Being able to get ashore over the weekend as the winds have
raged has been a real blessing and we’ve made the most of having the car to
explore a bit of the area, plus check out Tumi’s Christmas berth in Cape
Canaveral.
We left St Augustine on a very wet and windy Saturday
morning to drive down to Canaveral and couldn’t believe the difference in the
weather when we arrived: 15 degrees warmer, blue skies and wall to wall
sunshine. We’d finally found the
so-called “Sunshine State”. Having
reassured ourselves of Tumi’s winter quarters we returned to the damp
north. Sunday morning dawned much the
same but we headed south once again visiting Fort Matanzas and the sugar mill
ruins of Bulow Plantation. Whilst the
sun never really made it out, at least is wasn’t raining.
It’s now 10pm on Sunday night and the wind is still howling
outside so I think we’ll be here for at least another two days to let sea
conditions return to normal so we can get safely out of the St Augustine inlet
and head south to Cape Canaveral.