Thursday, March 9, 2017

And Back to the Chesapeake – Day 8

We woke up this morning to a light misty rain that was beginning to taper off, but remained overcast.  We made tea and coffee and pulled the lines for the mooring ball, and we were loose.  It was 7:15 in the morning.  We headed up the ICW in the on and off light mist, passing numerous rowers out for early their morning exercise.  We cruised along oohing and aahing at the stately homes and their immaculately groomed grounds.  Along the way we saw rays actually flying out of the water and plopping back down with a thwack from the belly flop they do.  I can say I have never seen that before.

The ride up the ICW was pretty uneventful, not much to mention, just set the throttle and point the bow in the right direction.  It was overcast most of the day, but no rain after the early morning.  The sun did actually break out several times, and by the time we arrived in Titusville the sun was out and the sky had cleared.

We reached Titusville about 4:00 and got our docking assignment.  We tied up, got the shore power connected and kicked back for a little bit.  I called my friends Connie and Gordon and we agreed to get together for dinner.  They picked us up and we headed to a great Mexican restaurant in town.  We hadn’t had any Mexican food for quite a while, and it was good.  It was also a lot.  By the time we left, I was quite full.  We headed back to Connie and Gordon’s house for a while and talked and reminisced a bit.  They dropped us back at the boat a little after 9:00, so it was quite a full day.
Connie and Gordon agreed to pick us up the next day late morning so we could do some grocery shopping and a pick up a few other things like beer and vodka. (not mine by the way, well, maybe some beer.)  Later in the day we will have to get a few things ready to head for Daytona on Friday.  We are finally making some progress on the road to Myrtle Beach.

Today we traveled 74 miles, for a total of 266 miles.  Travel time was 9hrs. 10mins. We are staying put on Thursday but will be heading out Friday morning.


So boys and girls, until next time…….

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