Day 29 and 30

There wasn’t much going on yesterday, kind of a catch up day.  The weather was quite windy, probably 25 mph with gusts in the 30’s.  Not a fun day to be out on the water getting blown around, so we opted to stay an additional day in Titusville.  Most of the morning was laundry morning.  There were only two washers working so you had to wait your turn to use one.  The only downside at the marina is there are literally 400 boats, and only two showers, two toilets, and two clothes washers for all those boats.  You had to time your potty stops or you were out of luck.  Anyway we got a load of laundry washed and dried so I’m good for another week.  In the afternoon we basically just hung around doing a few odds and ends here and there, catching up on the news and being rocked around by the wind.

We left Titusville at about 7:45 this morning backing out of the slip.  We went in nose first since it was so tight, a first for me.  And after all the bitching and moaning about us being too close and too big for the slip (which we were) the guy on next boat did, with all the wind we had the two boats never touched.  And the kicker is he was not even on the boat when all this was going on.  Only saw him the evening we arrived before the weather hit. What a …..

  Our next planned stop was at an anchorage called Wabasso, only about 10 miles from Vero Beach.  The ride was mostly calm with some whitecaps from the left over winds, but the waves were only 1 to 2 feet, pretty benign.  Since it was still a little on the windy side we never put the bimini back up on the flybridge.  It’s just too hard to control a large piece of canvas when it is blowing around in the wind.  As a result we were drenched in sunshine the entire day.  There was literally wall to wall sunshine and not a cloud in sight.  Good day to work on your tan I guess.  There is little wind tonight, so hopefully we will get it back up tomorrow morning.

We arrived at the Wabasso anchorage about 3:45, got the anchor set and relaxed for a little bit.  The days are getting longer.  When I left home the middle of November, the days were getting shorter and shorter.  It was dark by 5:00, now it is closer to 6:00 here.  My planning was generally for a 45 to 60 mile day with most days around 50 miles, but we could probably do 70 if we had to.  That’s at least an additional two hours or running time.  When I come back in March we might stretch things out a bit.

Tomorrow we will hit Vero fairly early in the day since it is only 10 miles or so.  We can sleep in a little have breakfast put the bimini up and still be there before noon. Maybe we can explore town a little bit.  We’ll probably stay two nights then hit the trail toward Ft. Myers.  That leg will take four days to get there.  Should be there by January 30^th.

Being down here in the sun and temps in the high 70’s to 80 every day makes the weather back home seem foreign.  It is getting harder to put yourself back there or remember just what it is like.  Of course from what I understand it hasn’t been all that bad back home, not a hard winter so far so people back home haven’t been suffering to badly.

BTW, what I neglected to mention in my other posts is the damage from hurricane Matthew we saw on the way from Jacksonville.  Along the ICW we saw numerous roofs either tarped over or under repair.  There were also a lot of palm trees blown over on the banks of the rivers, not to mention the docks either knocked over or just completely destroyed.  I’m sure quite a few homes have already been repaired, but four months later there are still many that haven’t.  I bet you couldn’t get a roofer for another six months.

Today we traveled 65.9 miles for a total of approximately 1183 miles.  Travel time was 8hrs. 8mins.

Until tomorrow….