimulating sail on the Atlantic.  Eileen tried to win enough money at the Trump Marina Casino to pay for dockage for another week or so, or until the wind quits blowing.  Harold checked out "Costume Monday" at a really high class restaurant frequented by owl watchers - Hooters.  Eileen and Harold also took us out to eat at the Trump Casino Cafe.  The food was surprisingly good, especially the ice cream covered chocolate brownie, though it was a bit small.

We are docked behind a modest little 150 foot power boat from the Marshall Islands.  The mast on our boat is almost 60 feet off the water.  The antennas and light masts on the power boat are only a few feet shorter!  The boat also has a chandlier!  And for any of you who thought we were crazy to sail downwind in yesterdays wind and waves, we met another boat that came upwind from Annapolis!  Granted, they are on a 55 foot Swan, but it's still upwind!!

Kind of hard to make out, but a 30 to 36 inch diameter light fixture on the 150 foot powerboat.

Zim and Fluff weren't too impressed with Atlantic City.