8/31/15 Toms River to Viking Yacht Works Marina, New Gretna, NJ

It is very hot and the green head flies are everywhere, so we are riding with the doors closed and the screened windows open. 

We've been on this stretch of the ICW several times.  We have relatives who live in Little Egg Harbor about 10 miles from New Gretna.  In 2012 we stayed here, then went to Long Island Sound and returned and left the boat for the season, just in time for October's Super-storm Sandy.  In 2013, we started the next section of the Loop in New Gretna, so we have become acquainted with several people on A Dock. Returning here again is like coming home. 

Labor Day

We pulled in to the marina on Sunday and the office was closed, so we took the first empty slip that we saw had no lawn chairs or umbrella table.  This dock is extra wide, so each boat owner has space for a grill, a dock box, chairs and an umbrella. 

We learned that Kathy and Chuck, on Sheet Music, are selling their boat due to health problems.  We will be sad to see them go, because they were first to befriend us in 2012.