Sailing again!

Today as we were getting ready to leave the house I noticed a pair of lovely sand hill cranes with their 2 babies!! Hoping they still have 2 when we return!

Back on board now and it"s HOT!!! The weather said it was 94 where our house is but only 84 where the boat is! No way!! Once you go below the ventilation is limited and we rely on little fans. I made the bed with a bottom sheet only since we won't need any covering!! Jane had to pin a sheet across the back to block the hot late afternoon sun.

She also put up our wind scoop. It's a nylon contraption meant to catch any breeze to scoot it below decks. Fortunately we are facing the wind at the dock. It's really meant to be used when you are anchored and always face into the wind. This is the cruisers form of air conditioning!!

The weather report is favorable for leaving tomorrow so we will be underway by 7:30 at the latest. Only 2 miles east of here we have to pass through a lock and then a lift bridge. We can't get through until 8AM because they have restrictions due to commuting traffic. Once through these we travel about 1-2 miles out of the Cape Canaveral inlet to the ocean. We head northwest to go along the coast of Florida. We hope to stop at the Florida Georgia border at a nice anchorage we saw before when coming south. This is only 30 nautical miles, or a day away from our destination, Brunswick Georgia. If the weather is going to go downhill we just might continue on to get there. There is a 40% chance of a tropical low forming and heading north to Florida so if that is going to happen we will keep going!!