(Written 2 days ago - January 14)
We woke up this morning to the announcement
that our niece Lisa and her husband Sam have just welcomed their healthy new
baby boy, David Warren, to the family. We’re so excited!
It’s also official now – we’re freezing our
butts down here in Florida L. Today we motored for 3 hours in huge wind and white-capped water,
with 50-60 degree F. temperatures. We both wore double pants, fleeces and heavy
rain gear, toques, gloves and rubber boots – and we were still cold!!
The good news is, we were going with the
wind and current, so we often made 8 knots of speed (3 more than usual), and
arrived fairly quickly at a lovely, secluded cove just North of Vero Beach –
our next stop. It has mangroves on one side and a bird sanctuary on the other –
and no one else in sight.
Along the way, we noticed a variety of
beached and tattered boats left over from the hurricane, and felt grateful that
ours wasn’t one of them. And then we saw three dancing dolphins on the water –
so all in all, it was a lovely, if cold day on Sea Change. Thank goodness we
have our propane fireplace for heat at anchor!
Update, today (January 16)
After 2 lovely nights in a secluded anchorage, we motored to Vero Beach today in lovely, sunshiny weather (YAY!!!). We're planning to stay here for a couple of days to do laundry, shop for groceries, etc., and then we'll head toward our final stop in Florida, probably stopping halfway the night after tomorrow. We may not have an internet connection there, so it'll be a couple of days before another post.
All our friends from Titusville are here in the harbour with us - so there will likely be some partying!
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