Friday, June 2 - In Search of a Phone

Friday, June 2 - In Search of a Phone

The trip from Cape May to New York takes three consecutive good weather days.  Day 2 can be done inside so "iffy" weather is OK for day 2, but not day 3.  The weather forecast this morning did not show us 3 good days, so we decided to stay in Cape May and check the weather tomorrow.

The aft cabin head has been leaking, so Danny decided this would be a good morning to repair it.  Mission accomplished, we tackled the phone issue, or rather lack-of-phone issue.

I had searched eBay, Amazon, and called the AT&T store looking for a replacement cell phone.  Given our situation, WalMart seemed to be the only solution.  So we took Bruce's truck and headed for my NOT favorite store.  Before I get into the phone story, let me just say that "WalMart People" are the same in every state we have visited.  Same wardrobe, same body adornment, same parenting skills, same manners,  It's amazing and scary.

The phone saga lasted over an hour.  The clerk was new, he kept asking another guy how to do everything.  They couldn't figure out how I could pay the complete price of the phone rather than take an installment plan.  They were on the office with their tech support person forever.  It was awful!!!  And when I talked to Apple Support later in the day, I found out they had done the set-up wrong.  AAUUUGGHH!!!  We stopped at McDonald's to settle our nerves when we finally left.

It was time to go to the beach!  

There were seven of us - Deb, Gil, and Alex, and Carolyn and Craig,  It was a nice ride, and a beautiful beach!  The water was too cold to go in, even for Alex.

  As we were putting our shoes back on, a lady said to Danny, "I've never seen a tan like that.  You're the winner!"  She was talking about his Chaco tan on his feet.

We biked along the beach to find a beer.  The first place had a roof-top bar and there was a wedding party, bride still in her wedding dress.  We had passed a wedding party on the beach, too.  ''Tis the season for beach weddings, I guess. 

Gil and Deb drove Bruce, the Harbor Host's truck to his restaurant for dinner.  Craig and Carolyn stopped for a visit.  We had a great time talking and swapping books.  

When Gil and Deb got back from dinner, they stopped by the boat to tell us we could not leave tomorrow.  They had driven through the old part of Cape May and said we HAD to see it.  I guess we are staying another day.