The night at anchor was better than expected. The winds calmed down a bit and the boat traffic died down which made for a comfortable night. The morning winds started to pick up and we decided we would leave in short order. We were only were going about ten miles. We pulled anchor and headed across the Barnegat Bay to the marina. I had called them and verified we were coming and they said we could arrive early. We made our way in and docked without issue. The office was closed but there was someone there to give us the information and keys to the clubhouse where the free laundry machines were. The dock was a little more than we would like to pay but free laundry made up for some of that. Once we were secured and settled in Lauren went to work on the laundry while I did some boat maintenance. We are getting close to the end of New Jersey and will have to cross a part of the Atlantic Ocean to get to New York. Later in the day we took the bikes to a Walmart that was a couple of miles away and stocked up on supplies. We filled our water tanks and put everything back in order. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and figuring out our next stop. The windy weather still isn’t letting up but we don’t want to pay for the marina for another night so we found a hopefully protected anchorage about ten miles away so it will be another short day. Lauren is warming up to exploring Long Island Sound since we have some time to kill. The Erie Canal is still scheduled to be closed until August 10. Once we get to New York in a few days we are only a week or so from the Erie Canal, which is about a month early.
As far as we know, people were skylarking at sea before they were larking on land.