Cold and Rainy

March 15, 2023

Since Guinness’ last post, we have slowly started our northbound return trip.
-Ft Lauderdale
-Palm Beach
-Cocoa Village

We are now at mile marker 900…still 900 miles south of Norfolk, and about 350 miles north of Key West.

But the weather has turned COLD. I know that it is the result of some meta weather patterns, and that warmer weather should return. But it makes us wonder why we ever left the Exumas!

Partly because the weather has turned so cold so quickly, we have decided to SLOW DOWN and take our time coming north. So we’re adding side trips to exotic places like:
-Jekyll Island
-Bohicket Creek
-Ocracoke

Last night, however, we were happy to be here: Cocoa is just south of Cape Canaveral, and we were able to watch SpaceX CRS-27 cargo resupply rocket launch. We’ve all seen them on TV, but it truly was inspiring to see that rocket light up the sky and streak upwards.

3…2…1…takeoff!

This is not a sunset, it was actually pitch dark until this!

We were able to track this for about five minutes. And then!

This was really cool to see but the iPhone didn’t pick it up well.

That’s 154 successful missions for the current version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket! Bravo Elon Musk!

We had hoped to visit the boardwalk at Cocoa Beach today, but it’s chilly and rainy, so we’re onboard, writing to all of you instead.

Tomorrow, we’re off to Daytona Beach, and then on Friday night we’re meeting friends in St Augustine to celebrate St Patrick’s Day!

TTFN