Highlands... New Jersey that is.

We spent the last two nights anchored in a protected cove off Sandy Hook Bay.  The New York City skyline is visible in the distance.  We are next to Atlantic Highlands, NJ.  There is a tall bluff next to us with some very nice homes.  We had a great lunch at a restaurant on the water at the next town over, Highlands, NJ.  A walk into town was eye opening.  It looks just like Lakeview in New Orleans after Katrina.  Obviously, Sandy took its toll here.  Some houses are repaired; others in various states of repair, and vacant lots are interspaced throughout.  The marinas were destroyed, but some are back up and running.  The homes in town that were flooded are owned mainly by working people, who feel forgotten now that the media has moved on.  Sound familiar?  Tomorrow we head up the Hudson to New York City.  

The bluff.

Highlands is coming back!  We dined at the Windansea via dinghy, and it was good.  They have fresh fluke here.  

Waterfront.

The house raising business is here also.