Carolina Beach 3

Jane’s condo faces due east, and we had a beautiful sunrise this morning.
Amanda helped me move the boat to another marina that could let me stay for 5 days or longer. Great. Now we just wait.

This has turned out to be a real blessing – to have the worst symptoms where I have a place to stay and someone to help me – AND a car! Easy to get back and forth between the condo and the boat. My fever is still down and the body aches are limited to my right hip. Sorry to be indelicate, but I can now add diarrhea to my list of symptoms – and I’m treating that, as well.

Today I mostly rested – even took a brief nap.
My brother-in-law Jeff and his wife Kathy called, and I was shocked when they reminded me that next Thursday is Thanksgiving – would I be able to join them?
They are in Hilton Head, just 2-3 days away, depending on how hard I push it, and that should work out perfectly. In my original plan, I would have been in Titusville, FL. HUH? WHERE? How great to be with family instead!

I am so happy to blow up my original schedule. I have always had my best successes when I planned carefully, but – truth be told – it doesn’t matter. We’ll get to Key West when we get there.

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It’s 5PM, and it’s raining now, and I’m on the deck, self-medicating with a cigar and a Jamesons. Watching pelicans: 36 just flew by in a single line, one bird behind the other. I guess folks down here are used to it, but I was fascinated: the column rose and descended, then rose again – each bird following the one ahead. It looked like a roller coaster track.

One of my friends emailed me to say that I couldn’t seem to get a break, but I feel the opposite. I always knew there would be obstacles, but we’re simply tackling them one at a time. Every challenge you overcome builds confidence. And the intervening hours of pleasure are a gift.

I’m truly grateful for all the comments and texts and phone calls. I wish you were all with us.

With love from Rod & Guinness