Sunrise at New Smyrna, Fl
We left New Smyrna on Saturday April 18
Our trip home started off with a couple of long days crossing the Okeechobee waterway with a couple more long days heading north, then we have had several short days maneuvering in between storms but mostly very strong winds.
Titusville Marina and EMPTY mooring field!
We have stopped here several times in the last several years and the mooring field is generally pretty full. The mooring field is open but the marina is not accepting anyone there as it is with many marinas because of Covid 19.
We arrived at Matanzas Inlet early Saturday afternoon as the storms were again threatening to hit hard and we had been here before and knew the way in. It is a small boat ocean inlet as it has a low bridge that we can't go under. The current is strong but the water is clean.
Sunset at Matanza Inlet, with storms just on the horizon.
We stayed put here Saturday through today (Monday) because of the storms that have been hitting a bit north of us. No sense in driving into them. We watch them on several weather apps and on our Satellite Marine Weather station.
You would think it is a beach holiday around here!
It is Sunday, they have opened the local beaches and boat ramps and there are a ton of people and boaters out! We had a pretty bumpy afternoon just from their wakes.
More severe storms predicted late or early Monday morning so we will stay put still.
Monday
We woke to this on our radar.
YUK!
Summer Breeze is the red boat shown on the screen just under the black and yellow circle.
The rain and severe storm including tornados missed us totally as they went above and then below us.
We are happy campers and thought we could go ahead and get at least 20 miles (yahoo! It is amazing how excited we get about even traveling 20 miles!) under our belt and started to get ready but the winds were still very strong and pushing us around a lot. Gusts well into the 30s.
We leave tomorrow morning, Tuesday and know we will have a good travel day!
So we both read some more and Rosie painted a bit.
My art website has my new paintings.
Beautiful night, finally!
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