{"id":697,"date":"2025-06-11T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/?p=697"},"modified":"2025-06-11T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:28:02","slug":"the-sun-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/the-sun-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The sun is out!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s looking like a really pretty day today, the sun is supposed to shine all day.  So what do we do???  We wash the boat.  But, there is some fun to be had today.  We get downtown, lock up the scooters and get on a trolley (they look lonely don&#8217;t they??).  The ride through town gives highlights of the Cape May area.  Cape May was named after the dutch sea captain Cornelius Jacobsen Mey.  A misspelling on paperwork changed Mey to May.  The largest festival on the island is the Lima Bean Festival (not a fan, ha ha).  It boasts a population around 3,000 and is a whopping 9.8 feet above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-991x1536.jpg 991w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-1322x2048.jpg 1322w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-645x1000.jpg 645w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-1-scaled.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-861x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-1722x2048.jpg 1722w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-victorian-house-2-841x1000.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We see all sorts of things on the trolley ride.  The Victorian homes in Cape May are just stunning.  The architecture is beautiful and most of the homes are privately owned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-1536x948.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-2048x1263.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cement-ship-1-1621x1000.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-762x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-1143x1536.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-1524x2048.jpg 1524w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-744x1000.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-lighthouse-scaled.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trolley takes us out to the beach to see the cement ship again.  They have a picture of the ship more fully intact, it looks like it was a pretty big boat.  We drive by the Cape May Lighthouse.  199 steps will get you to the top.  We might give that a try in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-563x1000.jpg 563w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-1-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-563x1000.jpg 563w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-fisherman-memorial-2-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the tour, we drove by the memorial to fishermen lost at sea.  What a moving place, the statue of the mom and her children was so touching and sorrowful.  They face the sea waiting and hoping for their loved one to return.  We saw it from the trolley and stopped by in person on the way back to the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-cj-1778x1000.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We get back to the boat and take some time to relax on the back of the boat.  Even CJ got in on the action and napped with his stingray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cape-may-dinner-with-tom-and-val-1778x1000.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have dinner with our good friends Tom and Val.  There seems to be a bit of carnage on the table.  We all got seafood and it was delicious.  A really good end to the day, dinner and fun conversation with friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s looking like a really pretty day today, the sun is supposed to shine all day. So what do we do??? 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