My beloved is a birder. Cape May is one of the top birding spots in the nation because it is a major resting point during the spring and fall migrations. There are as many flocks of birders as there are flocks of birds during those seasons. Summer is the wrong time of year for prime bird watching, but we watched anyway. We took a boat out into the salt marches surrounding the harbor. It was amazing. The gulls were nesting there and we could see thousands of nesting birds and their chicks. There were nesting osprey and herons too. One island was covered in white egrets. It was beautiful. Dennis identified over forty species of birds, including four new lifetime sightings. He was a happy man. In the picture, if you look carefully in the grass, you can see one of the gull chicks next to its mother.

The dolphins swimming along the shore also entertained us.

I think we took everything you suggested we bring, except the bacon. We didn’t seem to need any bacon. Thanks for all your suggestions.