Ho-Ho-Hum Day

Days 207 |  Palmetto    

A day like this has been a long time coming. Nowhere to go. Nowhere to be. No routes to plan. No weather to watch. We spent the morning doing a few boat chores and started to do a little packing for our trip home. I will roll the dice that most of the ridiculously cold weather is behind us. I packed up half of my Cold Gear in anticipation of moderate (and warmer) temperatures ahead of us. The sun was out this morning and made for comfortable reading on Fiberglass Beach. When the clouds rolled in, it became chilly and I retreated to the pilothouse, where my Christmas cactus is now close to full bloom. Barry picked up the rental car at 1:00 and we agreed the Camry was large enough to shuttle us and all our stuff from here to there, and points in between. I turned over 200 pages in my latest book, with only a few quick naps along the way. A Trans Siberian Orchestra CD was playing on the stereo. We walked around the marina and enjoyed the views. Amazing how palm trees still look good against cloudy skies.

Blu Mangrove, the restaurant at the marina, was having dueling pianos on the deck and we listened for a while before returning to Crossroads. We had signed up for a webinar on cruising the Bahamas that began at 7:00. Can't say that we learned much, but felt good that we were aware of much of the information covered. Thank you, Ti Amo, for years of intel.

We will start loading the car tomorrow morning in advance of wind and rain that will arrive by mid-day. Some things will have to wait until Saturday morning, but the more we can get done tomorrow, the better.